SAMBA behaviour

[sheds]

I have configured a simple share between two computer in the same lan, one using FC3 and the other being windows XP home. The thing is i can drop and copy files on the shared folder withing windows, from any machine, being linux or windows. But when trying to access the shared folder inside my linux box, i get a window that asks me to put a username and password. It says on the window title: 'connect to localhost.localdomain'. What the hell is going on here?

Here's the parts i modified from smb.conf: (some lines have a ; there, the manuals didn't say i should remove them)

workgroup = MYGROUP

; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. 10.0.0.

;[SHARED]
;path = /home/punisher/Shared
;public = yes
;only guest = yes

Why is it so complicated to achieve something this simple?

[kode]

The semi-colon at the beginning of the line makes that line a comment -- so basically, your entire config is commented out...

[sheds]

That's an interesting point. I am going to try again and see what happens. Thanks man.

Still, i just removed those semi-colons and i get the same thing. Why does it ask me for a username and password if i am telling specifically to allow those hosts and i have not configured any passwords?

Check out how i left the smb.conf file.

workgroup = workgroup
hosts allow = 10.0.0. // i saw some examples for different networks

[SHARED]
path = /home/punisher/Shared
browseable = yes
public = yes

And this is how i type the path on the windows box to get to that share: \\10.0.0.4\SHARED

[AlexK]

Sheds, it is asking for a samba username and password which you'll have to add on the server.

Check out this howto for steps on setting up a samba server and what to do about the password dialog.

[sheds]

In the security level, if i change shared instead of user i won't get that annoying window then?

I'll just read the rest and try it when i get home back from work.

Thanks man.

[AlexK]

In the security level, if i change shared instead of user i won't get that annoying window then?

Essentially yes.

[sheds]

Well, thanks for all the help, i now get a different message that says, making the long text short. that i don't have enough permissions to view that share. But at least i got the share to appear on the 'network places' on the Windows machine, so i'll just check it and do the user thing, see what happens. Thank for the help man, that manual was really helpfull.

Just one thing, what if i want all users in general to just view and browse a share, with no need to have a user defined for it?

[sheds]

Guess what, i followed all instructions, added users, and nothing. Why is it so complicated?

All i need to do is share a folder, so people can view and browse a shared folder, and that's it. I don't need to add users, but i did anyway, here's the link: http://www.samba.netfirms.com/addusers.htm#adduser

I am trying this at work too, the last posts were written at home, in both cases, i can view the shared folder but access is denied. I added a user like the above link said, but nothing. Can i like put the folder in a wide open state so any user, without specifying one, can view the files? This user stuff is giving me a headache.

Plus, it's kinda hard to think when you are watching who's line is it anyway. Jaajaja sorry, just blowing off some steam.

[AlexK]

A chmod 755 /path_to_share on the samba server should do the trick along with setting security to share rather than user.

[sheds]

Ok, gonna try it up right away.