AW: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP

Arno Seidel aseidel at aseidel.com
Thu Sep 16 09:17:22 GMT 2004 

Hi,

did you changed the encryption-settings in windows xp?
just look under controll-panel -> local security policies...

just a hint:
> >>>>>>> [homes]
> >>>>>>> comment = Home Directories
> >>>>>>> path = /home
> >>>>>>> read only = No
change the path to following: path = /home/%u
the %u will bei expanded to your account name ...then you can delete the
myshare section...

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: samba-bounces+aseidel=aseidel.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+aseidel=aseidel.com at lists.samba.org]Im Auftrag von
> Simone
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. September 2004 11:06
> An: Jason Johnson
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Betreff: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP
>
>
> Just another easy try, did you install SP2 on XP? Is the firewall on?
> Cheers
> Simone
>
> Jason Johnson wrote:
>
> > That gave me an invalid password error.  Even though my password is
> > correct. This is the strangest thing I have ever seen
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simone" <simone72 at email.it>
> > To: "Jason Johnson" <jason at oregonnet.com>
> > Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP
> >
> >
> >> Hi, it could be a stupid thing to try, but I was thinking you could
> >> try to connect using "net use".  This way you provide credential even
> >> if you're not prompted.
> >>
> >> net use Z: \\ipsambaserver\sharename /USER:jason password:yourpassword
> >>
> >> Have a nice day
> >> Simone
> >>
> >> Jason Johnson wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Slaviša Popravak
> >>>>>> inženjer informatike
> >>>>>>
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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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Slaviša Popravak
> >>>> inženjer informatike
> >>>>
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> >>>
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