[Samba] Samba and Windows XP

[Jason Johnson]

Samba appears to be up

[root at samba samba]# /etc/init.d/smb status
smbd (pid 1988) is running...
nmbd (pid 1992) is running...

Local file permissions on the directory appear to be fine

[root at samba home]# ls -al /home/jason
total 24
drwxr-xr-x  2 jason jason 4096 Aug 31 15:05 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  4096 Aug 31 13:20 ..
-rw-------  1 jason jason   34 Sep 15 21:07 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 jason jason   24 Aug 31 13:20 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 jason jason  191 Aug 31 13:20 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--  1 jason jason  124 Aug 31 13:20 .bashrc
[root at samba home]#

My Windows XP account name is Jason with the same password that I use for 
samba.

I do not see anywhere in windows where I can configure anything.  When I go 
into "My Network Places" on Windows XP and choose "View Workgroup 
Computers".  I see the samba server icon.  When I double click it it does 
not give me any prompt for a username and password.  It just pops up that 
error message that I pasted in my initial email.   If there is an area in 
Windows XP that I need to configure.  Please let me know

Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Slavisa Popravak" <spop at 4net.co.yu>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP


> Jason Johnson wrote:
>
>> I just created the samba user 'jason' now.  However, it never prompts me 
>> to enter in a username or password.  Is there some security setting that 
>> I need to enable on the samba side to make it prompt me when I double 
>> click on the icon in Windows XP?
>>
>> Jason
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slavisa Popravak" <spop at 4net.co.yu>
>> To: "Jason" <jason at emt-jason.us>
>> Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP
>>
>>
>>> Jason wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to setup a samba server on Redhat Fedora 2 and trying to 
>>>> connect to it through Windows XP Professional.
>>>> This samba server is a standalone server.  I can see it in the Network 
>>>> Places.  Every time I try to connect to it I get the following error in 
>>>> Windows.
>>>>
>>>> "\\Samba is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use this 
>>>> network resource.  Contact the administrator of this server to find out 
>>>> if you have access permissions.  The network path was not found."
>>>>
>>>> Here is my smb.conf file that I created using SWAT.  Can anyone help 
>>>> me?
>>>>
>>>> Thank You
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>> # Samba config file created using SWAT
>>>> # from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2)
>>>> # Date: 2004/09/15 23:22:05
>>>>
>>>> # Global parameters
>>>> [global]
>>>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>>> max log size = 50
>>>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>>> dns proxy = No
>>>> ldap ssl = no
>>>> idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>>>> idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>>>> hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
>>>>
>>>> [homes]
>>>> comment = Home Directories
>>>> path = /home
>>>> read only = No
>>>>
>>>> [printers]
>>>> comment = All Printers
>>>> path = /var/spool/samba
>>>> printable = Yes
>>>> browseable = No
>>>>
>>>> [myshare]
>>>> comment = Jason Test Share
>>>> path = /home/jason
>>>> valid users = jason
>>>> read only = No
>>>> create mask = 0765
>>>>
>>> Did you create username " jason " on server as a samba user??
>>>
>>> smbpasswd -a jason
>>>
>>> Then enter password, and when later try to connect to server suply that 
>>> username and password.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>
>> I think that samba will allways ask you for username and  password, when 
>> try to connect. Maybe you should do some configuration with your windows 
>> machine.
>
> Try to log on your win box with the same username and pass, as you created 
> them on samba server. , and if it works it could be problem with win 
> configuration,...
> or
> Check samba status    /etc/init.d/smb status      /etc/init.d/nmb status
> or
> Check local file permission on share that you want to access. Samba is 
> configured to allow access to share to Jason, but local file permission 
> should be configured to allow him access to. When you try to access some 
> share, it's chesked local and share permission.
>
>
>
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