[Samba] installing Samba as non-root user at work - please help.

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Hi,

I've recently started at a new company that doesn't have a system in place
to map my Linux home directory within Windows.  I have my own Linux box (a
recent Redhat install), and my own Windows XP PC.  I will get no help from a
system admin here, so my only option is to try installing Samba myself on my
Linux box.  To my surprise, I've found little or no information on
installing Samba as a non-root user.

All I wish to achieve is being able to map my Linux home directory on my
Windows PC.

We are on a Windows domain called "ENGINEERING".  It's on "
engineering.company.com" (where company is my real company's name).  I have
a username, lets say "userpc", and a password, "passpc", on my PC.  My linux
machine is also part of the "engineering.company.com" network, but I use a
different username, "userlinux", and password, "passlinux".

I had no problems doing a local Samba install by changing the 'prefix'
during configure and install.  It's at that point that I am lost what to do.

I have started by editing the smb.conf file, and allow host access only by
the ip address of my windows box.  I also attempt to use a username map
file, since I'm using different usernames on my Windows PC and my Linux
box.  It's not entirely clear to me what to do with regards to the
workgroup/domain.  In some ways it'd be nice if I can just implement SMB
over TCP/IP and not worry about NT-Domains or Workgroups.

Afterall, all I am trying to accomplish is to map my Linux home directory to
only one other computer, my Windows PC, on the same network.  It'd be nice
if I could just kick off an smb server on my Linux box, and have my windows
box map the home directory by specifying the ip address of the linux box and
correct port.  But perhaps such a setup, even for my simple scenario, is not
possible with Samba.

Speaking of ports, I specify ports of 1445 and 1139 for smdb, since I cannot
use a port below 1024 without having root access.  Similarly, I attempt to
use higher port when I start nmdb.

I try to start both the smdb and nmdb daemons, but even that doesn't appear
to work correctly, as it appears that a non-root, local install is not truly
supported.  At least not with more tinkering.

>From my log.smbd:

[2007/09/19 17:00:16, 0] smbd/server.c:main(944)
  smbd version 3.0.26a started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2007
[2007/09/19 17:00:16, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(625)
  Unable to open new log file /usr/local/samba/var/log.smbd: No such file or
directory
[2007/09/19 17:00:16, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(625)
  Unable to open new log file /usr/local/samba/var/log.smbd: No such file or
directory
[2007/09/19 17:00:16, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(193)
  file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1004 are
available.
[2007/09/19 17:00:16, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
  create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
[2007/09/19 17:00:16, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
  create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users

>From my log.nmbd:

[2007/09/19 16:44:02, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(697)
  Netbios nameserver version 3.0.26a started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2007
[2007/09/19 16:44:02, 0] lib/util_sock.c:set_socket_options(261)
  Failed to set socket option SO_BROADCAST (Error Bad file descriptor)
[2007/09/19 16:44:02, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(107)
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
  Failed to open dgram socket on interface 10.30.102.110 for port 138.
Error was Permission denied
[2007/09/19 16:44:02, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(771)
  ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.


And even once I get these daemons up and running on my Linux box, it's not
clear to me what I need to do on the Windows side to establish a
connection.  What port would I use, since I am not using the standard ports?

Given the information I've provided, and knowing that I do not have root
access, can anyone provide any information to at least steer me in the right
direction?  I greatly appreciate your help.

Thank you,
Ben