Samba Help

[gounix]

hi all,

i am trying to get samba up and running on my sles v10 and i can not seem to get it going. i have added a user, inv001 to the linux server. i used yast to enable samba, selected smbpasswd as the db backend and then added inv005 using smbpassword to the smbpasswd file.
i am showing inv005 is mapped to my windows login name, rick, in the smbusers file.

all i want to be able to do is to have access to my linux home directory for inv005 when i login to the windows network using rick on my xp pro pc.

i know i am probably missing something simple but i just can't seem to find it.

can someone help me please.

thanks a lot

[deltaflyer]

have a read of this guy's how-to's Linux HOWTOs and Tutorials: Suse Linux 10.0, 10.1 openSUSE 10.2, 10.3, 11.0 may find something useful

[gounix]

thanks for the response. the link contained some useful info, but still did not answer my question. how do i setup samba so that i can see my linux home directory in network neighborhood on a windows pc. i have read numerous articles and how to's and all they seem to talk about is how to share a directory for storing music or pictures, but nothing about how to access my home directory.

[securestep_tech]

Have a look here:
Tutorial: Setting Up Samba 3.x

The [HOMES] section of the configuration tells samba to map the home directory of the username that is accessing it.

Also, when you added your users did you enable them? smbpasswd -e $username

[thetakan]

If you haven't change anything default then u can find home directory mapped as drive P in your windows machine.

Please check.

U can also browse is with \\servername\homes in "run" where servername is your servers netbios name.

If you are logging in then server is working fine and you have to make shares manually.

[tomslick]

first setup samba
How To Samba With Suse 10.3 And Windows XP

Connecting to a Shared Folder
There are many ways to connect to a shared folder, including the following:
Using Start-Run to open a window containing the shared folder contents
Using My Network Places to open a window containing the shared folder contents
Mapping a network drive to the shared folder
Using Start-Run
The easiest way to make a connection to a shared folder is by doing the following:
Click Start, and then click Run.
In Open, type \\ComputerName\ShareName (in which ComputerName is the name of the computer sharing the folder and ShareName is the name of the share when the folder was shared), and then press ENTER.
For example, to open the share named STUFF on the computer named HOMESRV, you would type \\HOMESRV\STUFF. You can use upper or lowercase letters for the computer and share names. If the share name contains spaces, enclose the entire \\ComputerName\ShareName in quotes. For example, to open the Shared Documents share on the computer named MOMSPC, you would type "\\MOMSPC\Shared Documents".
If you don't remember the name of the share, you can do the following:
Click Start, and then click Run.
In Open, type \\ComputerName and then press ENTER.
The window that is displayed contains the file and printer shares of the specified computer. From this window, you can open the shared folders of the computer.

Using My Network Places
To use My Network Places to display the contents of a shared folder, do the following:
Click Start, and then click My Network Places.
In the Network Tasks list, click View workgroup computers.
A window is displayed containing the set of computers in your home or small office workgroup. From the workgroup window, open the computer containing the shares, and then open the desired shared folder.
The contents of the workgroup window depend on the configuration of the workgroup name on all the computers on your network. All of the computers on your network should be configured with the same workgroup name. The workgroup name is normally configured during the Network Setup Wizard.
To manually change the workgroup name on a computer running Windows XP, do the following:
1.Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2.In Control Panel, double-click System.
3.In System Properties, click the Computer Name tab, and then click Change.
4.In Computer Name Changes, type the name of the workgroup in Workgroup, and then click OK.
By default, the Network Setup Wizard uses the workgroup name MSHOME. A workgroup name must not be the same as the name of any of the computers on your network. A workgroup name can have as many as 15 characters, but it cannot contain any of the following characters:
; : " < > * + = \ | ? ,
All the computers on your network should use the same workgroup name.
If the computers on your network are using different workgroup names, then you can view all the workgroups on your network from the workgroup window by either clicking on the Up folder icon in the workgroup window toolbar (next to the Back and Forward icons) or clicking on the Address bar, and then clicking Microsoft Windows Network. The resulting window displays all of the workgroups on your network, from which you open the desired workgroup, computer, and shared folder.
The contents of the workgroup window also depend on the operation of the Windows Computer Browser service. The Computer Browser service operates by collecting periodic announcement messages sent by the computers on your network. Due to timing issues, the workgroup window might not contain all the active computers on your network or might contain computers that are no longer active on your network. If the computer to which you want to connect does not appear in the workgroup window, then open the computer from Start-Run.

Mapping a Network Drive
It is also possible to create a network drive that appears in My Computer as a drive but is actually mapped to a shared folder. To create a network drive, do the following:
1.Click Start, and then click My Network Places.
2.In My Network Places, click Tools, and then click Map Network Drive.
3.In Map Network Drive, you can specify the following:
The network drive letter. By default, Windows XP uses the last available drive letter.
The folder name, which is the combination of computer and share name using \\ComputerName\ShareName. If you do not remember the computer or share name, click Browse and use the Browse window to locate the desired shared folder,
Whether to automatically reconnect the network drive when you log on to the computer.
Whether you want to use a different name and password to connect to the shared folder.
4.Click Finish to map the network drive.
5.A window appears displaying the contents of the newly mapped network drive.
The mapped network drive also appears in My Computer. An example is shown in the following figure.