[Samba] Howto Samba and Win2K?

[Anthony]

Hi Daniel,

I know for a fact that Samba does NOT have to be set up as a PDC for Win2k 
to use it. I've had Samba 2.0.10 on a RedHat 7.1 machine running here for 
almost 6 months with Win2k, Win98SE, Win95b and WinXP machines all 
connecting to it happily. Samba 2.0.10, to the best of my knowledge, cannot 
actually be a PDC, so Samba 2.2.x SHOULD be able to handle Win2k machines 
without being a PDC.

I noticed you had the setting "root directory = /usr/samba". Here's a 
snippet from the smb.conf man page (taken from Samba 2.0.10):

  Adding a "root directory" entry other than "/" adds an extra level of 
security, but at a price. It absolutely ensures that no access is given to 
files not in the sub-tree specified in  the  "root  directory" option, 
*including* some files needed for complete operation of the server. To 
maintain full operability of the server you will need to mirror some system 
files into the "root directory"  tree.  In  particular you  will need to 
mirror /etc/passwd (or a subset of it), and any binaries or configuration 
files needed for printing (if required). The set of files that must be 
mirrored is operating system dependent.
               Default:      root directory = /
               Example:      root directory = /homes/smb

I see from your log files that Samba can't even write log files for your 
machine. It looks to me like you've set the above root directory but not 
mirrored the necessary system files as the help suggests. The system is 
actually looking for "/usr/samba/var/log/samba/" to write your log files. 
Would I be correct in assuming that directory doesn't exist? Try removing 
that "root directory" entry and see if that helps. :)

Anthony.


At 07:00 a 24/02/2002, it was written:

>I've got a home network with using win2k pro.  Do I need to set Samba up as
>a pdc for the w2k machines to connect?  Currently I've got my w2k machines
>set up as a workgroup and simply set up Samba as a member of that workgroup.
>My problem is that I cannot connect to it.  I see my samba box in my network
>neighborhood, however, I cannot browse it.  I'm running Samba 2.2.2 that
>came with Mandrake 8.1
>
>
>My smb.conf
>
># Global parameters
>[global]
>         workgroup = CCNETWORK
>         netbios name = LINUX
>         server string = Samba Server %v
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         update encrypted = Yes
>         map to guest = Bad User
>         root directory = /usr/samba
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         large readwrite = Yes
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         printcap name = lpstat
>         preferred master = False
>         local master = No
>         domain master = False
>         printing = cups
>
>[public]
>         path = /usr/samba/public
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0766
>         guest ok = Yes
>
>When attemt to connect, I get this in my log.smbd
>
>[2002/02/21 09:04:51, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(337)
>   Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.linux: No such file or
>directory
>[2002/02/21 09:04:51, 0] param/params.c:OpenConfFile(543)
>   params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
>"/etc/samba/smb.conf":
>         No such file or directory
>[2002/02/21 09:04:51, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(337)
>   Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.linux: No such file or
>directory
>[2002/02/21 09:04:51, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(337)
>   Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.linux: No such file or
>directory
>[2002/02/21 09:04:51, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(337)
>   Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.linux: No such file or
>directory
>[2002/02/21 09:04:51, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(337)
>   Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.linux: No such file or
>directory
>
>Any ideas?



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Anthony (aslan at ispdr.net.au)
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