Daevid Vincent
2002-Aug-25 20:54 UTC
[Samba] How do I create a globally accessible directory [partly solved] (XP works/98 doesn't)
I just want a simple, globally accessible directory for anyone on my LAN. I don't care who they are, who they're logged in as on their windows machine, I don't care about security (it's my own private LAN!!!). Why is this so difficult to do? I've looked through the archives (which by the way, could someone spend a few minutes and put a SEARCH feature there. Following threads isn't exactly user friendly). I've tried various configurations. I just don't get it. This shouldn't be so difficult to do. Here is what I have currently and it seems to work for the XP boxes, but not for Win98. Maybe this will help some other poor sucker who's equally as frustrated as me. If there is a more elegant or efficient way to do this, I'd love to know about it -- especially how the hell do I get a Win98 box to connect to this share?!!! I believe the problem is the win98 user is logged in as "jme". And unlike with win2k/xp, they can't connect as a different user. UUUGGGHGHHH. Currently I'm running RH7.3 & Samba RPM 2.2.5-1. I'm trying to connect a few XP boxes and one Win98 box in a home LAN. All are IP range 192.168.0.x I just want the [tmp] dir to be a globally read/write dumping ground to exchange files, etc. Furthermore, I want to share out all my mp3 files so that it is read-only, but that "daevid (XP) / dae51d (linux)" can modify/edit/delete them. "daevid/dae51d" currently works just fine for all of this. He has an account on the linux box. NONE of the other machines have accounts, nor do I want to create accounts for them. To get the "NO PASSWORD", use "smbpasswd -n pcguest" as root -- took a while to figure that one out, since everyone spews out their smb.conf setups, but nobody tells you about this vital part. Also, the "preexec" line in [MP3] doesn't do jack shit it seems. There is a file /tmp/logon that is empty, no matter what. Am I using it wrong? Is there a step by step FAQ on how to make this all work? It seems this is all a very common thing to do and yet the manuals and documentation don't describe this at all in a way that's brain-dead simple to follow. It's very frustrating for a novice to SAMBA. I don't want to get a PHD in Microsoft networking and SAMBA to set up a simple share that I can do in Windows by simply "right-click dir -> share". This is the kind of stuff that makes people shy away from Unix. ------------------------------------- smb.conf: ------------------------------------- [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /SAMBA security = share read only = no public = yes browseable = yes writeable = yes security = SHARE log level = 3 hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.0.0. guest ok = yes username = pcguest guest ok = yes guest only = yes guest account = pcguest read list = pcguest write list = pcguest [MP3] comment = MP3 Audio Files path = /MP3 security = SHARE public = yes read only = Yes only user = no browseable = yes writeable = no write list = dae51d, daevid, root admin users = dae51d, daevid, root log level = 3 preexec = cat %u %H %U %G >> /tmp/logon username = pcguest guest ok = yes guest only = yes guest account = pcguest read list = pcguest ------------------------------------- smbusers: ------------------------------------- # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ... # nobody = guest pcguest smbguest root = administrator admin Administrator dae51d = daevid ------------------------------------- smbpasswd: ------------------------------------- # # SMB password file. # root:0:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX :[U ]:LCT-00000000:root ftp:14:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX :[U ]:LCT-00000000:FTP User nobody:99:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[NU ]:LCT-3D69B727:Nobody pcguest:97:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[NU ]:LCT-3D69B7D7:pcguest dae51d:500:017A40206826A7A3AAD3B435B51404EE:37415DEA65AD2DFD6DC3F197BCB4 B9F0:[U ]:LCT-3CECCF72:Daevid Vincent
Rashkae
2002-Aug-25 21:49 UTC
[Samba] How do I create a globally accessible directory [partly solved] (XP works/98 doesn't)
If the default security = user in the global section, SMB requires that the user log in successfully *before* the share name is sent from the client to the server... My transaltion of this is that security = share is kind of useless as a share level option. What you probably want is something in Global like map to guest = Bad User. You should also be aware that, though I can understand the frustration of trying to troubleshoot comptuer problems at late hours... rants about what turns off users from unix are also good at turning off potential help. I don't know about step by step FAQ, but there *is* an official Samba book published by O'reilly. ____________________________________________ Aug 26 3:03am They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose. --English folk poem, circa 1764 On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Daevid Vincent wrote: I just want a simple, globally accessible directory for anyone on my LAN. I don't care who they are, who they're logged in as on their windows machine, I don't care about security (it's my own private LAN!!!). Why is this so difficult to do? I've looked through the archives (which by the way, could someone spend a few minutes and put a SEARCH feature there. Following threads isn't exactly user friendly). I've tried various configurations. I just don't get it. This shouldn't be so difficult to do. Here is what I have currently and it seems to work for the XP boxes, but not for Win98. Maybe this will help some other poor sucker who's equally as frustrated as me. If there is a more elegant or efficient way to do this, I'd love to know about it -- especially how the hell do I get a Win98 box to connect to this share?!!! I believe the problem is the win98 user is logged in as "jme". And unlike with win2k/xp, they can't connect as a different user. UUUGGGHGHHH. Currently I'm running RH7.3 & Samba RPM 2.2.5-1. I'm trying to connect a few XP boxes and one Win98 box in a home LAN. All are IP range 192.168.0.x I just want the [tmp] dir to be a globally read/write dumping ground to exchange files, etc. Furthermore, I want to share out all my mp3 files so that it is read-only, but that "daevid (XP) / dae51d (linux)" can modify/edit/delete them. "daevid/dae51d" currently works just fine for all of this. He has an account on the linux box. NONE of the other machines have accounts, nor do I want to create accounts for them. To get the "NO PASSWORD", use "smbpasswd -n pcguest" as root -- took a while to figure that one out, since everyone spews out their smb.conf setups, but nobody tells you about this vital part. Also, the "preexec" line in [MP3] doesn't do jack shit it seems. There is a file /tmp/logon that is empty, no matter what. Am I using it wrong? Is there a step by step FAQ on how to make this all work? It seems this is all a very common thing to do and yet the manuals and documentation don't describe this at all in a way that's brain-dead simple to follow. It's very frustrating for a novice to SAMBA. I don't want to get a PHD in Microsoft networking and SAMBA to set up a simple share that I can do in Windows by simply "right-click dir -> share". This is the kind of stuff that makes people shy away from Unix. ------------------------------------- smb.conf: ------------------------------------- [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /SAMBA security = share read only = no public = yes browseable = yes writeable = yes security = SHARE log level = 3 hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.0.0. guest ok = yes username = pcguest guest ok = yes guest only = yes guest account = pcguest read list = pcguest write list = pcguest [MP3] comment = MP3 Audio Files path = /MP3 security = SHARE public = yes read only = Yes only user = no browseable = yes writeable = no write list = dae51d, daevid, root admin users = dae51d, daevid, root log level = 3 preexec = cat %u %H %U %G >> /tmp/logon username = pcguest guest ok = yes guest only = yes guest account = pcguest read list = pcguest ------------------------------------- smbusers: ------------------------------------- # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ... # nobody = guest pcguest smbguest root = administrator admin Administrator dae51d = daevid ------------------------------------- smbpasswd: ------------------------------------- # # SMB password file. # root:0:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX :[U ]:LCT-00000000:root ftp:14:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX :[U ]:LCT-00000000:FTP User nobody:99:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[NU ]:LCT-3D69B727:Nobody pcguest:97:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[NU ]:LCT-3D69B7D7:pcguest dae51d:500:017A40206826A7A3AAD3B435B51404EE:37415DEA65AD2DFD6DC3F197BCB4 B9F0:[U ]:LCT-3CECCF72:Daevid Vincent -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Joel Hammer
2002-Aug-26 03:44 UTC
[Samba] How do I create a globally accessible directory [partly solved] (XP works/98 doesn't)
Why is your smb.conf so complex for such a simple situation? This works for me: # Global parameters [global] security = SHARE guest account = ftp [AllFiles] comment = All Files path = / read only = no guest ok = yes You can try security = share, too. Now, be aware that after the logon, the user will be the guest user, in this example ftp. ftp has limited rights. Make sure your shared directory has permissions 777. For a stunningly windows like experience, you can make the guest user root. Joel> ------------------------------------- > [tmp] > comment = Temporary file space > path = /SAMBA > security = share > read only = no > public = yes > browseable = yes > writeable = yes > security = SHARE > log level = 3 > hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.0.0. > guest ok = yes > username = pcguest > guest ok = yes > guest only = yes > guest account = pcguest > read list = pcguest > write list = pcguest > > [MP3] > comment = MP3 Audio Files > path = /MP3 > security = SHARE > public = yes > read only = Yes > only user = no > browseable = yes > writeable = no > write list = dae51d, daevid, root > admin users = dae51d, daevid, root > log level = 3 > preexec = cat %u %H %U %G >> /tmp/logon > username = pcguest > guest ok = yes > guest only = yes > guest account = pcguest > read list = pcguest > > ------------------------------------- > smbusers: > ------------------------------------- > # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ... > # nobody = guest pcguest smbguest > root = administrator admin Administrator > dae51d = daevid > > ------------------------------------- > smbpasswd: > ------------------------------------- > # > # SMB password file. > # > root:0:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > :[U ]:LCT-00000000:root > ftp:14:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > :[U ]:LCT-00000000:FTP User > nobody:99:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO > PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[NU ]:LCT-3D69B727:Nobody > pcguest:97:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO > PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[NU ]:LCT-3D69B7D7:pcguest > dae51d:500:017A40206826A7A3AAD3B435B51404EE:37415DEA65AD2DFD6DC3F197BCB4 > B9F0:[U ]:LCT-3CECCF72:Daevid Vincent > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Janyce Wynter
2002-Aug-27 12:51 UTC
[Samba] How do I create a globally accessible directory [partly solved] (XP works/98 doesn't)
I have something similar set up on my Samba box (RH7.0). Here's my smb.conf:
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from blackhawk.swamp.ca (192.168.0.1)
# Date: 2002/08/22 21:39:15
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = SWAMP
netbios name = BALDEAGLE
server string = Samba Server %h
interfaces = 192.168.0.2/24 127.0.0.1/24
bind interfaces only = Yes
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = Yes
null passwords = Yes
unix password sync = Yes
debug level = 1
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
time server = Yes
os level = 65
lm announce = True
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
guest account = smbuser
[public]
comment = Public
path = /public
# Force user required only for Win2k:
force user = smbuser
writeable = Yes
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
guest ok = Yes
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
writeable = Yes
create mask = 0750
browseable = No
The directory pemissions on /public need to set as
chown smbuser:smb /public
chmod 2777 /public
This ensures that all the files in the directory get owned by everyone. [And,
of course, you need to create a Linux user smbuser, and a group called smb.]
Janyce
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