Hooking up

[Andrea Zolnhofer & Michael Ott]

Hallo Mike!

I hope, that i can help you

First question: Do you use testparm for your smb.conf

> Mike;
> 
> Here is the config file. Where did I goof?
> 
> [global]
>     workgroup = weidom
>     log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>     max log size = 50
>     security = domain
>     password server = weidomosb
>     encrypt passwords = yes
>     smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
>     socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>     domain controller = weidomosb
>     wins support = yes
>     dns proxy = no
>     unix password sync = yes
>     comment = Auxillary File Server
>     netbios name = auxfs
>     map to guest = never
>     password level = 0
>     null passwords = no
>     os level = 0
>     preferred master = no
>     domain master = no
>     dead time = 0
>     debug level = 0
>     load printers = no
> 
> [homes]
>     comment = Home Directories
>     browseable = no
>     writable = yes
> 
> [netlogon]
>     comment = Network Logon Service
>     path = /home/netlogon
>     guest ok = yes
>     writable = no
>     share modes = no
> 
> [public]
>     path = /shares
>     public = yes
>     only guest = yes
>     writable = yes
>     printable = no
>     comment = Auxillary System Share
>     browseable = yes
>     guest only = no
>     only user = no

Only guest and guest only are the same. One time you say no and the other you
say yes. I work with only guest = no. See 3 in your first Hooking-up-Mail.
Perhaps you have problems, because you use guest only

> 
> Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> 
> > Mike Westkamper wrote:
> > >
> > > As long-time lurker here with a couple of successful installs I thought
> > > this one would be a breeze. No so.
> > > I have the RedHat 6.1 distribution set up on an Intel box. SAMBA 2.0.6
> > > is configured as a member of an NT domain. The PDC is a NT 4.0(sp5) box.
> > > I followed the HOWTO on SAMBA.org web site for setting up SAMBA as a
> > > member. From the Linux system it reports that it joined the domain. From
> > > command line on an NT system I can NET USE the share (NET USE K:
> > > \\192.168.1.100\public) and read access the files in the share.
> > >
> > > Three problems...
> > >
> > > 1.    The PDC server manager reports "Network path not found" when I
> > > attempt to look at the Linux/SAMBA Server.
> > > 2.    The Linux/SAMBA box does not appear on browse (Network) desktop
> > > folders on any NT boxes
> >
> > Both of these are related to NetBIOS naming problems. Need more info to
> > solve really... Try posting your smb.conf. Broadcast resolution isn't
> > working, but you've got at least some functionality as p-node resolution
> > (used when you type "net use") is OK.
> >
> > > 3.    I cannot seem to write onto the shared drive.
> >
> > Check that the share is set to read/write in smb.conf. Then check that
> > the Windows user attached to the share maps to a Unix user with
> > permissions to write files in that directory. Samba doesn't override
> > underlying filesystem permissions....
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Mike