Samba Access Denied

Harriskaver · 05-06-2006, 06:07 AM

I've setup samba on FC5 and I want to run it on my network as a file server. I've set everything up as it should be and I can see the server, the shared folders and the files in them on a Windows XP machine. My problem is that, unless I set the shared folder to the /tmp folder, I can't create new files/folders or edit/rename files/folders in the directory. I've tried all the different configurations I could find but the only thing that works for me is setting the directory to /tmp.

This is my current config for my shared folder. /testfolder has its permissions set to 777.
[daniel]
comment = Daniel's Files
path = /testfolder
guest ok = yes
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes
create mask = 0777

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Has anyone else had this problem?

Glennzo · 05-06-2006, 08:06 AM

Try adding a user account on the windows machine to match the account on the Fedora machine. Then try to create the folders.

shorun · 05-06-2006, 09:05 AM

Quote:

I've setup samba on FC5 and I want to run it on my network as a file server

please use FTP for this. if you want to make a fileserver it might be usefull to have a file transfer protocol server instead of a "samba windows filesharing server".

you will find ftp to be more stable/easy to set up then samba.

manishsingh4u · 05-06-2006, 10:53 AM

Try this, it's a better way to share files.
Add a new local user to your system

Code:

mkdir /home/daniel
useradd daniel -d /home/daniel -s /bin/bash
chown daniel:root -R /home/daniel/
chmod -cR 0755 /home/daniel/

create a local password for daniel

Code:

passwd daniel

create a samba password for daniel

Code:

smbpasswd -a daniel

Now, in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file, make following changes

Code:

security = share

Add following lines to the same file

Code:

[daniel]
   comment = daniel's folder
   path = /home/daniel
   writable = yes
   public = no
   valid users = daniel
   create mask = 0755

Run testparm to see if you have configured smb.conf file correctly

Code:

testparm

If everything looks fine, restart samba by using

Code:

/sbin/service smb restart

or

Code:

/etc/init.d/rc.d/smb restart

Now you can access your shared folder from any computer on your local network by using the samba password.
Please let me know if it does / doesn't work.

Harriskaver · 05-06-2006, 01:46 PM

I tried following the steps you suggested but now when I try to view the folder in Windows XP I get:
"\\Server\daniel is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

The network name cannot be found."

Also, on linux this error keeps coming up:
"audit(1146940719.872:61): avc: denied { search } for pid=2545 comm="smbd" name="home" dev=hda1 ino=7110657 scontext=root:system_r:smbd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u

bject_r:home_root_t:s0 tclass=dir"

Edit:
I've searched around a bit for information about this error and it seems SELinux is what is causing it. I tried disabling SELinux and samba worked perfectly! Is there any way to keep SELinux running but have samba working as well?

manishsingh4u · 05-06-2006, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harriskaver

\\Server\daniel is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The network name cannot be found."

Please check this thread. I hope it will help you.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=223649
I get the same error sometimes and even I am working on it right now.

Harriskaver · 05-07-2006, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manishsingh4u

Please check this thread. I hope it will help you.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=223649

I'm having a completely different problem to what that thread talks about. It is about getting samba to work with iptables rather than SELinux.

manishsingh4u · 05-07-2006, 01:43 AM

Sorry Harriskaver, but, I didn't give you that link for SELinux and samba. I gave you that link in response to

Quote:

\\Server\daniel is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

I have no ideas about SELinux problem.