Hi,
Point taken, I didn't realise that the ; was needed for this so now have
done this. Should I have a ; before the name of my work group in the
global section?.
Thanks for help,
Still no joy however.
Paul.
-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Filip
L'Hommelet
Sent: 05 September 2003 07:47
To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
Subject: RE: Problem accessing redhat 9 from win xp machine!
maybe i go totally wrong here...
but since you say your ip of your windowsxp machine is 192.168.0.x
shouldn't you allow those hosts in the smb.conf file then?
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Paul Traynor [mailto:paultraynor utvinternet com]
Verzonden: vrijdag 5 september 2003 8:32
Aan: redhat-install-list redhat com
Onderwerp: RE: Problem accessing redhat 9 from win xp machine!
Hi Tim,
Okay so the answer is given to me but unfortunately I'm not sure about
this. Can you or someone take a look at my smb.conf file inserted below
this message and put a "*" symbol beside what isn't right here as I
said I'm new to this.
My group name is :techworkgroup
Windows xp computer has a name of traynor1
Now here is the smb.conf 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 options (perhaps too #
many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # Any line which
starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is
ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for
parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE:
Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to
check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. #
#======================= Global Settings
=====================================
[global]
workgroup = TECHWORKGROUP
# 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 are on your local network. The # following
example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback"
interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
*
# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless #
yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd,
sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups
printing = cups
# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
/etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account =
pcguest
# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that
connects
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 0
# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See #
security_level.txt for details.
security = SHARE
# Use password server option only with security = server
# The argument list may include:
# password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]
# or to auto-locate the domain controller/s
# password server = *
; password server = <NT-Server-Name>
# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for #
all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ;
username level = 8
# 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
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
# The following is needed to keep smbclient from spouting spurious
errors # when Samba is built with support for SSL.
; ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to #
update the Linux system password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt
passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these
to allow workstations to change only
# the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
# to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
# You can use PAM's password change control flag for Samba. If #
enabled, then PAM will be used for password changes when requested # by
an SMB client instead of the program listed in passwd program. # It
should be possible to enable this without changing your passwd # chat
parameter for most setups.
pam password change = yes
# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
# 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 = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m
# This parameter will control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's #
account and session management directives. The default behavior is # to
use PAM for clear text authentication only and to ignore any # account
or session management. Note that Samba always ignores PAM # for
authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes
obey pam restrictions = yes
# Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See
speed.txt and the manual pages for details
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them #
here. See the man page for details.
; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
# a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44
# Browser Control Options:
# 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 = no
# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser #
elections. The default value should be reasonable
; os level = 33
# 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
# 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
# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for #
Windows95 workstations.
; domain logons = yes
# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or # per
user logon script # run a specific logon batch file per workstation
(machine)
; logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
; logon script = %U.bat
# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
Server
; wins support = yes
# 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 = w.x.y.z
# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf
of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
; wins proxy = yes
# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, #
this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
guest ok = yes
encrypt passwords = yes
dns proxy = no
# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
; preserve case = no
; short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
; default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things! ; case
sensitive = no
#============================ Share Definitions
============================== [homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775
# If you want users samba doesn't recognize to be mapped to a guest user
; map to guest = bad user
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
Logons ; [netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no
# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share #
the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles]
; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
; browseable = no
; guest ok = yes
# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to #
specifically define each individual printer [printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
printable = yes
# This one is useful for people to share files
;[tmp]
; comment = Temporary file space
; path = /tmp
; read only = no
; public = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in #
the "staff" group ;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; write list = @staff
# Other examples.
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in
fred's # home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the
spool directory, # wherever it is. ;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /home/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = yes
; writable = no
; printable = yes
# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires
write # access to the directory. ;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# a service which has a different directory for each machine that
connects # this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming
machines. You could # also use the %U option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome] ; comment = PC Directories ; path = /usr/local/pc/%m ;
public = no ; writable = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that
all files # created in the directory by users will be owned by the
default user, so # any user with access can delete any other user's
files. Obviously this # directory must be writable by the default user.
Another user could of course # be specified, in which case all files
would be owned by that user instead. ;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that
two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific
users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users
and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously
this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765
[root]
path = /root
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
[root-1]
comment = C drive
path = /root
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Tim Currie
Sent: 04 September 2003 16:44
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: Problem accessing redhat 9 from win xp machine!
You answered your own question:
Paul Traynor wrote:
You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network.
Check your /etc/samba/smb.conf and verify that it defines a network-wide
unique name for your linux box (usually the same as it's DNS host name,
but not neccessarily):
[global]
netbios name = <the name you want the Windows boxes to see>
-Tim