[Samba] Help please

[Joel Hammer]

Note my comments below. 
You might try security = share if security = user is not getting the result
you want.
You might get rid of valid users to make things simpler.
man smb.conf is a great resource.
Joel


On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 10:29:24PM -0400, Warren Chan wrote:
> Here is the smb.conf
> 
> [global]
> workgroup = integrity
> security = users  <------security = user  (NOT USERS)
> encrypt passwords = yes
> log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log
> 
> 
> [test]
> valid users = wilson root
> guest ok = yes
> path = /misc
> public = yes
> writable = yes
> guest account = ftp  <----SHOULD BE IN GLOBAL
> 
> Warren
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:05 PM
> To: Warren Chan; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Help please
> 
> 
> Post your smb.conf
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 09:44:21PM -0400, Warren Chan wrote:
> > Hi Joel,
> >
> > l added the guest ok = yes and guest account = ftp. l found 2 things :
> >
> > 1. according to the smbclient (guest account), l do not see the [test]
> share
> > 2. the testparm shows that guest ok = no. But l did enter guest ok = yes
> in
> > the smb.conf ?????
> >
> > Could you please give me some idea ?
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Warren
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:50 PM
> > To: Warren Chan; samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Help please
> >
> >
> > First, the business with nfs isn't going to do anything to help out samba.
> > Get rid of if if you can.
> > If you want to see if this is a pasword problem, try
> > guest ok = yes in the share and guest account = ftp in your global
> section.
> > security = users seems to be a typo. Have you run testparm?
> > Joel
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:51:33PM -0400, Warren Chan wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > l installed Samba. From a W2K PRO PC, l can see my home folder in the
> > Samba
> > > server and that is it. l can not see any share (test and path is /misc
> in
> > my
> > > case) l put in the smb.conf file.
> > >
> > > Below is my very simple smb.conf file.
> > >
> > > [global]
> > > workgroup = mygroup
> > > security = users
> > > encrypt passwords = yes
> > > log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log
> > >
> > >
> > > [test]
> > > valid users = wilson root
> > > # guest ok = yes
> > > path = /misc
> > > public = yes
> > > writable = yes
> > >
> > > When l do a "smbclient -L servername -U username%password"
> > > l get the error message : "session setup failed:ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad
> > > password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are
> > > invalid).
> > >
> > > Please be noted that l did created a user first in Linux and then use
> > > smbpasswd to create the same user with the same passwd. l also export
> the
> > > /misc folder by adding the line "/misc 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw)" in
> > the
> > > /etc/exports and then start the nfs service. l did a showmount -e to
> make
> > > sure the mount is there.
> > >
> > > However when l do  "smbclient -L servername -U root%password", it is OK.
> > But
> > > it still does not list the share of test.
> > >
> > > Version : Samba 2.2.1a bindary package
> > > OS : RedHat Linux 7.1 and 7.3
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot
> > >
> > > Warren
> > >
> > >
> > >
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