Windows/Linux Samba Problems on Fedora 10

billymayday · 12-09-2008, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awnun

chcon -t samba_share_t /media/Data

If you bother to read the thread, we've already ruled SELinux out.

Why do you think NFS is an issue?

3 posts for no value is a new record I think!

ESC201 · 12-09-2008, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

Sorry -pdbedit not pbedit

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

pdbedit doesn't output anything. It's "sudo pdbedit -L", correct? According to the help for that command, that means that it is not outputting any users? Does that mean Samba doesn't see my user account?

My Data partition is fat32 because I can have Windows and Fedora read my personal files so I don't need to have two copies of them.
Here is the output of "mount | grep Data"...

Code:

/dev/sda5 on /media/Data type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=500)

billymayday · 12-09-2008, 05:27 AM

Exactly - so we need to know why smbpasswd -a didn't work

I don't think you need to explicitly define a password backend, but perhaps you do. Try adding

passdb backend = tdbsam

to smb.conf, and re-add the user.

ESC201 · 12-09-2008, 03:53 PM

Okay, I am now able to see my share in Windows when mapping the network drive but it still does not show up in My Network Places. Not a problem. However, I am asked for no user name and/or password when connecting. That bothers me.

Whenever I add "passdb backend = tdsam" to my config Windows is not able to connect to (or even see) my system at all.

Also, Samba is still not seeing any other computers on my network.

billymayday · 12-09-2008, 05:01 PM

Is your windows username and password the same?

What ports did you open on your firewall? Make sure 137-139 and 445 are open for a start (although you don't actually need them all).

I'm good on the typos on this thread for some reason. Try tdbsam instead (remember to re-add the user).

billymayday · 12-09-2008, 06:40 PM

Edit - unintentional double post

ESC201 · 12-09-2008, 07:43 PM

I'm sorry, that was my typo. I am now still able to connect to my Linux system from my Windows machine by mapping the network drive. My Linux system also now shows up My Network Places but I am still not able to connect to it that way. (Windows throws a "Network Path Not Found" error at me.) As before, that isn't a problem to me but I was still not asked for a user name or password when connecting.

On my Linux box, I can now see my Ubuntu and Windows systems and I can connect successfully to my Ubuntu box but when I click on my Windows system in Nautilus it loads for a few seconds then displays zero items.

Could this be due to me having Wins support enabled and Windows configured to look at my Linux system as a Wins server?

I think my smb.conf file has changed considerably enough to required a re-post of it.

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
       passdb backend = tdbsam
       wins support = Yes

# Shares
[Data]
       path = /media/Data
       valid users = Shane
       read only = No
       guest ok = No
       create mask = 0777
       directory mask = 0777

billymayday · 12-09-2008, 08:02 PM

I'd comment out the "map to guest" entry. It can't work anyway, since your only share won't accept guest logins.

billymayday · 12-09-2008, 08:06 PM

I still suspect firewall issues.

See http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...#firewallports

ESC201 · 12-10-2008, 04:01 PM

I've taken out the map to guest line and I've also just flat out disabled my firewalls on my Linux and Windows systems. Everything is still the same.

billymayday · 12-10-2008, 04:29 PM

A couple of references I've managed to find suggest to me that if it isn't a firewall issue, then disabling wins support may fix it. Try commenting that out.

If that doesn't work, I think you need to ramp up the log level as see what the logs start to say (see man smb.conf and "log level")

ESC201 · 12-10-2008, 07:31 PM

I've removed Wins support and changed my config to include "log level = 3 all"

I still can't see my Windows machine but I am still able to see my Ubuntu system.
Here is my log file...

Code:

[2008/12/09 16:24:52,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 32495)
[2008/12/09 16:28:41,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data
[2008/12/09 16:44:30,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 12131)
[2008/12/09 16:45:19,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data
[2008/12/09 20:31:07,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 11071)
[2008/12/09 20:35:18,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data
[2008/12/09 21:50:05,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 25071)
[2008/12/10 16:10:49,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 15811)
[2008/12/10 16:14:25,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data
[2008/12/10 16:14:25,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data
[2008/12/10 16:41:08,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 13141)
[2008/12/10 19:39:08,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data
[2008/12/10 19:46:47,  0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(1059)
[2008/12/10 19:46:47,  0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr_internal(1607)
  getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
  write_data: write failure in writing to client 0.0.0.0. Error Connection reset by peer
[2008/12/10 19:46:47,  0] smbd/process.c:srv_send_smb(74)
  Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Transport endpoint is not connected)
[2008/12/10 19:46:47,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1190)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) connect to service Data initially as user Shane (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 4824)
[2008/12/10 20:17:56,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1401)
  greg (::ffff:192.168.2.3) closed connection to service Data

billymayday · 12-10-2008, 07:54 PM

I'm not clear if you are connecting OK from windows.

What does

smbclient -L <hostname>

show?

ESC201 · 12-10-2008, 08:19 PM

I am able to connect from Windows but only by mapping the network drive by using my IP and not my system's name and I am not asked for any user name or password when doing that.

From Linux, Samba can see my Windows system but when I click on it to view it's shares, nothing comes up.

Here is "smbclient -L 192.168.2.3"...

Code:

Enter Shane's password: 
Domain=[GREG] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

	Sharename       Type      Comment
	---------       ----      -------
	E$              Disk      Default share
	IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
	D$              Disk      Default share
	print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
	Backup Printer  Printer   Backup Printer
	Multifunction   Printer   Multifunction
	Main Drive      Disk      
	F$              Disk      Default share
	ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
	C$              Disk      Default share
	Printer         Printer   Main Printer
session request to 192.168.2.3 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
Domain=[GREG] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

	Server               Comment
	---------            -------

	Workgroup            Master
	---------            -------

billymayday · 12-10-2008, 08:32 PM

If your authenticating to a domain as Shane, then it won't ask you for a password when you try to map a network drive - you're already authenticated.

Sounds like your names don't resolve properly. Can you ping from windows to linux using both hostname and ip?

I can't help on linux to windows - never use it myself.