Hi, I've successfully installed Fedora Core 4 as a server with default settings and running KDE. - fedorabox I've entered it into the DNS. I can ping it by its hostname and by its IP. And I can ping from it to my machine by hostname and IP. I'm trying to set up a share on fedorabox so I can copy files from my pc mypcxp (Windows XP) to fedorabox. We are on a AD domain (pdc in smb.conf is server1). Process smbd has 2 instances on fedorabox I originally set it up through the GUI stuff in KDE - possibly my first wrong step - and followed the instructions in the help files to the letter. The shares I have set up are /home/akendall/adam_temp /home/akendall/test * In KDE, I can browse to /home/akendall/adam_temp - but when I go through the terminal, the directory isn't showing up when I do 'ls -al' * /home/akendall/test shows up in both fine.>From my pc, when I try and connect to \\fedorabox\ADAM_TEMP<file:///\\nuwvics5\ADAM_TEMP> , \\fedorabox\home\akendall\ADAM_TEMP <file:///\\nuwvics5\home\akendall\ADAM_TEMP> or \\fedorabox\test <file:///\\nuwvics5\test> , \\fedorabox\home\akendall\test <file:///\\nuwvics5\home\akendall\test> I get the following error "The network path was not found." I then went into smb.conf to have a look. Here are the main changes that have been made: workgroup = myorg.org.au svr string = Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.0 127. security = domain DNS proxy section password server = sever1 [homes] browseable = yes [ADAM_TEMP] path = /home/akendall/adam_temp/ writeable = yes force user = akendall force group = akendall case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no hosts allow = mypcxp comment = Temp folder for Adam browseable = yes valid users = akendall [test] path = /home/akendall/test writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes Kind regards, Adam Kendall IT Officer National Union of Workers Phone: 03 9287 1880 Fax: 03 9287 1717 -------------- next part -------------- # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too # many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. # #======================= Global Settings ====================================[global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = myorg.org.au # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = /etc/printcap # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx ; printing = cups # This option tells cups that the data has already been rasterized cups options = raw # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log # all log information in one file # log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = domain # Use password server option only with security = server ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents ; encrypt passwords = yes ; smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux system password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. ; unix password sync = Yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for # Windows95 workstations. ; domain logons = yes # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or # per user logon script # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) ; logon script = %m.bat # run a specific logon batch file per username ; logon script = %U.bat # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) # %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username # You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses # 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified # the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix # system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR # DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf # and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration # dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups # in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care! # The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT # on the local network segment # - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS. ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server ; wins support = yes # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both ; wins server = w.x.y.z # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. ; wins proxy = yes # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. dns proxy = no idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 password server = sever1 ; encrypt passwords = yes ; guest ok = no ; guest account = nobody ; encrypt passwords = yes ; guest ok = no ; guest account = nobody [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = yes writeable = yes # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /home/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share # the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /home/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print ; guest ok = no printable = yes [ADAM_TEMP] path = /home/akendall/adam_temp/ writeable = yes force user = akendall force group = akendall case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no hosts allow = mypcxp comment = Temp folder for Adam browseable = yes valid users = akendall [test] path = /home/akendall/test writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes
Hi Stuart, I've successfully installed Fedora Core 4 as a server with default settings and running KDE. - fedorabox I've entered it into the DNS. I can ping it by its hostname and by its IP. And I can ping from it to my machine by hostname and IP. I'm trying to set up a share on fedorabox so I can copy files from my pc mypcxp (Windows XP) to fedorabox. We are on a AD domain (pdc in smb.conf is server1). Process smbd has 2 instances on fedorabox I originally set it up through the GUI stuff in KDE - possibly my first wrong step - and followed the instructions in the help files to the letter. The shares I have set up are /home/akendall/adam_temp /home/akendall/test * In KDE, I can browse to /home/akendall/adam_temp - but when I go through the terminal, the directory isn't showing up when I do 'ls -al' * /home/akendall/test shows up in both fine.>From my pc, when I try and connect to \\fedorabox\ADAM_TEMP<file:///\\nuwvics5\ADAM_TEMP> , \\fedorabox\home\akendall\ADAM_TEMP <file:///\\nuwvics5\home\akendall\ADAM_TEMP> or \\fedorabox\test <file:///\\nuwvics5\test> , \\fedorabox\home\akendall\test <file:///\\nuwvics5\home\akendall\test> I get the following error "The network path was not found." I then went into smb.conf to have a look. Here are the main changes that have been made: workgroup = myorg.org.au svr string = Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.0 127. security = domain DNS proxy section password server = sever1 [homes] browseable = yes [ADAM_TEMP] path = /home/akendall/adam_temp/ writeable = yes force user = akendall force group = akendall case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no hosts allow = mypcxp comment = Temp folder for Adam browseable = yes valid users = akendall [test] path = /home/akendall/test writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes Kind regards, Adam Kendall IT Officer National Union of Workers Phone: 03 9287 1880 Fax: 03 9287 1717 -------------- next part -------------- # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too # many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. # #======================= Global Settings ====================================[global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = myorg.org.au # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = /etc/printcap # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx ; printing = cups # This option tells cups that the data has already been rasterized cups options = raw # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log # all log information in one file # log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = domain # Use password server option only with security = server ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents ; encrypt passwords = yes ; smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux system password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. ; unix password sync = Yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for # Windows95 workstations. ; domain logons = yes # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or # per user logon script # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) ; logon script = %m.bat # run a specific logon batch file per username ; logon script = %U.bat # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) # %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username # You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses # 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified # the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix # system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR # DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf # and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration # dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups # in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care! # The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT # on the local network segment # - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS. ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server ; wins support = yes # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both ; wins server = w.x.y.z # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. ; wins proxy = yes # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. dns proxy = no idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 password server = sever1 ; encrypt passwords = yes ; guest ok = no ; guest account = nobody ; encrypt passwords = yes ; guest ok = no ; guest account = nobody [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = yes writeable = yes # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /home/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share # the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /home/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print ; guest ok = no printable = yes [ADAM_TEMP] path = /home/akendall/adam_temp/ writeable = yes force user = akendall force group = akendall case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no hosts allow = mypcxp comment = Temp folder for Adam browseable = yes valid users = akendall [test] path = /home/akendall/test writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes
Adam Kendall wrote: grep ^[^#] kendall-smbconf | grep ^[^\;] > smb.conf.txt shows what it is that is actually in there or testparm -s | less You know, mv smb.conf master-smb.conf and then testparm -s master-smb.conf > smb.conf would give you something much nicer to send to the list. Anyway, have you done mkdir -p /home/akendall/adam_temp just to make sure? No firewall in the way? Is the machine named nuwvics5 or fedorabox? What is it named in /etc/hosts? Regards Geoff Scott -------------- next part -------------- [global] workgroup = myorg.org.au server string = Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. printcap name = /etc/printcap cups options = raw log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 security = domain socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 dns proxy = no idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 password server = sever1 [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = yes writeable = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no printable = yes [ADAM_TEMP] path = /home/akendall/adam_temp/ writeable = yes force user = akendall force group = akendall case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no hosts allow = mypcxp comment = Temp folder for Adam browseable = yes valid users = akendall [test] path = /home/akendall/test writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes