[Samba] Problem with samba and XP

[Gary Dale]

You haven't really provided enough information. It looks like you are 
using Samba to share files but not to control a domain. I gather this is 
a home setup and you may be using either XP/Home or have a separate 
Windows PDC. Either way, I'd suggest you install and use SWAT if you 
aren't already. It has a wizard to set up the  Samba server appropriately.

If you aren't using a Domain, make sure that each person is in the 
appropriate Unix group to access each share. Set the share permissions 
and valid users appropriately. Right now, karen is the only one with 
access to pictures, which may not be what you want. For guest ok to 
work, you also need to make sure that the shares are world accessible.

If you are using a Domain, then use your Windows domain admin account to 
create the appropriate groups and set the share permissions. Have the 
Unix permissions set to give Samba full access to the shares.

You may also want to consider using a better file system for the shared 
folders. Fat32 is very limited. It can't use proper Unix permissions, 
doesn't allow large files, doesn't support journalling and doesn't 
support advanced features.


Tim wrote:
> I had Samba setup up on a debian box with three XP\2000 clients accessing the 
> four samba shares but only allowing three users access to a couple of the  
> folders. These 3 users had dummy accounts set up on the debian box (they 
> never logged onto the debian box). The samba shares live on an external USB 
> hard disk connected to the debian box (formatted as fat32).
>
> For non (samba) related reason I have changed my OS to Mepis and now I can't 
> seem to recreate the setup I previously had ( I did save my old smb.conf 
> (along with 90% of my home folder) but that is now sat in a corrupt archive 
> file which I can't access!!
>
> At the moment my XP\2000 boxes can read and copy files from the samba shares 
> but can't write to the Samba share which I want.
>
> Below is my smb.conf, it may look a little messy as I have been trying things 
> to get it working
>
> Any suggestion please?
>
> Tim
>
> ;*******************section global*****************
> [global]
>
> # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
> printing = cups
> workgroup = home
> server string = %h server (Samba %v)
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY 
> log level = 1
> dead time = 15
> wins support = yes
> hide unreadable = yes
> passdb backend = tdbsam guest
> dns proxy = no
> max log size = 1000
> restrict anonymous = no
> domain master = no
> preferred master = no
> max protocol = NT
> ldap ssl = No
> server signing = Auto
> oplocks = no
> level2 oplocks = no
> case sensitive = no
> msdfs proxy = no
> read only = no
> security = share
> ;*******************section mit*****************
> [Shared]
> comment = /home/mit/Shared
> path = /home/mit/Shared
> guest ok = yes
> ;*******************section homes*****************
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = no
> create mask = 0755
> ;*******************section printers*****************
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /tmp
> browseable = no
> printable = yes
> guest ok = yes
> create mask = 0700
>
> [mp3]
> guest ok = yes
> path = /mnt/sda1/mp3/
>
> [pictures]
> guest ok = yes
> path = /mnt/sda1/pictures
> valid users = karen
>
> [ZUNK]
> path = /mnt/sda1/Zunk/
> create mask = 0755
> guest ok = yes
>