Samba
 

Hello,

I cannot understand the reason about samba sharing.

I've got a RHEL6 server and a Windows7 Laptop. This is what I do

1. I create the user i will enable to look the directory and add a new pass

useradd -g groupname username

passwd username

2. in /etc/samba/smb.conf i add the following lines

### Samba - Relax ###
[sharing_name]
comment = Sharing directory for username
browseable = yes
path = /mainuser/shared_directory
valid users = username
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
printable = no

Note : The directory owner is "username" and group "groupname" , permission are 755

3. then i add to /etc/samba/smbusers

groupname = username

4. last, i enable the user to access the directory

smbpasswd -e username

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When I try from Windows to access it denies with an error message that describe i have no authorization to access.

The password of "adduser" command and "smbpasswd" command it's the same.

To access i do

Start-->run
i insert \\serveraddress\sharing_name

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My question about that :

1. It's necessary to add the user both with "adduser" and "smbpasswd" ? Why?
2. The user i created "username" it is the user i enable to access the directory. I do not need to have that user on windows but i have some confusion about that.
3. What am I Wrong?

Thank you
Davide

Hi Davide,
What Unix username you've created? and are both your Windows and Unix systems can access each other or are in same network?
In order to access Unix data from Windows, a user's Unix and Windows usernames should be mapped in smbusers. So did you map them in /etc/samba/smbusers, like:
"windows-username"=="<unix-username"

Also if systems are not in same domain name then you should try with path: \\<FQDN-Unix-system>\<dir>
One more thing, as far as I know, entry of groupname is not needed in smbusers while configuring user to use samba.

Now it works. I explain because i usually make a mountain out of a mole hill,

I was in trouble because I already did a samba sharing with "username2" and it was working. I couldn't understand at first instance.

Then i found out that I was inside Windows7 as "username2" (an user i created and it works well for Samba sharing) , i switched to "username" and i tried to connect to the samba sharing so it worked out.

Thanks Shiva!

Davide