On Saturday 27 September 2008 12:52:36 am Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

As you can see it only gives you one pretty basic share in this case named "grafik".

Now get samba running, do "rcsmb restart". Later on you would check it in Yast to make sure it runs in runlevel 3 and/or 5.

Now fire up webmin ((localhost:10000) - you DO have webmin installed, right?))

Um, never heard of it. I have it now. http://www.webmin.com/ It isn't included in smart - that came up with something called webpin. Oh, and it is https://localhost:10000/ - need the SSL portion. I decided to trust myself and accepted my certificate. :) See enclosed screenshot and at: http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/smb_share.png

goto Samba. Now convert all users (or just your account to smb users) - and set your samba password.

Not quite sure where that part is - i messed around with webmin and haven't had success yet.

Alternatively, do #/usr/bin/smbpasswd your-user-name", this will also create a smb user/passwd in /etc/samba/smbpasswd etc.

I think I did that... xwing:/home/kai # /usr/bin/smbpasswd kai New SMB password: Retype new SMB password:

Then goto konquerer and type "smb://IP-of-your-samba-server-could-be-localhost"

smb://kai@192.168.0.101 Timeout on server 192.168.0.101

This should give you a list of shares, in this case just the "grafik" share. When this runs, you may hereafter start playing with smb.conf, remember to restart smb after each modif. Do "rcsmb restart"

Did that. This is way too complicated. I'm actually very annoyed - not that I have an excuse for a free OS - that I can't just right-click a folder in Konqueror and have this "just work." -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request

On Saturday 27 September 2008 09:24:30 pm Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 19:15 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:

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I think I did that...

xwing:/home/kai # /usr/bin/smbpasswd kai New SMB password:

Retype new SMB password:

try smbpasswd -a user

Just saw this. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:09:44 am Kai Ponte wrote: ...

xwing:/ # smbpasswd -a kai New SMB password: Retype new SMB password:

When I try now, I still get

Access denied to smb://kai@localhost/.

Did you tried: rcsmb restart -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Kai Ponte wrote:

On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:24:20 am Rajko M. wrote:

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On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:09:44 am Kai Ponte wrote: ...

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xwing:/ # smbpasswd -a kai New SMB password: Retype new SMB password:

When I try now, I still get

Access denied to smb://kai@localhost/.

Did you tried: rcsmb restart

Yes - several times.

kai@xwing:~> su Password: xwing:/home/kai # rcsmb restart Shutting down Samba SMB daemon done Starting Samba SMB daemon done xwing:/home/kai #

Kai, Perhaps I missed this in the threads, but are you sure you have the proper permissions set on the directory/files you are having Samba access? Samba can access what you point it to, but the basic permissions in your linux file system also need to be set to allow that user as well. You have to set both. I've never used this for a specific user, but have a share set up with file access to allow guests and all users can read/write. This suits my particular purpose for home network sharing. Fine tuning that should work. In older versions of Suse, Swat worked very well, and still probably does, but I find the Yast Samba tools to be very good now. Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Kai Ponte wrote:

On Sunday 28 September 2008 09:25:03 pm Jim Flanagan wrote:

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Perhaps I missed this in the threads, but are you sure you have the proper permissions set on the directory/files you are having Samba access? Samba can access what you point it to, but the basic permissions in your linux file system also need to be set to allow that user as well. You have to set both. I've never used this for a specific user, but have a share set up with file access to allow guests and all users can read/write. This suits my particular purpose for home network sharing. Fine tuning that should work. In older versions of Suse, Swat worked very well, and still probably does, but I find the Yast Samba tools to be very good now.

On the permissions, that is a good question.

The folder I'm sharing is my own and I'm using the same username. I selected it from the list in Webmin.

I have Browseable=yes, hosts to allow=all, possible users=kai, read/write users=kai, guest access=yes.

I'm not the expert on permissions, but what you have looks good to me. Just to rule that out, you could try setting them temporarily to all users, without specifying a user, try all users. That would rule out local permissions as your issue. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday 29 September 2008 12:57:59 am G T Smith wrote:

Kai Ponte wrote:

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On the permissions, that is a good question.

The folder I'm sharing is my own and I'm using the same username. I selected it from the list in Webmin.

I have Browseable=yes, hosts to allow=all, possible users=kai, read/write users=kai, guest access=yes.

I think one needs to get back to basics....

a) Can you browse the workgroup? i.e can you see all the machines in the workgroup, from all of the machines which are supposed to be in the workgroup?

I'll try it when I get back home. Right now I'm at work and the laptop is on the domain. (It isn't part of the domain, just connected.)

BTW SWAT does have control of the local samba server functions and will shutdown and restart the samba server, and includes access to extensive documentation and information on server status.

Use...

http://localhost:901/

to access SWAT. (Usually the root username and password will be required).

SWAT? I think that was a television show I watched in the '70s. According to YaST/SMART the only thing with swat is myspell-swati. I'll search on the intraweb... -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 17:14 +0200, Dave Plater wrote:

You have to enable swat in yast network services xinetd and then go to http://localhost:901/ in a web browser. Regards Dave P

Make sure you do service xinetd restart when you enable swat -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 09:34 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:

Does it matter what the domain is? I set it to WORKGROUP, since the laptop is not part of a domain while at work and my wife's computer at home is simply WORKGROUP

Yes, it does matter. But if you're using the name WORKGROUP on the windows boxen, then this too should be WORKGROUP domain. -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 10:01 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:

So, how does one handle multiple workgroups/domains?

For example, at home my workgroup is WORKGROUP. At work it is VIMS. At my father-in-law's house, it is GERRY.

Do I need to change Samba all the time for this?

Well I would set up each workgroup w/ a samba server that I am a user on and then browse the entire network and then each workgroup that I would need @ the time. (click on My Computer on the desktop then Network Folders then Samba Shares then WorkgroupName) -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday 29 September 2008 09:24:57 pm Jim Flanagan wrote:

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[kai] username = kai write list = kai read only = No guest ok = Yes available = No

Why do you have available = No ??

Um, because teh SWAT team told me to write that? Actually, I just gave what the SWAT utility wrote. Is that wrong? ... I actually just did some searching. Apparently there's a command-line utility called testparm that can be run as root. It shows what samba will do with the current configuration file. Here's what I get. xwing:/home/kai # testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[kai]" WARNING: No path in service kai - making it unavailable! NOTE: Service kai is flagged unavailable. Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[share]" WARNING: No path in service share - making it unavailable! NOTE: Service share is flagged unavailable. Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Hmm - that ain't good. Robert Urich came out and told me I'd better change. So I launched SWAT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJu17fAnKU) and now have the following... # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2008/09/29 21:32:31 [global] valid users = kai [kai] path = /home/kai username = kai write list = kai read only = No guest ok = Yes [homes] valid users = %S read only = No browseable = No I did an rcsmb and an rcnmb restart and both came out okay. I did a testparm and it came out okay xwing:/home/kai # testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[kai]" Processing section "[homes]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions However, I get a timeout when testing smb:\\192.168.0.101\kai (my ip on my local network) An error occurred while loading smb:\\192.168.0.101\kai: Timeout on server I then tried smb://192.168.0.101/kai and got it... http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/smb_share2.png ...and from my wife's Win2K machine... http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/samba_connect.jpg Whew! Finally. Thanks for the help! Now, on to making it easier and doable from the right-click menu on Konqueror. (But that is for another day.) -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request

Kai Ponte wrote:

On Monday 29 September 2008 09:24:57 pm Jim Flanagan wrote:

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[kai] username = kai write list = kai read only = No guest ok = Yes available = No

Why do you have available = No ??

Um, because teh SWAT team told me to write that?

Actually, I just gave what the SWAT utility wrote. Is that wrong?

...

I actually just did some searching. Apparently there's a command-line utility called testparm that can be run as root. It shows what samba will do with the current configuration file.

Here's what I get.

xwing:/home/kai # testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[kai]" WARNING: No path in service kai - making it unavailable! NOTE: Service kai is flagged unavailable. Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[share]" WARNING: No path in service share - making it unavailable! NOTE: Service share is flagged unavailable. Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

Hmm - that ain't good.

Robert Urich came out and told me I'd better change. So I launched SWAT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJu17fAnKU) and now have the following...

# Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2008/09/29 21:32:31

[global] valid users = kai

[kai] path = /home/kai username = kai write list = kai read only = No guest ok = Yes

[homes] valid users = %S read only = No browseable = No

I did an rcsmb and an rcnmb restart and both came out okay. I did a testparm and it came out okay

xwing:/home/kai # testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[kai]" Processing section "[homes]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

However, I get a timeout when testing smb:\\192.168.0.101\kai (my ip on my local network)

An error occurred while loading smb:\\192.168.0.101\kai: Timeout on server

I then tried smb://192.168.0.101/kai and got it...

http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/smb_share2.png

...and from my wife's Win2K machine...

http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/samba_connect.jpg

Whew! Finally.

Thanks for the help!

Now, on to making it easier and doable from the right-click menu on Konqueror.

(But that is for another day.)

Kai, I haven't followed the whole thread, but if you want to make connections easier either from linux->remote smb shares or from windows -> remote smb shares, I have a few tricks for you. First Linux -> smb; Just define a place to mount the remote shares (I just use /mnt) and then a simple bash script will take care of the mounts for you. I just write a mount script for each machine, and then if I have multiple machines in a group, just combine the calls in a second group script. Here is what I use for a machine script: #!/bin/bash # check_root however you do it. SERVER="//nemesis" if smbclient -U% -L${SERVER} >/dev/null 2>&1; then OPTS=$(cat /home/david/bin/mntops_dcr) SHARE="/config" MPOINT="/mnt/nemesis-cfg" if mount | grep -q "on ${MPOINT} type"; then echo "${MPOINT} already mounted" else if [[ ! -d ${MPOINT} ]]; then mkdir -p ${MPOINT} >/dev/null 2>&1 fi mount.cifs ${SERVER}${SHARE} ${MPOINT} ${OPTS} fi SHARE="/samba" MPOINT="/mnt/nemesis" if mount | grep -q "on ${MPOINT} type"; then echo "${MPOINT} already mounted" else if [[ ! -d ${MPOINT} ]]; then mkdir -p ${MPOINT} >/dev/null 2>&1 fi mount.cifs ${SERVER}${SHARE} ${MPOINT} ${OPTS} fi SHARE="/david" MPOINT="/mnt/nemesis-david" if mount | grep -q "on ${MPOINT} type"; then echo "${MPOINT} already mounted" else if [[ ! -d ${MPOINT} ]]; then mkdir -p ${MPOINT} >/dev/null 2>&1 fi mount.cifs ${SERVER}${SHARE} ${MPOINT} ${OPTS} fi exit 0 The mntops_dcr (mount options) file is: -o username=david,uid=1000,credentials=/home/david/.dcr/mountcfile,noperm NOTE: remove the ',noperm' for regular users, it provides 'root' access (which is very handy for remote admin of linux boxes, but not for regular users). The credentials file protects the user/passwd with permissions of 0600. The contents: username=yourusername password=yourpassword To sew multiple machines together in a group, so you are mounting all the needed shares on a local lan, simply combine the calls: #!/bin/bash sudo /home/david/bin/mount_nemesis sudo /home/david/bin/mount_nirvana sudo /home/david/bin/mount_zion That's it for the linux->smb side. For windows a slick batch file can be put in the startup folder of the startmenu to handle things. It will handle multiple locations as well and test for the available machines. In its DOS glory: @echo off net use /delete * for /f "skip=3" %%i in ('net view') do ( if %%i==\\NIRVANA ( net use f: \\nirvana\samba net use g: \\nirvana\config net use h: \\nirvana\david ) if %%i==\\BONZA ( net use f: \\bonza\samba net use g: \\bonza\config net use h: \\bonza\david ) if %%i==\\NEMESIS ( net use i: \\nemesis\config ) if %%i==\\PROVIDENCE ( net use i: \\providence\config ) if %%i==\\ZION ( net use j: \\zion\config ) ) These scripts have taken care of 99% of all the connection needs I have had with samba. Note: this is in a non-domain login (or stand alone) samba environment. If you are using domain logins, you can adapt the login scripts as needed. Hopefully this will save some work. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 01 October 2008 12:39:22 pm David C. Rankin wrote:

        First Linux -> smb; Just define a place to mount the remote shares (I just use /mnt) and then a simple bash script will take care of the mounts for you. I just write a mount script for each machine, and then if I have multiple machines in a group, just combine the calls in a second group script. Here is what I use for a machine script:

thanks, david saved I may look into these. for now, i pretty much use ad-hoc connections and have them bookmarked in konqueror to my workstations or servers (we use AD at work) i just use smb://domain\my_user@server/share and enter my password. For example: smb://vims\e515421@r2203/c$/Users/e515421/Documents -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com government is a process which utilizes 45.5% gut reaction, 45.5% laws and statutes and 1% logic -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kai Ponte wrote:

On Monday 29 September 2008 12:57:59 am G T Smith wrote:

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Kai Ponte wrote:

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On the permissions, that is a good question.

The folder I'm sharing is my own and I'm using the same username. I selected it from the list in Webmin.

I have Browseable=yes, hosts to allow=all, possible users=kai, read/write users=kai, guest access=yes. I think one needs to get back to basics....

a) Can you browse the workgroup? i.e can you see all the machines in the workgroup, from all of the machines which are supposed to be in the workgroup?

I'll try it when I get back home. Right now I'm at work and the laptop is on the domain. (It isn't part of the domain, just connected.)

...

BTW SWAT does have control of the local samba server functions and will shutdown and restart the samba server, and includes access to extensive documentation and information on server status.

Use...

http://localhost:901/

to access SWAT. (Usually the root username and password will be required).

SWAT? I think that was a television show I watched in the '70s.

According to YaST/SMART the only thing with swat is myspell-swati.

I'll search on the intraweb...

LOL SWAT is part of the standard samba distribution, and for some unknown reason it is not picked in as being there in YaST..., but if you type man swap you will get a some basic info.. BTW Reading the Howto for Samba 3 as recommended elsewhere is a very good idea... You will need to enable swat via xinetd in YaST before you can use it on a regular basis. The YAST samba server configuration support used to be pretty basic, and had some nasty habits (like stripping out legitimate options it did not know about) and I have not used it for years. It may be better now but it has usually given me more problems than it solved in the past. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjg8TMACgkQasN0sSnLmgJ/0QCg9Uws2zDVjQ3RyY2CxRS5J4gV FdoAoKxm6jVSxQkPdRrm+R5mV+d+n0L7 =KkJ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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On Saturday 27 September 2008 12:52:36 am Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

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As you can see it only gives you one pretty basic share in this case named "grafik".

Now get samba running, do "rcsmb restart". Later on you would check it in Yast to make sure it runs in runlevel 3 and/or 5.

Now fire up webmin ((localhost:10000) - you DO have webmin installed, right?))

Um, never heard of it. I have it now.

http://www.webmin.com/

It isn't included in smart - that came up with something called webpin.

Oh, and it is https://localhost:10000/ - need the SSL portion. I decided to trust myself and accepted my certificate. :)

See enclosed screenshot and at:

http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/smb_share.png

...

goto Samba. Now convert all users (or just your account to smb users) - and set your samba password.

Not quite sure where that part is - i messed around with webmin and haven't had success yet.

...

Alternatively, do #/usr/bin/smbpasswd your-user-name", this will also create a smb user/passwd in /etc/samba/smbpasswd etc.

I think I did that...

xwing:/home/kai # /usr/bin/smbpasswd kai New SMB password:

Retype new SMB password:

...

Then goto konquerer and type "smb://IP-of-your-samba-server-could-be-localhost"

smb://kai@192.168.0.101

Timeout on server 192.168.0.101

...

This should give you a list of shares, in this case just the "grafik" share. When this runs, you may hereafter start playing with smb.conf, remember to restart smb after each modif. Do "rcsmb restart"

Did that.

This is way too complicated. I'm actually very annoyed - not that I have an excuse for a free OS - that I can't just right-click a folder in Konqueror and have this "just work."

Hmm... It can be very difficult to get the initial samba configuration right but when you have it running it very solid. IMHO SWAT is probably the best tool for setting up samba for someone who dislikes working from the command line (forget webmin). Have a quick look at man swat. What is not clear here whether you are using this in your home setup, or your work setup, and which version of windows is involved (networking capabilities vary between versions). Microsoft networking can get quite involved and some of the legacy protocols are no longer actively supported. If this is a work environment with AD there is likely to be a bit of work to be performed to allow both machines to communicate. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjfYhoACgkQasN0sSnLmgJAzgCfXOsLMkB5ufJwJZ8MyrN+6XgD 2dQAn1bgm3AukDsKsXy1A9RnuN95ZF0L =SJxU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 13:24 -0400, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 11:53 +0100, G T Smith wrote:

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smb://kai@192.168.0.101

In konqueror or dolphin or what have you

try just //kai@192.138.0.101 no smb: I just tried connecting to one my machines with smb://mikesd@zeus and it didn't work so then I tried //mikesd@zeus and it worked fine.

btw, zeus is the linux machine for me.

What does the address bar show as the protocol being used? I know you can do that with fish://..... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 14:31 -0400, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 14:09 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote:

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What does the address bar show as the protocol being used? I know you can do that with fish://.....

I don't know. I assume smb but when I try smb://mikesd@zeus

the status bar on the bottom says it's looking for smb://smb/ -- Michael S. Dunsavage

In konqueroro smb://mikesd@zeus works -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 28 September 2008 10:24:00 am Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 11:53 +0100, G T Smith wrote:

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smb://kai@192.168.0.101

In konqueror or dolphin or what have you

try just //kai@192.138.0.101 no smb: I just tried connecting to one my machines with smb://mikesd@zeus and it didn't work so then I tried //mikesd@zeus and it worked fine.

The file or folder file:////kai%40192.138.0.101 does not exist. No dice. :P

btw, zeus is the linux machine for me.

Zeus? I don't speak greek. http://www.zeuslinux.gr/ -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 27 September 2008 12:52:36 am Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

...lots of text cutout, see thread..

Hi list and Kai

- may I suggest that you temporarily cp your original smb.conf to smb.conf_kai and then try a simple, standard one a la:

[global] workgroup = WORKGROUP

Okay, I did that. My only change from yours is the share. [kai] only user = yes valid users = @users, kai path = /home/kai read only = No revalidate = yes comment = KAI

As you can see it only gives you one pretty basic share in this case named "grafik".

Now get samba running, do "rcsmb restart". Later on you would check it in Yast to make sure it runs in runlevel 3 and/or 5.

Now fire up webmin ((localhost:10000) - you DO have webmin installed, right?)) goto Samba. Now convert all users (or just your account to smb users) - and set your samba password.

Alternatively, do #/usr/bin/smbpasswd your-user-name", this will also create a smb user/passwd in /etc/samba/smbpasswd etc.

Did this again...

Then goto konquerer and type "smb://IP-of-your-samba-server-could-be-localhost"

...now I get a little farther. Instead of doesn't exist, I get a similar screen to one I did on my 9.3 laptop when I was trying to use samba. I get the login prompt and then a user failed. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/smb_share1.png No matter if I type in the password for my user, the password I set in smbpasswd or blank I get user authentication failed.

This should give you a list of shares, in this case just the "grafik" share. When this runs, you may hereafter start playing with smb.conf, remember to restart smb after each modif. Do "rcsmb restart"

Yes, I did that also. At least I don't get the pid thing anymore. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 17:49 +0200, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

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smb.conf_kai and then try a simple, standard one a la:

[global] workgroup = WORKGROUP

I'm assuming that the windows box is on the work group called WORKGROUP, correct? Otherwise, WORKGROUP above should be the same as the workgroup name that you are using. And why are we still not looking @ logs? comb through /var/log/samba/log.nmbd and /var/log/samba/log.smbd -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:14:04 Kai Ponte wrote:

On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:49:27 am Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

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smb://localhost/kai

An error occurred while loading smb://localhost/kai: The file or folder smb://localhost/kai does not exist.

Odd, because it shows in Webmin as a share.

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Kai, Can I refer you to "Samba 3 by example" at http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ You'll find this to be very useful and informative. Can I also suggest that wireshark (formerly ethereal) is a Really Useful Tool that everyone who is troubleshooting network issues should get familiar with. Another tip: if you're not running a local dns server make sure that your samba server is listed in your hosts file on both the Windows and Linux clients. Read man smb.conf and take note of the default settings. You can strip out of your config file anything other than what you want to change from the default setting. Regards, -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== He had that rare weird electricity about him -- that extremely wild and heavy presence that you only see in a person who has abandoned all hope of ever behaving "normally." -- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing '72"