[Samba] Strange issue with share visibility

Tue Jan 29 12:41:19 GMT 2008

I am running Samba, version 3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 , on a Linux box running
CentOS version 5.

My smb.conf is as follows:

#

#======================= Global Settings
=====================================

[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH

   workgroup = FCGNET

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

   server string = Samba Server

# Security mode. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible 

# values are share, user, server, domain and ads. Most people will want 

# user level security. See the Samba-HOWTO-Collection for details.

#   security = user

   security = server

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict

# connections to machines which are on your local network. The

# following example restricts access to two C class networks and

# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see

# the smb.conf man page

#;   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather

# than setting them up individually then you'll need this

#   load printers = yes

# you may wish to override the location of the printcap file

#;   printcap name = /etc/printcap

# on SystemV system setting printcap name to lpstat should allow

# you to automatically obtain a printer list from the SystemV spool

# system

#;   printcap name = lpstat

# It should not be necessary to specify the print system type unless

# it is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:

# bsd, cups, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx

#;   printing = cups

# This option tells cups that the data has already been rasterized

#cups options = raw

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
/etc/passwd

# otherwise the user "nobody" is used

#;  guest account = pcguest

  guest account = nobody

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

# that connects

   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

   log level = 3

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).

   max log size = 50

# Use password server option only with security = server

# The argument list may include:

#   password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]

# or to auto-locate the domain controller/s

#   password server = *

   password server = stant05

#;   password server = <NT-Server-Name>

# Use the realm option only with security = ads

# Specifies the Active Directory realm the host is part of

#;   realm = MY_REALM

# Backend to store user information in. New installations should 

# use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards

# compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration.

#;   passdb backend = tdbsam

;   passdb backend = smbpasswd

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

# of the machine that is connecting.

# Note: Consider carefully the location in the configuration file of

#       this line.  The included file is read at that point.

;   include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces

# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them

# here. See the man page for details.

#;   interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 

# Browser Control Options:

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master

# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

   local master = yes

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser

# elections. The default value should be reasonable

#;   os level = 33

   os level = 20

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This

# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this

# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job

#;   domain master = yes 

   domain master = no 

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup

# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election

#;   preferred master = yes

   preferred master = no

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for 

# Windows95 workstations. 

#;   domain logons = yes

   domain logons = no

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or

# per user logon script

# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)

#;   logon script = %m.bat

# run a specific logon batch file per username

#;   logon script = %U.bat

# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)

#        %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username

#        You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below

#;   logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
Server

#;   wins support = yes

   wins support = no

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

#       Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but
NOT both

#;   wins server = w.x.y.z

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on

# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be

# at least one  WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.

#;   wins proxy = yes

   wins proxy = no

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups. The default is NO.

   dns proxy = no 

# These scripts are used on a domain controller or stand-alone 

# machine to add or delete corresponding unix accounts

#;  add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd %u

#;  add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g

#;  add machine script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine -d
/dev/nul

l -s /bin/false %u

#;  delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel %u

#;  delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/deluser %u %g

#;  delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g

#============================ Share Definitions
==============================

[homes]

   comment = Home Directories

   browseable = no

   writable = yes

[frombangalore]

        comment = Files transferred from Bangalore

        writeable = yes

        path = /home/afd/frombangalore

[fromnashville]

        comment = Files transferred from Nashville

        writeable = yes

        path = /home/afd/fromnashville

The strange part is that if I execute the "net view" command from a DOS
prompt, I will get the listed shares, but if I run the "smbclient -L"
command from the Linux server, I am prompted for a password and then I
get an error message.  I know that it must be something in my config
file, I just can not seem to figure out what.

N:\>net view \\stalinux02

Shared resources at \\stalinux02

Samba Server

Share name     Type  Used as  Comment

--------------------------------------------------------------

frombangalore  Disk           Files transferred from Bangalore

fromnashville  Disk           Files transferred from Nashville

fromwayne      Disk           Files transferred from Wayne

The command completed successfully.

[root at stalinux02 samba]# smbclient -L stalinux02

Password: 

session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

Pati 

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