similar to: Request For Help With Samba Connectivity

These are the contents of the file: #======================= Global Settings ===================================== [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = Myworkgroup # 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

I am having a hell of a time getting a group of Samba servers working together as a domain. My desired setup is to have one Samba PDC (LION) in control of the ANIMALS domain and then have the other Samba file server (HYDRA) join ANIMALS. Simple enough. My smb.conf files are attached. I have added a HYDRA$ machine account to LION per the usual directions. I then follow the simple directions

when i try to copy a folder 2MB size containing many files and folders it takes me abt 20min long , while if i copy one whole sole 12MB pdf file it takes me 10 mostly. why? my config file: ========================= # 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

Hi all, I was installing redhat Linux 9 some days back in my test machine. And later i tried to configure samba into that so that i could share my linux directories in windows machines. After the configurations are done i was able to see the linux machine in the Network Neighbourhood. when i click that linux machine there was an error message like this: //Local host is not

Hi, Let me say first of all that I greatly appreciate and applaud the work that you are doing. I am currently running Red Hat 8 and trying to configure the latest Samba (3.0.5) release on my home network consisting of two win2k machines (a desktop and laptop)and the Red Hat desktop sharing a DSL connection via Netgear ethernet bridges and router. As things stand right now: A. I Can:

Hello All, I wouldn't write with such a trivial sounding problem if I didn't have to - Sorry. I have two machines on LAN 192.168.0. One is a windows machine, one is a Redhat 9 machine. I have been trying to get samba set up for two weeks now. I first installed RedHat 9 with GUI and then reimaged my windows box. Everything worked like a charm and Samba was perfect. Me being

hi. i am rani ahmed, a palestinian (superlinux if u recall). i use redhat 9.0 and samba-2.2.7a-7.9.0. i know that i should update my samba but i dont think my problem has to do with updating. the file given is my samba config file. btw: i think ur software is better than microsoft's file sharing. i mean that scientifically. i am using DNS server (named). my unix domain is superlinux.com

Hey guys. I have been trying to get samba and LDAP with win2k SP3 clients to work together and have just not be able to get it to work. I followed the suggestion of adding a guest user to LDAP with an rid of 501, but it hasn't help. Here is what happens. If a user logs in and they don't have a profile the computer will save one to the server when they log out without any problems.

Hello. I have been looking through the archives of the lists and I didn't find what I was looking for so I figured that I will post what my problem and maybe one of you gurus can give me a hand with it. I have Windows 2000 SP3 clients that are joined to a domain with the samba server acting as PDC. I am using samba 2.2.7a compiled with ldapsam support and I am storing all user

Hi Everybody, I am writing here this mail because I have a strange problem using SAMBA with authentication by LDAP. The OS is a Linux Debian Sarge 3.1 with a SAMBA 3.0.10-Debian. Communication between LDAP and SAMBA works fine. So I can access to SAMBA shares in workgroup mode using LDAP accounts. When I try to join a computer to the domain, it works => Join is OK using administrator

Hi all, I am new to Samba world. May be I am asking the question immaturely. I have a Linux Samba server. It has two interfaces 192.168.1. and 192.168.10. I want to use it as WINS Server. I have configuration like this 192.168.10.10/192.168.1.10 --> Samba Server (Also WINS Server) Network on one side is 10. and other it is 1. . Now I want to see machines on one side from the other and vice

Dear Samba Experts. I an quite new to samba but know the basics of creating chares and permissions, I think!!! Been digging into HOWTO for pdc logon using windows boxes. Having great difficulty in getting win2k to complete and logon to a samba 2.2.5 PDC configuration. Win98 is ok and runs the logon scripts as required. I have attached the smb.conf used and can confirm the directory

hello, there are 3 problems i've been having with samba for a very long time. i was hoping to get them resolved once and for all. my smb.conf file is attached. 1) my printer is shared via samba and i'm using the cups print system. i can see the printer from my win2k and winxp machines, but it says "unable to connect, access denied". how do i remedy this problem? 2)

I'm trying to setup a share on my samba server that will allow me to write to the disk on my windows 98 box. It seems quite simple but I get the access denied error messages whenever I try to create or write to the file. I created the disk on my samba server as a DOS 16 bit file system. Here is my smb.conf file: [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup =

Hello, I've got a samba/win98 problem. This occurs with samba 2.05a and slackware linux 7.0 and freebsd 3.4-release and samba 2.06. I've got two machines, one a pure 98 machine, the other split 50-50 linux and freebsd. All is looking well, samba is my local master, will always win elections etc. Both machines show up and all is good until I restart samba. At that point no matter which

-- I have been through your diagnostics pages and FAQ, but I don't think it answers my question, or maybe because I am new to this, I just don't get understand. Well here goes: I have installed samba v2.0.7. I have tested several user accounts (From the NT domain "vortex") with mapping drives from the PC's (running Windows NT) with no problems at all. The problem I

Hello! I work at a school in Norway, and am experimenting with a Linux box as a server for our Win95 network. Most things seem to work like they should, except one important thing: The user profiles are _only_ stored on the local machine... I am running Internet Explorer 4.01 with the Users function enabled. The network setup is as follows: Samba box as WINS server. "Log on to Windows NT

Just setup Fedora 7, Samba is sharing files for Windows XP users, Samba is sharing printers too - the user's can add new printers to their XP machines, but when they try to print they get various messages, (Including no message at all) and no printouts. Remote printing can be done by a Mac, using lpr printing. Also local users can print using lpr. Have included my smb.conf file.

I have set up a Samba server (Version 3.0.10-1.fc2) on a Fedora 2 box, but it appears to always be allowing anonymous login now and when I try to log in with a valid user it keeps telling me the login failed. Can someone tell me why this is happening and also, why are authorized users not able to log in? Here's the content of my smbusers file: root = administrator admin apache = fred nobody

Hello ! We have Samba 1.9.18p3 intalled on Digital Unix 4.0, and succeed to connect from Win95 to some directory on that Digital. However, when we try the same from NT system installed on the very same PC, the connection fails, with the following error message: "System error 1240 has occurred. The account is not authorized to login from this station" Username and domain are the same