[Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?

[Larry Alkoff]

Rashkae its working now.

Apparently if
browseable = yes
is not set,
then you cannot use Network Neighborhood or browse with windows.
It also stops other windows clients from showing up in NN.
I didn't know the browseable option had to do with windows :-(
I set it globally but am aware that if set globally you cannot then set
browseable = no
in a share.

Also I set 
encrypted passwords = yes
and used smbpasswd to add root and myself to the smbpasswd file.

All is well now - I see all shares in NN and My Computer
and can map them to a drive letter, do 
dir L: and all kinds of the usual network things.

Also I can now use the Linux machine using
as a time server using
net time set
which is why I got into this in the first place.

On to setting the various master browser options now.

Thanks for your help.
Larry


On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:57:55 -0500, Rashkae wrote:

>Hey, sorry that didn't work out.  I tested the configuration with
>smbclient, but did not try browsing with Windows to see what would
>happen.  If this is still causing you difficulty, I'll be happy to
>help you figure it out.  I'll be home until some time mid-day
>tomorrow.  Let me know what you think.
>
>On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:44:03PM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the
>> shares listed.
>> 
>>  Sharename      Type      Comment
>> ---------      ----      -------
>> data           Disk      data drive
>> IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda)
>> ADMIN$         Disk      IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda)
>> 
>>                                  
>> I don't know where IPC$ or ADMIN$ comes from but there is nothing in
>> my smb.conf that would create these.  Also I don't know why Network
>> Neighborhood shows IPC$ under the Linda share but not data which is in
>> smb.conf or ADMIN$.
>> 
>> Apparently the Samba newsgroup and mailing list are a single entity so
>> I'm only going to post to the newsgroup and see if it appears on the
>> mailing list.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Larry
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote:
>> 
>> >Hi Lary
>> >
>> >You can get around it by sending a blank password.  (ie, just press
>> >enter).  Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go
>> >to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the
>> >login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything)
>> >
>> >As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's
>> >default security model is "User", which closely resembles a Windows NT
>> >server.  The server requires a valid user for all connections.  If you
>> >wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to "share",
>> >but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with
>> >those mysterious password issues.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> >> I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book
>> >> "Using Samba" first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a.
>> >> The windows machine uses windows 98SE.
>> >> 
>> >> The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93
>> >> and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96
>> >> had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood.
>> >> It it does appear in NN and also using the command "net view".
>> >> 
>> >> Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup.
>> >> When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password.
>> >> 
>> >> The instructions say that 
>> >> "We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password
>> >> issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification.  For the moment,
>> >> this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share."
>> >> 
>> >> This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later.
>> >> 
>> >> Why can't I connect without the demand for a password?
>> >> How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management?
>> >> 
>> >> Here is the short smb.conf:
>> >> 
>> >> [global]
>> >> netbios name = linda
>> >> server string = Samba %v on %L
>> >> workgroup = lanet
>> >> 
>> >> [data]
>> >>   path = /export/data
>> >>   comment = data drive
>> >>   volume = sample-data-drive
>> >>   writable = yes
>> >>   guest ok = yes
>> >> 
>> >> I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777.
>> >> 
>> >> Larry Alkoff
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
>> >> 
>> >> 
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>> 
>> 
>> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
>> 
>> 



Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX