cannot seem to get samba working

[irishmage]

Hello unto all!
I have spent a very frustrating weekend trying to configure my Mandrake 9.2. box to be able to see the windows network I am on. I have been using both webmin, nano, and swat to configure the smb.conf to no avail. Blech!The windows machines are seeing my box but cannot get into the directory I specified. And I cannot seem to get to any of them. Below is my samba.conf file for your perusal. Also here is the network setup. It is a little wonky but it works

There is no server
It is an ethernet network DHCP/TCP/IP
The router is assigning numbers
Router = 192.168.2.1
Addressing 192.168.2.2 to 99
Subnet 255.255.252.0

SMB.CONF is as follows
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
# Date: 2004/05/10 18:39:55

# Global parameters
[global]
coding system =
client code page = 850
code page directory = /var/lib/samba/codepages
workgroup = FABLE
netbios name = MORRIGAN
netbios aliases =
netbios scope =
server string = Samba 2.2.8a
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = No
update encrypted = No
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Bad User
null passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
root directory =
pam password change = No
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
passwd chat debug = No
username map =
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
restrict anonymous = No
lanman auth = Yes
use rhosts = No
admin log = No
log level = 0
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
large readwrite = Yes
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
acl compatibility =
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt status support = Yes
announce version = 4.9
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 16644
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
unix extensions = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max smbd processes = 0
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
name cache timeout = 660
read size = 16384
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
stat cache size = 50
use mmap = Yes
total print jobs = 0
load printers = Yes
printcap name = cups
disable spoolss = No
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
strip dot = No
mangling method = hash
character set =
mangled stack = 50
stat cache = Yes
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 20
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = No
local master = Yes
domain master = Auto
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins proxy = No
wins server =
wins support = No
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = Yes
lock spin count = 3
lock spin time = 10
oplock break wait time = 0
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /var/cache/samba
pid directory = /var/run
utmp directory =
wtmp directory =
utmp = No
default service =
message command =
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map = auto.home
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
source environment =
panic action =
hide local users = No
host msdfs = No
winbind uid =
winbind gid =
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 15
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
winbind use default domain = No
comment =
path = /home/chris/downloads
alternate permissions = No
username =
guest account = guest
invalid users =
valid users = dale,chris,guest,@guest
admin users =
read list =
write list =
printer admin = @adm
force user =
force group =
read only = No
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
force unknown acl user = 00
inherit permissions = No
inherit acls = No
guest only = No
guest ok = Yes
only user = No
hosts allow =
hosts deny =
status = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
profile acls = No
block size = 1024
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict allocate = No
strict sync = No
sync always = No
use sendfile = No
write cache size = 0
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
postscript = No
printing = cups
print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
lpq command = lpq -P%p
lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command =
queueresume command =
printer name =
use client driver = No
default devmode = No
printer driver =
printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide unreadable = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
csc policy = manual
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = Yes
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs object =
vfs options =
msdfs root = No

[homes]
comment = Download Directories

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
read only = Yes
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer drivers.
browseable = No

[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
write list = @adm root
read only = Yes

[pdf-generator]
comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
path = /var/tmp
guest ok = No
printable = Yes
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I &

[pdf-screen]
comment = PDF Generator - Screen quality (only valid users)
path = /var/tmp
guest ok = No
printable = Yes
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "" %S &
copy = pdf-generator

[pdf-printer]
comment = PDF Generator - Print quality (only valid users)
path = /var/tmp
guest ok = No
printable = Yes
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "" %S &
copy = pdf-generator

[pdf-prepress]
comment = PDF Generator - PrePress quality (only valid users)
path = /var/tmp
guest ok = No
printable = Yes
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "" %S &


Also just in case anyone needs it here is my my FSTAB

dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,ro,noauto,codepage=850,exec,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,sync,noauto,codepage=850,exec,iocharset=iso88 59-1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0


Where am I messing it up??

[sarumont]

Try the option valid users = under the shares. It takes a comma delimited list of samba user names. Also make sure you add the users to samba using the smbpasswd command.

If those don't help, can you post the errors that you are getting?

[kpzani]

the homes share is a special one and the users must be real linux users to access it.

try creating a simple share like

[temp]
comment = testing 
path = /tmp
read only = no
browseable = yes

make sure they log in as someone proper. also you might get better errors trying to access your self from the command line try:

smbclient -L MORRIGAN -N

this should give you a list of shares on the client -N = anonymous
then try

smbclient //MORRIGAN/temp

enter your password.
that should log you into the pc over smb. if this works then the basic samba settings are correct so its then down to user and file permissions.

[irishmage]

I typed the two commands you gave me from a command line here at MORRIGAN. This is the response I got:

[root@localhost samba]# smbclient //MORRIGAN/test
added interface ip=127.255.255.255 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
added interface ip=192.168.2.80 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 127.255.255.255 )
Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 127.255.255.255 )
error connecting to 127.255.255.255:139 (Network is unreachable)
Error connecting to 127.255.255.255 (Network is unreachable)
Connection to MORRIGAN failed

[root@localhost samba]# smbclient -L MORRIGAN -N
added interface ip=127.255.255.255 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
added interface ip=192.168.2.80 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 127.255.255.255 )
Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 127.255.255.255 )
error connecting to 127.255.255.255:139 (Network is unreachable)
Error connecting to 127.255.255.255 (Network is unreachable)
Connection to MORRIGAN failed

Now I have gotten farther though. I created a directory off of / named test. I can see it from the windows boxes. I then chmod'd it to 755 so I would be able to drop files to it but no go. where did I go wrong?[/code]

[kpzani]

ok. it looks like you've got an incorrect ip address setting on your machine.

whats this 127.255.255.255 shouldn't that be the standard loopback address 127.0.0.1

try and see if you can find where this address is set up. (maybe /etc/hosts).

otherwise specify the interfaces parameter in the smb.conf. you'll have to use man smb.conf as I don't know its syntax. use this to ensure that samba only works on the other ethernet card.

ok then getting the shared folder to work.
create a folder like /test
create a group called sambaPeople
then chgrp the folder - chgrp sambaPeople /test
then make sure the perms are good enough try - chmod 770
then set up this
[test]
path = /test
comment = My Test folder
read only = no
browseable = yes
force group = sambaPeople
force create mode = 0060
force directory mode = 0070
create mask = 0770
directory mask = 0770

restart samba and then try and access this from the windows box as a user that's a member of sambaUsers.

But you need to get the other thing sorted.