[Samba] Can't get Win 95 to see SMB

Steve Branston steveb at wni.co.uk
Thu Jan 23 11:17:01 GMT 2003


I think your problem is that you don't have a path= statement in your
[homes] defininition.

You need a :-

    path=/home/%u

or similar otherwise samba won't know what to share!!

Rgds

Steve Branston
Systems/Support Engineer
WNI/Oceanroutes(UK)Ltd
Email: steveb at wni.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Russell" <feathersmc at hotmail.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:43 AM
Subject: [Samba] Can't get Win 95 to see SMB


> I've had a go at running Samba on SuSE 8.1 and connecting from a Win95
> machine.  I got this going in SuSE 6.3 but I'm having problems with this.
> It will be something simple.
>
> From Win95 I try to map to \\DellLinux\lrussell but get "Failed to find
> share" message.
>
> Output from testparm is:
>
> lrussell at DellLinux:~> testparm
> Load smb config files from //etc/samba/smb.conf
> Processing section "[homes]"
> Processing section "[cdrom]"
> Processing section "[printers]"
> Processing section "[print$]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         coding system =
>         client code page = 850
>         code page directory = /usr/share/samba/codepages
>         workgroup = LESRUSSELL
>         netbios name =
>         netbios aliases =
>         netbios scope =
>         server string = Samba 2.2.5
>         interfaces =
>         bind interfaces only = No
>         security = USER
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         update encrypted = No
>         allow trusted domains = Yes
>         hosts equiv =
>         min passwd length = 5
>         map to guest = Never
>         null passwords = No
>         obey pam restrictions = No
>         password server =
>         smb passwd file = //etc/samba/smbpasswd
>         root directory =
>         pam password change = No
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
>         passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
>         passwd chat debug = No
>         username map =
>         password level = 0
>         username level = 0
>         unix password sync = No
>         restrict anonymous = No
>         lanman auth = Yes
>         use rhosts = No
>         admin log = No
>         log level = 0
>         syslog = 1
>         syslog only = No
>         log file =
>         max log size = 5000
>         timestamp logs = Yes
>         debug hires timestamp = No
>         debug pid = No
>         debug uid = No
>         protocol = NT1
>         large readwrite = No
>         max protocol = NT1
>         min protocol = CORE
>         read bmpx = No
>         read raw = Yes
>         write raw = Yes
>         nt smb support = Yes
>         nt pipe support = Yes
>         nt status support = Yes
>         announce version = 4.9
>         announce as = NT
>         max mux = 50
>         max xmit = 65535
>         name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
>         max packet = 65535
>         max ttl = 259200
>         max wins ttl = 518400
>         min wins ttl = 21600
>         time server = Yes
>         unix extensions = Yes
>         change notify timeout = 60
>         deadtime = 0
>         getwd cache = Yes
>         keepalive = 300
>         lpq cache time = 10
>         max smbd processes = 0
>         max disk size = 0
>         max open files = 10000
>         read size = 16384
>         socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
>         stat cache size = 50
>         use mmap = Yes
>         total print jobs = 0
>         load printers = Yes
>         printcap name = CUPS
>         disable spoolss = No
>         enumports command =
>         addprinter command =
>         deleteprinter command =
>         show add printer wizard = Yes
>         os2 driver map =
>         strip dot = No
>         mangling method = hash
>         character set = ISO8859-15
>         mangled stack = 50
>         stat cache = Yes
>         domain admin group =
>         domain guest group =
>         machine password timeout = 604800
>         add user script =
>         delete user script =
>         logon script =
>         logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
>         logon drive =
>         logon home = \\%N\%U
>         domain logons = No
>         os level = 2
>         lm announce = Auto
>         lm interval = 60
>         preferred master = Auto
>         local master = Yes
>         domain master = Auto
>         browse list = Yes
>         enhanced browsing = Yes
>         dns proxy = Yes
>         wins proxy = No
>         wins server =
>         wins support = No
>         wins hook =
>         kernel oplocks = Yes
>         lock spin count = 3
>         lock spin time = 10
>         oplock break wait time = 0
>         add share command =
>         change share command =
>         delete share command =
>         config file =
>         preload =
>         lock dir = /var/lib/samba
>         pid directory = /var/run/samba
>         utmp directory =
>         wtmp directory =
>         utmp = No
>         default service =
>         message command =
>         dfree command =
>         valid chars =
>         remote announce =
>         remote browse sync =
>         socket address = 0.0.0.0
>         homedir map = auto.home
>         time offset = 0
>         NIS homedir = No
>         source environment =
>         panic action =
>         hide local users = No
>         host msdfs = No
>         winbind uid =
>         winbind gid =
>         template homedir = /home/%D/%U
>         template shell = /bin/false
>         winbind separator = \
>         winbind cache time = 15
>         winbind enum users = Yes
>         winbind enum groups = Yes
>         winbind use default domain = No
>         comment =
>         path =
>         alternate permissions = No
>         username =
>         guest account = nobody
>         invalid users =
>         valid users =
>         admin users =
>         read list =
>         write list =
>         printer admin =
>         force user =
>         force group =
>         read only = Yes
>         create mask = 0744
>         force create mode = 00
>         security mask = 0777
>         force security mode = 00
>         directory mask = 0755
>         force directory mode = 00
>         directory security mask = 0777
>         force directory security mode = 00
>         force unknown acl user = 00
>         inherit permissions = No
>         inherit acls = No
>         guest only = No
>         guest ok = No
>         only user = No
>         hosts allow =
>         hosts deny =
>         status = Yes
>         nt acl support = Yes
>         block size = 1024
>         max connections = 0
>         min print space = 0
>         strict allocate = No
>         strict sync = No
>         sync always = No
>         write cache size = 0
>         max print jobs = 1000
>         printable = No
>         postscript = No
>         printing = cups
>         print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
>         lpq command = lpq -P%p
>         lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
>         lppause command =
>         lpresume command =
>         queuepause command =
>         queueresume command =
>         printer name =
>         use client driver = No
>         default devmode = No
>         printer driver =
>         printer driver file = //etc/samba/printers.def
>         printer driver location =
>         default case = lower
>         case sensitive = No
>         preserve case = Yes
>         short preserve case = Yes
>         mangle case = No
>         mangling char = ~
>         hide dot files = Yes
>         hide unreadable = No
>         delete veto files = No
>         veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/
>         hide files =
>         veto oplock files =
>         map system = No
>         map hidden = No
>         map archive = Yes
>         mangled names = Yes
>         mangled map =
>         browseable = Yes
>         blocking locks = Yes
>         csc policy = manual
>         fake oplocks = No
>         locking = Yes
>         oplocks = Yes
>         level2 oplocks = Yes
>         oplock contention limit = 2
>         posix locking = Yes
>         strict locking = No
>         share modes = Yes
>         copy =
>         include =
>         exec =
>         preexec close = No
>         postexec =
>         root preexec =
>         root preexec close = No
>         root postexec =
>         available = Yes
>         volume =
>         fstype = NTFS
>         set directory = No
>         wide links = Yes
>         follow symlinks = Yes
>         dont descend =
>         magic script =
>         magic output =
>         delete readonly = No
>         dos filemode = No
>         dos filetimes = No
>         dos filetime resolution = No
>         fake directory create times = No
>         vfs object =
>         vfs options =
>         msdfs root = No
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         valid users = %S
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0640
>         directory mask = 0750
>         browseable = No
>
> [cdrom]
>         comment = Linux CD-ROM
>         path = /media/cdrom
>         locking = No
>
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/tmp
>         create mask = 0600
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
>
> [print$]
>         comment = Printer Drivers
>         path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
>         write list = @ntadmin root
>         force group = ntadmin
>         create mask = 0664
>         directory mask = 0775
>
> Thanks
> Les Russell
>
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