RE: Problems getting Samba to work
Lindsay,
I thought about making the home directory writable and open to guests,
but the rub with that is that I am on a larger college network. Iff
this was my home network, I wouldn't hesitate to do that as a stop-gap
solution. But, it opens up a security hole big enough to drive a VW
Mini-bus through.
Peace,
DAVE
-----Original Message-----
From: Lindsay Yardley [mailto:lindsay@ebuild.net.au]
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:38 AM
To: debian-userMailList
Subject: RE: Problems getting Samba to work
G'day David,
I'm a newbie but try adding "writable = yes" under "[homes]"
hth
Lindsay
| David E. Meiser wrote:
| > I am attempting to build a media server, using samba to
| transfer files
| > to the media server from my Windows XP box and am unable
| to logon to the
| > media server. I am able to get to the media server and
| view the open
| > shares, but I'm unable to get to the shared files
| themselves (let alone
| > write to the directory). When trying to access the folder, I get a
| > login box that has "hostname\username" locked as the username. I'm
| > unable to find anything that might have caused this. Below is the
| > contents of my smb.conf. Any help would be appreciated.
| >
| > Peace,
| > David Meiser
| >
| > # Samba config file created using SWAT
| > # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
| > # Date: 2003/03/29 16:15:43
| >
| > # Global parameters
| > [global]
| > workgroup = SIENANET
| > interfaces = eth0
| > security = SHARE
| > obey pam restrictions = Yes
| > passdb backend = tdbsam, unixsam
| > unix password sync = Yes
| > name resolve order = wins host
| > os level = 0
| > preferred master = No
| > domain master = No
| > wins server = odin
| > ldap ssl = no
| > username = dave
| > invalid users = root
| > admin users = dave
| > write list = dave
| > printer admin = dave
| > include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
| >
| > [homes]
| > comment = Home Directories
| > path = /home/dave
| > read only = No
| > create mask = 0777
| > directory mask = 0777
| >
| > [printers]
| > comment = All Printers
| > path = /tmp
| > create mask = 0700
| > guest ok = Yes
| > printable = Yes
| > browseable = No
| >
| > [netlogon]
| > path = /tmp
| >
| >
|
| Hi,
| It's allways a problem to access samba from XP for several reasons
| that is not samba to blame:)
|
| I see you have "username=dave" in your smb.conf and
|
| > username = dave
| > invalid users = root
| > admin users = dave
| > write list = dave
|
| will that say that the user dave resides on the linuxbox as
| well? And
| if so is that user one of a fev that's accessing the samba
| server? If
| that's the case, you ought to change the security settings
| to "user".
|
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