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Re: samba setup tips?



Please remember to reply to the list, not to the individual. I
will reply on-list so that everyone can (hopefully) benefit
from our exchange.

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 08:42 -0500, Josh Battles wrote: 
> David Clymer said:
> 
> > When you say that you can't log on, do you mean that your
> > username/password is rejected, or that you just dont see any shared
> > folders? What error messages are you getting on the clients when they
> > attempt to "log on"?
> 
> My username and password is rejected.  My Debian desktop picked up almost
> instantly a folder called "shared on beer" (beer is the server hostname) and
> popped it on the desktop when I booted.  I'm able to see that same folder in
> Win2k but not access it from either OS.

For each computer (NT,2k,XP) that logs on to your domain, you will need to have set up a trust account:

$ adduser --home /dev/null --shell /bin/false --ingroup machine --force-badname --no-create-home --disabled-login --gecos "Machine Trust Account" MYCOMPUTER$
$ smbpasswd -m -a MYCOMPUTER

for each user that logs on or accesses shares, you need to have a unix and samba account:

$ adduser --shell /bin/false --disabled-login userbob
$ gpasswd -a userbob samba
$ smbpasswd -a userbob

The only password that matters to the user is the samba password.
The unix account provides a way to map users to unix permissions.

In order for a user to access a samba share, they must have
appropriate unix permissions on the folder, and also
meet any additional requirements set up in the share's
configuration in smb.conf

> 
> > What version of windows are you refering to? Win XP, 98?
> 
> Win2k and WinXP
> 
> > This option conflicts with the "encrypt passwords = true" that you have
> > set above. You may as well comment this out, since pam is ignored when
> > passwords are encrypted (see man smb.conf).
> 
> I must have missed that, I read that man page several times.  I'll comment it
> out.
> 

There's a lot to read. It's easy to miss stuff.

> 
> > Your samba config does not have this directory shared.
> 
> Using swat, I was able to create this share but am still unable to log into it.
> 
> >> I'm new to this, I've only used linux as a desktop before, but since my old
> >> NT4 server died I thought I'd give it a try and see what it's got to offer
> >> there as well.  I'm fairly familiar with configuration for desktop stuff
> >> but
> >> as all this server stuff is new to me I'm lost.  Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Was your NT server acting as a PDC? In other words, are you hoping to
> > have samba work as a domain controller or just a win 95/98 type file
> > server?
> 
> Yes, the NT server was actind as a domain controller.  I was hoping to setup
> this server as the same but I've not gotten that far yet.  Should I be
> setting it up as a domain controller before I setup samba?
> 

You probably want to set it all up at once. Here are the main portions
of my config to get you started.



#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

# Change this for the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = MAINST

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   server string = File server
   netbios name = VADER

# allow connections from all localnets except mail server and firewall
   hosts allow = 192.168. 10.0.1.2 EXCEPT 192.168.10.2

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
   load printers = yes

# You may wish to override the location of the printcap file
;   printcap name = /etc/printcap

# 'printing = cups' works nicely
   printing = bsd
   print command = lpr -P %p -h %s ; rm %s
   lpq command = lpq -P %p
   lprm command = lprm -P %p %j
#   lppause command =
#   lpresume command =

#

;   guest account = nobody
;   invalid users = root

# user maps
   username map = /etc/samba/usermap.conf

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
   max log size = 2000

# Set level of logging
   log level = 2

# If you want Samba to log though syslog only then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'. Please note that logging through syslog in
# Samba is still experimental.
;   syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smb,nmb} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
   syslog = 0

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# security_level.txt for details.
   security = user

# 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 = true
   passdb backend = tdbsam guest
#   passdb backend = smbpasswd

# 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 = /samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# --- Browser Control Options ---

# Please _read_ BROWSING.txt and set the next four parameters according
# to your network setup. The defaults are specified below (commented
# out.) It's important that you read BROWSING.txt so you don't break
# browsing in your network!

# 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 = yes

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
   os level = 65

# 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
   domain logons = yes

#  user logon/config directories
   logon script = logon-scripts\%m.bat
   logon home = \\%L\%U\
   logon path = \\%L\%U\NTProfile
   logon drive = H:

# 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

# --- End of Browser Control Options ---

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
   wins support = no

# 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 = 192.168.10.1

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
   dns proxy = no

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
   name resolve order = lmhosts wins hosts bcast

# remote annouce
   remote announce = harris.mainst.hrcsb.org/SERVERS

# Name mangling options
;   preserve case = yes
;   short preserve case = yes

# This boolean parameter controlls whether Samba attempts to sync. the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# /etc/samba/smbpasswd file is changed.
;   unix password sync = false

# For Unix password sync. to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <aluton@hybrigenics.fr> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato).
;   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
;   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
;   pam password change = no

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
;   message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &

#   obey pam restrictions = yes
   obey pam restrictions = no

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
;   winbind uid = 10000-20000
;   winbind gid = 10000-20000
;   template shell = /bin/bash

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        writeable = Yes
        create mask = 0660
        directory mask = 0770
        browseable = No
        csc policy = disable
        admin users = @mis

[netlogon]
        comment = Samba Network Logon Service
        path = /samba/netlogon
        admin users = @mis
        write list = @mis
        browseable = No
        root preexec = /samba/netlogon/make-logon-script %m %L %H %u
        create mask = 0640
        directory mask = 2750
        force group = samba


hope that helps.

-davidc 

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