I just want to create some directory shares so that I can access them through my MS windows 7 PC. I have done this many time in the past using earlier versions of OpenSuse using Gnome, this time it is KDE. Many thanks, Aref -----Original Message----- From: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Rowland Penny via samba Sent: 10 October 2018 17:22 To: samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba server fails to save settings On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:15:22 +0100 Aref Taidi via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> Hi Rowland, > > Thanks for your help, I have been suspecting Suse's Yast too! > > Is there a samba configuration GUI tool I can use to launch it > independent of Yast? This would help to chase yet another problem! >Samba no longer supplies any GUI tools. It might help if you tell us what your actual problem is. Rowland -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:38:10 +0100 Aref Taidi via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> I just want to create some directory shares so that I can access them > through my MS windows 7 PC. > > I have done this many time in the past using earlier versions of > OpenSuse using Gnome, this time it is KDE. >OK, if you don't want to use an editor to add the share and then reload Samba, you need to ask OpenSuse why its package doesn't work. Samba used to supply SWAT, but this was removed some years ago because of numerous problems, this was the only GUI tool that Samba has ever supplied. All other GUI tools are supplied by third parties and are nothing to do with Samba, so for problems with these third party tools, you need to contact the third party, which in this case is OpenSuse. Rowland
Am Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2018, 09:22:17 CEST schrieb Rowland Penny via samba:> On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:38:10 +0100 > > Aref Taidi via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > > I just want to create some directory shares so that I can access them > > through my MS windows 7 PC. > > > > I have done this many time in the past using earlier versions of > > OpenSuse using Gnome, this time it is KDE. > > OK, if you don't want to use an editor to add the share and then reload > Samba, you need to ask OpenSuse why its package doesn't work. > > Samba used to supply SWAT, but this was removed some years ago because > of numerous problems, this was the only GUI tool that Samba has ever > supplied. All other GUI tools are supplied by third parties and are > nothing to do with Samba, so for problems with these third party tools, > you need to contact the third party, which in this case is OpenSuse. > > Rowlandadditional some words from an old yast user in bad english ;) Please try to make a bug report. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/index.cgi or try yast on leap. yast - if it works- can be a good help to generate a simple working smb.conf. But if you need some specials it`s better to type them by hand. In the end it`s imho easier and sustainable to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf This file is already there and documented. Here is also a good starting-point: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server If you have questions you can always post here and get very helpfull tips and learn wat is going on.. As Rowland already pointed out its the best way, to get a really working and actual supported config Good luck! Markus
Hi Rowland, I have another machine with duplicate share pathnames etc. Samba works as expected on that machine. To save me time trying to find fix for Yast; can I copy the samba files from the working machine to the new one and edit any text in smb.conf necessary to suit the new one? The following are the files in /etc/samba/ directory in the working machine: dhcp.conf lmhosts secrets.tdb smb.conf smbfstab smbpasswd smbusers In the new machine only following files exist: lmhosts smb.conf smbusers Many thanks for your help. Aref -----Original Message----- From: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Rowland Penny via samba Sent: 11 October 2018 08:22 To: samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba server fails to save settings On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:38:10 +0100 Aref Taidi via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> I just want to create some directory shares so that I can access them > through my MS windows 7 PC. > > I have done this many time in the past using earlier versions of > OpenSuse using Gnome, this time it is KDE. >OK, if you don't want to use an editor to add the share and then reload Samba, you need to ask OpenSuse why its package doesn't work. Samba used to supply SWAT, but this was removed some years ago because of numerous problems, this was the only GUI tool that Samba has ever supplied. All other GUI tools are supplied by third parties and are nothing to do with Samba, so for problems with these third party tools, you need to contact the third party, which in this case is OpenSuse. Rowland -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba