[Samba] lost and confused

[Robert Adkins]

Gavin,

	Mandrake typically includes Webmin as a standard piece of their   
installation software. Webmin makes bringing up Samba INCREDIBLY easy and   
simple to do. Read up a little on Webmin at www.webmin.com and give it a   
go. Using Webmin should help you get Samba up and running without an   
issue.

	However, if you feel that you have Samba up and running fine there is   
something that you can do to test it while directly on the server.

	Open up a terminal window.

	Make sure you are logged in with a user account that has been configured   
in Samba to have access to the shares. (ie., with an entry in the   
smbpasswd file.)

	At the prompt type in "smbclient -L localhost"

	This will provide you with some limited information about the server,   
after you type in your password for accessing the server.

	I have a feeling that you might be missing one or more pieces in your   
smb.conf file and perhaps also the user accounts in the smbpasswd file.

	Could you copy and paste your smb.conf file into an E-mail and also   
explain what you did to setup the user accounts for Samba use? With that   
information, most everyone here should be able to assist you.

Regards,
Robert Adkins II
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
Ph. 586-254-5800
Fx. 586-254-5804


 -----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [mailto:gavin-39 at lapis.plala.or.jp]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:47 PM
To: samba at lists.samba.org; Robert Adkins
Subject: [Samba] lost and confused

   

Dear List,

I'm BRAND NEW to samba but I have RTFM, checked the samba for dummies   
book and
a host of other texted docs and I'm still lost. Is there a site the can
explain setting up samba without all the bla bla bla.. I have a school in   

japan and I have samba running on my Mandrake linux 8.2 prosuite box. I   
want
my other boxes (linux and windows) to 1. use the printer and 2. students   
can
access their folders on the server.  at the moment, none of my boxes can
access the server files or printer, the windows boxes do not show a
connection to the server on the network.. My server box also doubles as   
my
firewall.
I did some firewall checking and found out that ports 136 and 139 are
stealthed to the internet, could this also be a problem.. (server is also   

blocking the win connects) if more information is need please let me know   

a.s.a.p!
TIA

Gavin


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Nankodai 2-34-1
Japan 960-8143	
Phone: 0245-22-3264
Fax.	0245-21-6220	
e-mail gavin-39 at lapis.plala.or.jp

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