Samba, Debian, Windows 7

[ravenswood1000]

Hi, thanks for reading this. I'm having more or less a small cluster of issues in installing a new Samba box using the latest Debian, in hopes of having a server that will allow xp, and windows 7 all file share.

The big problem seems to be a netbio/dns issue. At first I used a default smb.conf that came from a existing and working samba install but it was not until "win support = true' was added that anything would see the new samba install. It was after that xp would connect to the domain.

Windows 7 on the other hand sees the domain, congratulates you for joining it then informs you it can't find the domain and stops.

Can anyone be of assistance out there? I"m not new to samba but new to samba 3.25 (the one debian currently provides).

My smb.conf global looks like this:

[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
name resolve order = wins host bcast
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
obey pam restrictions = Yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
logon drive = H:
time server = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passdb backend = smbpasswd
wins support = true
dns proxy = No
server string = Linus
logon script = kdwa.bat
unix password sync = Yes
workgroup = QOWE
logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
os level = 255
syslog = 10
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
max log size = 1000
pam password change = Yes
domain logons = Yes

Thanks again for any help folks could give.

[HROAdmin26]

This is a Windows 7 issue. Due to higher security requirements, 7 will have problems talking to Samba.

Google: "windows 7" samba domain