Re: samba problems
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi,
>
> hoping that someone really nice can lend a helping hand...with
> configuring samba...
Samba's not that hard.
> 1. I always do an ifconfig eth0 <192.168.0.1> netmask <
> 255.255.255.0> everytime I boot to configure my network interface. I
> want to configure the interface permanently so I do not have to
> manually specify it everytime.
One of two ways:
* /etc/init.d/network
* /etc/network/interfaces
> 2. do I need to do a 'route add -net <192.168.0> dev eth0' aside
> from specifying the ip add and netmask?
Depends; what kernel revision are you using?
> how about the broadcast address? do i need to configure that too?
Yep. Same place as the ip number.
> 3.when trying to test the connection with $smbclient
> \\\\debian\\user1, it prompts me for the password, then gives the
> error..
> Password:
> session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in
> a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
You entered the wrong password, obviously. What are the contents the
[global] section in smb.conf? According to the log below, you're missing
the smbpasswd file (the list of encrypted NT LanMan passwords). You
really can't use samba without it...
> ah.....say what?
>
> btw,
> I run samba from inetd. nmblookup works..(i think, doesn't complain
> anyway) testparm also doesn't complains...but checking var/log/smb
> shows this errors...when I first installed samba it asked me if i
> wanted to make a new samba passwords file...i said no, (taking the
> default choice) perhaps that is where my problem lies?
Yes that's the problem.
>
> [2000/08/02 20:16:56, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641)
> smbd version 2.0.7 started.
> Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
> [2000/08/02 20:16:56, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216)
> file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are available.
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:startsmbfilepwent_internal(87)
> startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Error
> was No such file or directory
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 0] passdb/passdb.c:iterate_getsmbpwnam(149)
> unable to open smb password database.
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(500)
> Couldn't find user 'root' in smb_passwd file.
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:startsmbfilepwent_internal(87)
> startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Error
> was No such file or directory
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 0] passdb/passdb.c:iterate_getsmbpwnam(149)
> unable to open smb password database.
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(500)
> Couldn't find user 'root' in smb_passwd file.
> [2000/08/02 20:17:11, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(925)
> Rejecting user 'root': authentication failed
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Phil Brutsche pbrutsch@tux.creighton.edu
"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstien
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