Windows/Linux Samba Problems on Fedora 10

ESC201 · 12-04-2008, 05:13 PM

Hi all, I'm trying to set up Samba on Fedora 10 so that I can connect to my Windows box and it can connect to my Linux box.
I originally used this tutorial to configure it (Yes, I know it's for Ubuntu.) because that worked for me when I was setting up my Ubuntu system.
I then came across this little guide and it kind of worked.
From Windows when I run "net view \\192.168.1.4" (ip of my linux system) it shows the shares I have set up. However, Windows does not show the linux pc in My Network Places. But I have been able to connect by mapping the shares in Windows but that was only when I had no security in place in Samba.
Also, in Fedora, it can see my Windows box but when I open it, it looks like it's loading something but doesn't load anything. I am positive that there are shares on my Windows machine but Samba isn't picking them up.
Any ideas, help, or a point in the right direction is awesome. Let me know if more info is required. Thanks.

Below is my smb.conf file...

Code:

# Global parameters
[global]
       workgroup = SEPTAGON
       netbios name = LESLIE
       server string =
       map to guest = Bad User
       log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
       max log size = 50
       socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
       preferred master = No
       local master = No
       dns proxy = No
       security = User

# Share
[Data]
       path = /media/Data
       valid users = User
       read only = No
       create mask = 0777
       directory mask = 0777

rylan76 · 12-06-2008, 02:38 AM

Here's my config, and it does exactly what you say you need...

Code:

[global]

netbios name = stefan
workgroup = GOEDEHOOP10
security = share
log file = /var/log/samba.log 
log level =  1
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384 
wins support = yes 
domain logons = no
logon drive = f: 
logon home = \\stefan\%U
os level = 99 
preferred master = yes
local master = yes
hosts allow = 10.0.0.7 10.0.0.9
encrypt passwords = yes
browseable = yes
lanman auth = yes 
lm announce = yes 

[shared]
path = /mnt/win/shared
guest ok = yes 
writeable = yes 
create mode = 0666 
directory mode = 0777
browseable = yes
public = yes

archtoad6 · 12-07-2008, 06:53 AM

Do you have both Samba daemons, smdb & nmdb running? You can run:

Code:

$ ps aux |grep mb[d]

to check.

ESC201 · 12-07-2008, 07:12 PM

Thank you for your config file rylan76, but it didn't work for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by archtoad6

Do you have both Samba daemons, smdb & nmdb running? You can run:

Code:

$ ps aux |grep mb[d]

to check.

Here is my output of that command. I'm not sure what it means however.

Code:

# ps aux |grep mb[d]
root      2027  0.0  0.1  17108  2600 ?        Ss   15:05   0:00 smbd -D
root      2029  0.0  0.0  17108  1188 ?        S    15:05   0:00 smbd -D

Samba now seems to be picking up none of my other systems but Windows can still Samba's shares when using the net view command. Maybe this is a firewall issue? I set Samba as a trusted service though.

billymayday · 12-07-2008, 07:45 PM

Is that your actual config? Do you really have a user called User (why are you even bothering to restrict to only one user when you set permissions to 777)?

What do your samba logs tell you when you are trying to connect?

Try disabling SELinux temporarily (setenforce 0) and see it that changes things (setenforce 1 to turn it back on)

archtoad6 · 12-08-2008, 06:34 AM

ESC201,
Your code output means that only one of the daemons, smbd, is running. Try starting nmbd, & see if that fixes your problem.

On my system nmbd is /usr/sbin/nmbd, running

Code:

/usr/sbin/nmbd -D

as root should do the trick. Also (again as root),

Code:

service start samba

works on my system.

ESC201 · 12-08-2008, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

Is that your actual config? Do you really have a user called User (why are you even bothering to restrict to only one user when you set permissions to 777)?

What do your samba logs tell you when you are trying to connect?

Try disabling SELinux temporarily (setenforce 0) and see it that changes things (setenforce 1 to turn it back on)

I actually have no idea how that got like that. The correct smb.conf that I'm using is below. I must have copied the old one by mistake. I have everything set as 777 right now for testing purposes. I intend to increase security and permissions once it is working.
Which Samba log are you referring to? For the sake of space I don't want to post every log in the /var/log/samba directory.
And SELinux has not changed anything. Thank you though.

archtoad6, I tried starting nmbd "/usr/sbin/nmbd -D" and "/etc/init.d/nmb restart". Neither has worked. Below is my output of "ps aux |grep mb[d]" now.

Code:

root      1398  0.0  0.0  10772  1632 ?        Ss   17:13   0:00 nmbd -D
root      1399  0.0  0.0  10648   648 ?        S    17:13   0:00 nmbd -D
root      1493  0.0  0.1  17144  2580 ?        Ss   17:13   0:00 smbd -D
root      1495  0.0  0.0  17144  1096 ?        S    17:13   0:00 smbd -D

Below is the smb.conf file I am using now. I have my system set up as a WINS server on my Windows machine so I've added wins support in there.

Code:

# Global parameters
[global]
       workgroup = SEPTAGON
       netbios name = LESLIE
       map to guest = Bad User
       log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
       max log size = 50
       socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
       preferred master = No
       local master = No
       dns proxy = No
       security = User
        wins support = yes
# Share
[Data]
       path = /media/Data
       valid users = Shane
       read only = No
       create mask = 0777
       directory mask = 0777

billymayday · 12-08-2008, 04:52 PM

So Shane is a valid samba user?

The log will be in /var/log/samba/log.%m where %m is the client name

ESC201 · 12-08-2008, 06:38 PM

Yes, Shane is the user I log onto my system as. As I understand I just need to run smbpasswd to set samba up with that user.

I have the following log files in /var/log/samba
log.smbd
log.nmbd
log.__ffff_192.168.1.3 <-- I assume you mean this one as that is the ip of my Windows machine. However, it is an empty file.

billymayday · 12-08-2008, 06:52 PM

Can you post the output of

ls -l /media
ls -l /media/Data
pbedit -L

and see if anything is getting logged at all (I often use ls -lrt /var/log to see what's logged around the time of an error)

ESC201 · 12-08-2008, 08:56 PM

ls -l /media

Code:

drwxr-xr-x 13 Shane root 16384 1969-12-31 19:00 Data

ls -l /media/Data

Code:

-r-xr-xr-x  1 Shane root     0 2007-11-25 16:40 Bluetooth Exchange Folder
-rwxr-xr-x  1 Shane root    76 2008-12-01 22:19 desktop.ini
-r-xr-xr-x  1 Shane root     0 2007-11-25 16:38 filelib
drwxr-xr-x  3 Shane root 16384 2008-12-02 17:56 _gsdata_
drwxr-xr-x  4 Shane root 16384 2008-12-05 20:04 kde4-install
drwxr-xr-x  4 Shane root 16384 2008-12-05 20:04 modules
drwxr-xr-x 71 Shane root 49152 2008-12-02 00:06 My Downloads
dr-xr-xr-x  7 Shane root 16384 2008-12-01 23:39 My Music
drwxr-xr-x  5 Shane root 16384 2008-12-01 23:11 My Pictures
drwxr-xr-x  9 Shane root 16384 2008-12-02 00:05 My Programs
drwxr-xr-x  7 Shane root 16384 2008-12-01 20:11 My Videos
drwxr-xr-x 16 Shane root 16384 2008-12-01 21:33 Other
drwxr-xr-x  3 Shane root 16384 2008-12-01 23:09 Recycled

I share that partition with my Windows install which is why there are Windows files in there.

I get a command not found with "pbedit -L"
And here is my output of "ls -lrt /var/log/samba" if it is relevant...

Code:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 2008-12-03 22:12 log.__ffff_192.168.2.3
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2008-12-07 15:10 old
drwx------ 4 root root 4096 2008-12-08 16:13 cores
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2501 2008-12-08 17:13 log.nmbd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1994 2008-12-08 17:13 log.smbd

billymayday · 12-08-2008, 09:04 PM

Sorry -pdbedit not pbedit

What filesystem is /media/Data, and now is it mounted (show "mount | grep Data")

awnun · 12-09-2008, 03:45 AM

hi,
in the smb.conf
u must search like this:
/ chcon
and u must change as u can see

sencond. u can stop the iptables.

awnun · 12-09-2008, 03:50 AM

chcon -t samba_share_t /media/Data

awnun · 12-09-2008, 03:51 AM

service nfs restart

nfs must be started.
because the mount depends on it