Samba setup on RH8.0
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Fri Nov 19 00:21:54 UTC 2004
Jared L. Black wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 10:00, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
>>Jared L. Black wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 13:38, Jared L. Black wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I need some help with my network and getting samba to work. My home
>>>>network (hardwired) consists of an XP laptop (jblaptop) an old win98
>>>>machine (pavillion), my wife's Dell Dimension (dimension) and a
>>>>workstation running RH8.0. All machines are networked except the linux
>>>>box. I want the linux box connected so the analysis work I do on it can
>>>>be easily sent to the laptop where I do all my report writing, printing
>>>>and emailing (my transfer method now is by USB Thumbdrive).
>>>>
>>>>My internet setup has a cable modem connecting to a netgear 4 port
>>>>router, which connects to each machine. I installed samba (3.0.8) and
>>>>it seems to be working, but the names and addresses are out of whack. I
>>>>can see the localhost on each windows machine but can't connect to it.
>>>>I don't know the command for connecting to the windows machines from the
>>>>linux box.
>>>>
>>>>I can access the netgear router with a web browser with the either the
>>>>URL netgear or http://192.168.0.1.
>>>>
>>>>A guy tried to set up the network, but couldn't finish it. One thing he
>>>>did was set the lmhosts file to:
>>>>127.0.0.1 localhost
>>>>
>>>>Also he set the hosts file to:
>>>># Do not remove the following line, or various programs
>>>># that require network functionality will fail.
>>>>127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
>>>>
>>>>192.168.0.1 netgear
>>>>192.168.0.2 laptop
>>>>192.168.0.4 pavillion hp
>>>>
>>>>The two comment lines have me spooked; I don't know why he did that.
>>>>
>>>>I added 2 lines which are
>>>>
>>>>192.168.0.3 server
>>>>192.168.0.5 dimension
>>>>
>>>>The Samba-Guide says the hosts file should have the line
>>>>192.168.1.1 server
>>>>
>>>>I didn't put it in because it seemed that the netgear router already had
>>>>an address similar to that (192.168.0.1).
>>>>
>>>>When I do a
>>>>smbclient -L localhost -U%
>>>>
>>>>I get
>>>> Sharename Type Comment
>>>> --------- ---- -------
>>>> winxp Disk
>>>> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.8)
>>>> ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.8)
>>>>Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.8]
>>>>
>>>> Server Comment
>>>> --------- -------
>>>> DIMENSION Patti's PC
>>>> LOCALHOST Samba 3.0.8
>>>>
>>>> Workgroup Master
>>>> --------- -------
>>>> HOME DIMENSION
>>>>
>>>>The smb.conf file (based on Samba-Guide) is
>>>>[global]
>>>> workgroup = HOME
>>>> security = SHARE
>>>>[winxp]
>>>> path = /winxp
>>>> read only = Yes
>>>> guest ok = Yes
>>>>
>>>>I know there are inconsistencies in the setup, but I don't know what to
>>>>fix. Hopefully some one can help.
>>>>
>>>>My goal is to simply be able to send files back and forth.
>>>>Jared Black
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>Never mind. I got Samba to work (kinda) after a lot of trial and
>>>error. Since its T&E, I don't know why it works.
>>>
>>>No response to my request - looks like I'm not a member of the club.
>>
>>No, we weren't ignoring you, Jared. I've been a bit busy and haven't
>>been watching the list too closely.
>>
>>I seem to recall your smb.conf was a bit sketchy. If I recall, you
>>intended to use share security. Did you create the appropriate users
>>in Linux to match what's going on in Windows and did you create the
>>smbpasswd file?
>>
>>The easiest way to administer samba is to use swat. Run "service swat
>>start", then point your web browser to "http://localhost:901". Once
>>you log in as the root user with the root user's password, you'll be
>>given a GUI that you can manage the whole thing. The on-line help is
>>good and can explain a lot of stuff. When you're done, disable swat
>>by running "service swat stop" (you don't want outsiders to get at your
>>swat config) or you can set up iptables to block outside incoming
>>access to port 901 and leave swat running. It's up to you (I tend to
>>stop swat when not using it).
>>
>>I also recommend you get a copy of the O'Reilly book "Using Samba" by
>>Eckstein, Collier-Brown and Kelly. I consider it essential for Samba
>>users--especially when you start using domain security or a Windows
>>PDC for authentication.
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>
> Rick:
> Thanks for the reply. I'll take your advice and get the Using Samba
> book. In the meantime, I couldn't find a directory where the "service
> swat start" command would work (command not found). Any suggestions?
Uh, oops! My bad. Sorry about that. It's an xinetd-spawned program.
Do this as root:
# vi /etc/xinetd.d/swat
Find the line that says "disable = yes" and change it to "disable = no".
Save the file, then enter:
# killall -HUP xinetd
Then you can point your browser to "http://localhost:901" and have at
it. To disable swat, change the line back to "disable = yes" and do
the "killall" again.
Again, sorry about that.
"Make sure brain is engaged before putting keyboard in gear." DOH!
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