Simple Samba issue

[Synapse30]

Hi,

I have a very basic Samba requirement for my FC10 box which a cannot get working.

I have a folder /data which I would like published as a public share with not security requirement on my home network. When I browse from my Vista workstation to \\192.168.0.200 I see the share called "data" but I cannot open it. I receive a message saying "The specified network password is not correct".

Strangely, I don't even get prompted for a password! My smb.conf file contents are pasted below, any assistance will be much appreciated.


[global]
workgroup = workgroup
server string = NAS01
local master = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
#password server = None
guest ok = yes
guest account = root
security = SHARE
dns proxy = no

[data]
path = /data
read only = no
available = yes
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = no
printable = no
share modes = no
locking = no

#create mask = 0775

[L4Linux]

Change public to yes and see if this fixes it.
After you edit smb.conf, restart the service:

/etc/init.d/samba restart

[Synapse30]

Hi,

I've tried that without success.

If I change the directory to "/" I actually get a listing but read-only. Additionally, I cannot see the "/data" folder. When I ssh into the box I can see it:


drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2009-05-06 18:48 data



Thanks,
S

[glennzo]

Hi,

I have a very basic Samba requirement for my FC10 box which a cannot get working.

I have a folder /data which I would like published as a public share with not security requirement on my home network. When I browse from my Vista workstation to \\192.168.0.200 I see the share called "data" but I cannot open it. I receive a message saying "The specified network password is not correct".

Strangely, I don't even get prompted for a password! My smb.conf file contents are pasted below, any assistance will be much appreciated.


[global]
workgroup = workgroup
server string = NAS01
local master = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
#password server = None
guest ok = yes
guest account = root
security = SHARE
dns proxy = no

[data]
path = /data
read only = no
available = yes
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = no
printable = no
share modes = no
locking = no

#create mask = 0775

If this were my computer here's what my smb.conf would look like.

[global]
workgroup = workgroup <--- Same as Windows workgroup?
server string = NAS01
netbios name = NAS01
security = SHARE

[data]
path = /data
browseable = yes
writable = yes
public = yes

As L4Linux mentioned, restart smb and nmb after making any changes to smb.conf. My method,

sudo /sbin/service smb restart
sudo /sbin/service nmb restart

I find that on some of my Fedora boxes nmb seems to die randomly and at that point I can't access the shared drives on that particular computer. This is when everything seemd OK then suddenly stopped working. Restarting nmb resolves the issue.

[Synapse30]

Hi Glen,

I've tried your suggested config without success. I cannot open the share folder (I can see it though).

Do the rights if the folder on the FC10 box need to be configured a certain way?

S

[rcgreen]

Change the permissions on /data to read write and execute
for everyone.

[Synapse30]

Hi,

I did a "chmod 777 /data" and there's no change.

drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K 2009-05-06 18:48 data

[rcgreen]

Click "Start -> Run." Then, type in the Run field: "secpol.msc." That will bring you to Vista's security policy system. Once there, use "Go to: Local Policies > Security Options" and then find "Network Security: LAN Manager" authentication level. Once there, change the Setting from "Send NTLMv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM -- use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated."

Getting Vista to work with Samba

[Synapse30]

Hi,

I've just made these changes, also without solution. I can still see the share but not open it.

I tried something else with a strange result. I change the directory from "/data" to "/" and here I at least get a folder listing (strangely the "/data" folder is not visible. I cannot write to this folder.


S

ls output:

[root@nas01 /]# ls -lah
total 126K
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 16:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 16:47 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-05-09 00:56 .autofsck
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2009-04-25 04:04 bin
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1.0K 2009-05-06 20:53 boot
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K 2009-05-06 18:48 data
drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K 2009-04-20 11:14 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4.6K 2009-05-10 04:02 dev
drwxr-xr-x 109 root root 12K 2009-05-11 12:51 etc
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 17:38 home
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 12K 2009-05-11 04:02 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16K 2008-11-19 21:10 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2008-09-06 12:13 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2009-04-20 11:10 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 16:35 New Folder
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 16:51 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 175 root root 0 2009-05-09 00:55 proc
drwxr-x--- 19 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 17:48 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12K 2009-04-25 04:04 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 0 2009-05-09 00:55 selinux
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2008-09-06 12:13 srv
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 2009-05-09 00:55 sys
drwxrwxrwt 24 root root 4.0K 2009-05-11 12:59 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K 2008-11-19 21:12 usr
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K 2009-05-10 18:12 var
[root@nas01 /]#


Dir output (from Vista):

X:\>dir
Volume in drive X is data
Volume Serial Number is 03F0-027E

Directory of X:\

10/05/2009 16:47 <DIR> .
10/05/2009 16:47 <DIR> ..
09/05/2009 00:55 <DIR> sys
11/05/2009 12:59 <DIR> tmp
19/11/2008 21:12 <DIR> usr
10/05/2009 17:38 <DIR> home
06/09/2008 12:13 <DIR> media
06/09/2008 12:13 <DIR> srv
25/04/2009 04:04 <DIR> bin
25/04/2009 04:04 <DIR> sbin
10/05/2009 16:51 <DIR> opt
10/05/2009 18:12 <DIR> var
20/04/2009 11:10 <DIR> mnt
09/05/2009 00:55 <DIR> proc
11/05/2009 04:02 <DIR> lib
10/05/2009 04:02 <DIR> dev
11/05/2009 12:51 <DIR> etc
0 File(s) 0 bytes
17 Dir(s) 481,313,837,056 bytes free

X:\>

[Synapse30]

This turned out to be SeLinux arsing about. Kromberg helped me out over at forums.fedoraforum.org.

S