I had Samba setup up on a debian box with three XP\2000 clients accessing the four samba shares but only allowing three users access to a couple of the folders. These 3 users had dummy accounts set up on the debian box (they never logged onto the debian box). The samba shares live on an external USB hard disk connected to the debian box (formatted as fat32). For non (samba) related reason I have changed my OS to Mepis and now I can't seem to recreate the setup I previously had ( I did save my old smb.conf (along with 90% of my home folder) but that is now sat in a corrupt archive file which I can't access!! At the moment my XP\2000 boxes can read and copy files from the samba shares but can't write to the Samba share which I want. Below is my smb.conf, it may look a little messy as I have been trying things to get it working Any suggestion please? Tim ;*******************section global***************** [global] # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d printing = cups workgroup = home server string = %h server (Samba %v) hosts allow = 192.168.1. socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY log level = 1 dead time = 15 wins support = yes hide unreadable = yes passdb backend = tdbsam guest dns proxy = no max log size = 1000 restrict anonymous = no domain master = no preferred master = no max protocol = NT ldap ssl = No server signing = Auto oplocks = no level2 oplocks = no case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no read only = no security = share ;*******************section mit***************** [Shared] comment = /home/mit/Shared path = /home/mit/Shared guest ok = yes ;*******************section homes***************** [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no create mask = 0755 ;*******************section printers***************** [printers] comment = All Printers path = /tmp browseable = no printable = yes guest ok = yes create mask = 0700 [mp3] guest ok = yes path = /mnt/sda1/mp3/ [pictures] guest ok = yes path = /mnt/sda1/pictures valid users = karen [ZUNK] path = /mnt/sda1/Zunk/ create mask = 0755 guest ok = yes
You haven't really provided enough information. It looks like you are using Samba to share files but not to control a domain. I gather this is a home setup and you may be using either XP/Home or have a separate Windows PDC. Either way, I'd suggest you install and use SWAT if you aren't already. It has a wizard to set up the Samba server appropriately. If you aren't using a Domain, make sure that each person is in the appropriate Unix group to access each share. Set the share permissions and valid users appropriately. Right now, karen is the only one with access to pictures, which may not be what you want. For guest ok to work, you also need to make sure that the shares are world accessible. If you are using a Domain, then use your Windows domain admin account to create the appropriate groups and set the share permissions. Have the Unix permissions set to give Samba full access to the shares. You may also want to consider using a better file system for the shared folders. Fat32 is very limited. It can't use proper Unix permissions, doesn't allow large files, doesn't support journalling and doesn't support advanced features. Tim wrote:> I had Samba setup up on a debian box with three XP\2000 clients accessing the > four samba shares but only allowing three users access to a couple of the > folders. These 3 users had dummy accounts set up on the debian box (they > never logged onto the debian box). The samba shares live on an external USB > hard disk connected to the debian box (formatted as fat32). > > For non (samba) related reason I have changed my OS to Mepis and now I can't > seem to recreate the setup I previously had ( I did save my old smb.conf > (along with 90% of my home folder) but that is now sat in a corrupt archive > file which I can't access!! > > At the moment my XP\2000 boxes can read and copy files from the samba shares > but can't write to the Samba share which I want. > > Below is my smb.conf, it may look a little messy as I have been trying things > to get it working > > Any suggestion please? > > Tim > > ;*******************section global***************** > [global] > > # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace > panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d > printing = cups > workgroup = home > server string = %h server (Samba %v) > hosts allow = 192.168.1. > socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY > log level = 1 > dead time = 15 > wins support = yes > hide unreadable = yes > passdb backend = tdbsam guest > dns proxy = no > max log size = 1000 > restrict anonymous = no > domain master = no > preferred master = no > max protocol = NT > ldap ssl = No > server signing = Auto > oplocks = no > level2 oplocks = no > case sensitive = no > msdfs proxy = no > read only = no > security = share > ;*******************section mit***************** > [Shared] > comment = /home/mit/Shared > path = /home/mit/Shared > guest ok = yes > ;*******************section homes***************** > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > create mask = 0755 > ;*******************section printers***************** > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /tmp > browseable = no > printable = yes > guest ok = yes > create mask = 0700 > > [mp3] > guest ok = yes > path = /mnt/sda1/mp3/ > > [pictures] > guest ok = yes > path = /mnt/sda1/pictures > valid users = karen > > [ZUNK] > path = /mnt/sda1/Zunk/ > create mask = 0755 > guest ok = yes >
The actual permissions on the folders. Not the share permissions (controlled
by Samba), but the folder permissions.
Like this (From Samba By Example):
Under the directory called /data, create two directories named ftmfiles and
officefiles, and set ownership and permissions:
root# mkdir -p /data/{ftmfiles,officefiles/{letters,invitations,misc}}
root# chown -R abmas:office /data
root# chmod -R ug+rwxs,o-w,o+rx /data
Of course change your folder and user names as required.
http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/simple.html#id286980
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Subject: [Samba] Problem with samba and XP
I had Samba setup up on a debian box with three XP\2000 clients accessing
the four samba shares but only allowing three users access to a couple of
the folders. These 3 users had dummy accounts set up on the debian box (they
never logged onto the debian box). The samba shares live on an external USB
hard disk connected to the debian box (formatted as fat32).
For non (samba) related reason I have changed my OS to Mepis and now I can't
seem to recreate the setup I previously had ( I did save my old smb.conf
(along with 90% of my home folder) but that is now sat in a corrupt archive
file which I can't access!!
At the moment my XP\2000 boxes can read and copy files from the samba shares
but can't write to the Samba share which I want.
Below is my smb.conf, it may look a little messy as I have been trying
things to get it working
Any suggestion please?
Tim
;*******************section global***************** [global]
# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace panic
action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d printing = cups workgroup = home
server string = %h server (Samba %v) hosts allow = 192.168.1.
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY log level = 1 dead time = 15
wins support = yes hide unreadable = yes passdb backend = tdbsam guest dns
proxy = no max log size = 1000 restrict anonymous = no domain master = no
preferred master = no max protocol = NT ldap ssl = No server signing = Auto
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no
case sensitive = no
msdfs proxy = no
read only = no
security = share
;*******************section mit***************** [Shared] comment
/home/mit/Shared path = /home/mit/Shared guest ok = yes
;*******************section homes***************** [homes] comment = Home
Directories browseable = no create mask = 0755 ;*******************section
printers***************** [printers] comment = All Printers path = /tmp
browseable = no printable = yes guest ok = yes create mask = 0700
[mp3]
guest ok = yes
path = /mnt/sda1/mp3/
[pictures]
guest ok = yes
path = /mnt/sda1/pictures
valid users = karen
[ZUNK]
path = /mnt/sda1/Zunk/
create mask = 0755
guest ok = yes
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I had Samba setup up on a debian box with three XP\2000 clients accessing the four samba shares but only allowing three users access to a couple of the ? folders. These 3 users had dummy accounts set up on the debian box (they never logged onto the debian box). The samba shares live on an external USB hard disk connected to the debian box (formatted as fat32). For non (samba) related reason I have changed my OS to Mepis and now I can't seem to recreate the setup I previously had ( I did save my old smb.conf (along with 90% of my home folder) but that is now sat in a corrupt archive file which I can't access!! At the moment my XP\2000 boxes can read and copy files from the samba shares but can't write to the Samba share which I want. Below is my smb.conf, it may look a little messy as I have been trying things to get it working Any suggestion please? Tim ;*******************section global***************** [global] # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d printing = cups workgroup = home server string = %h server (Samba %v) hosts allow = 192.168.1. socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY log level = 1 dead time = 15 wins support = yes hide unreadable = yes passdb backend = tdbsam guest dns proxy = no max log size = 1000 restrict anonymous = no domain master = no preferred master = no max protocol = NT ldap ssl = No server signing = Auto oplocks = no level2 oplocks = no case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no read only = no security = share ;*******************section mit***************** [Shared] comment = /home/mit/Shared path = /home/mit/Shared guest ok = yes ;*******************section homes***************** [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no create mask = 0755 ;*******************section printers***************** [printers] comment = All Printers path = /tmp browseable = no printable = yes guest ok = yes create mask = 0700 [mp3] guest ok = yes path = /mnt/sda1/mp3/ [pictures] guest ok = yes path = /mnt/sda1/pictures valid users = karen [ZUNK] path = /mnt/sda1/Zunk/ create mask = 0755 guest ok = yes ____________________________________________________________ Inbox.com is giving away free iPODs, movie tickets and gigabytes! Learn more about this contest on http://www.inbox.com/contest