Connecting to Samba Server from WinXP Machine

[goliathdave]

Hi, i recently installed and configured a Samba server on a RedHat 6.0 machine. I am trying to access the machine from a Windows XP machine connected to the same router (so same physical network). The i.p. of the XP machine is 192.168.0.30 and i have set the i.p. of the Samba machine to 192.168.0.60.
I can ping the samba server in cmd.exe and can also find it using the Find-->Computer tool. However, i am unable to connect/explore the samba server from XP. I have set up an account on the Samba machine with the same user name and password as the client machine (XP) but to no avail. Can someone help me in figuring out how to enable me to explore the samba machine from XP. thanks
Richard.

[bryansmith]

What errors do you get? Have you set up proper share directories?

Could you post the contents of your smb.conf please?

Bryan

[antidrugue]

Maybe a hint or two here:
http://ubuntuguide.org/#sambaserver

[goliathdave]

i followed the guide @ http://ubuntuguide.org/#sambaserver for setting up a new user with their own password and sharing files for read write access but i still get the error,

'\\192.168.0.60 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find if you have access permissions.

The Account is not authorised to log in from this station.'


I am really stuck as to what to do. Cheers
Richard.

p.s. my samba config sile is exactly the same as outlined after the changes in the http://ubuntuguide.org/#sambaserver guide.

[antidrugue]

As Bryan pointed out, did you make sure your file permissions on the server are set right?

[goliathdave]

OK so essentially all i want to do is be able to access the /root directory on the linux machine (i.p. 192.168.0.60) from either of the two other machines on the same physical network (192.168.0.52 and 192.168.0.30).
i will only need one account which can read/write/do whatever the hell i want with the files

n.b. are there any other options i can change to make the file sharing system more efficient?

Below is a typed copy of each value from the smb.conf file

workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba Server
hosts allow = 192.168.1 192.168.2
princap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
printing = bad
guest account = pcguest
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = user
username map = /etc/smbusers
password server = <NT-Server-Name>
password level = 8
username level = 8
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = (cant be assed to write this out)
username map = /etc/smbusers
include = /etc/smb.conf.%m
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13/24
remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44
local master = no
os level = 33
domain master = yes
preferrred master = yes
domain controller = <NT-Domain Controller-SMBName>
domain logons = yes
logon script = %m.bat
logon script = %U.bad
logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
wins support = yes
wins server = w.x.y.z
wins proxy = yes
dns proxy = no
preserve case = no
short preserve case = no
default case = lower
case sensitive = no

------------Share Definitions------------
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes

[netlogin[
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/netlogon
guest ok = yes
writable = no
share modes = no

[profiles]
path = /home/profiles
browseable = no
guest ok = yes

[printers]
comment = All printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no

guest ok = no
writable = no
printabe = yes

[tmp]
comment = Temporary File Space
path = /tmp
read only = no
public = yes


Ok i think that is all the information that is important


Can you tell me how to configure my smb.conf file for this to work.
Cheers
Richard.

[antidrugue]

OK so essentially all i want to do is be able to access the /root directory on the linux machine (i.p. 192.168.0.60) from either of the two other machines on the same physical network (192.168.0.52 and 192.168.0.30).

I think using SSH would be more appropriate for that.

[goliathdave]

ok but the linux box will be moving to a new location with a bigger network and running more services so i would like to get some hands on experience configuring it properly to run in this little set up. anyone out there can help?
cheers
richard.

[antidrugue]

Ok then. But still you should learn SSH, with which you can even mount remote filesystem with far less configuration needed than with Samba. For example:
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/10/...m-using-sshfs/


Did you do a test on your server just to see if your actual /etc/samba/smb.conf file is in working condition? (You need to do that.)

testparm

as root.


Here is a little example of a working /etc/samba/smb.conf file with login enabled. (You need UNIX accounts on the server, plus Samba accounts.)

# Global parameters
[global]
        workgroup = MYGROUP
        server string = %h server (Samba %v)
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        passdb backend = tdbsam, guest
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        syslog = 0
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 1000
        dns proxy = No
        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
        invalid users = root

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        create mask = 0700
        directory mask = 0700
        browseable = No

[junior]
        comment = some stuff
        path = /home/junior
        force user = nobody
        force group = nogroup
        read only = No
        create mask = 0777
        directory mask = 0777
        guest ok = Yes

[bertha]
        comment = some other stuff
        path = /home/bertha
        force user = nobody
        force group = nogroup
        read only = No
        create mask = 0777
        directory mask = 0777
        guest ok = Yes

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /tmp
        create mask = 0700
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

[print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        path = /var/lib/samba/printers

Also with this you need to set the permissions on the server to:

chmod -R 777 /home/bertha
chown -R nobody:nogroup /home/bertha

And the same for each directory you want to share.

Plus you need a /etc/samba/smbusers that denominates the users having rights to mount the shares.

[goliathdave]

Thats great the SSH stuff looks like its from Linux to Linux machine which isnt exactly what i wanted to do but still might come in handy. I'm trying to access a linux machine from XP not the other way round.
The samba stuff does look a little more tricky to configure, anyway, thanks for the help that will definately come in handy when im setting stuff up. I basically just need some sort of app running so that machines on a network can access/talk freely with the server and i'm thinking samba is the best program to do this.

Thanks
Richard.