[Samba] Please review my smb.conf

[Rowland penny]

On 02/01/16 18:10, DavidA wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am still struggling to setup a home network of:
>
> - 2 laptops running Windows 7 Home
> - 1 laptop running Windows 10 Home
> - 1 Raspberry Pi ‘RPHS’ running Rasbian Jesse and Samba 4.1.17-Debian
>
> The current status is that only one of the Windows machines can see the Samba shared drive /mnt/data. The other machines don’t discover the Pi at all.
>
> I’m wondering if there is something wrong with my Samba configuration file.  I’ve shown the contents below.  Please will someone kindly review it for me?
>
> Best regards
>
> David
>
> [global]
>      usershare allow guests = yes
>      workgroup = WORKGROUP
>      wins support = true
>      map to guest = bad user
>      dns proxy = no
>      passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>      panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>      max log size = 1000
>      os level = 20
>      passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>      log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>      passdb backend = tdbsam
>      pam password change = yes
>      server role = standalone server
>      obey pam restrictions = yes
>      syslog = 0
>      unix password sync = yes
>          realm = RPHS
>          netbios name = RPHS
>          name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
>
> [homes]
>     comment = Home Directories
>     browseable = no
>
>     read only = yes
>     create mask = 0700
>     directory mask = 0700
>     valid users = %S
>
> [printers]
>     comment = All Printers
>     browseable = no
>     path = /var/spool/samba
>     printable = yes
>     guest ok = no
>     read only = yes
>     create mask = 0700
>
> [print$]
>     comment = Printer Drivers
>     path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>     browseable = yes
>     read only = yes
>     guest ok = no
>
> [Data]
>          comment=Raspberry Pi Share
>      path = /mnt/data
>          browseable=yes
>      writeable = yes
>          only guest = no
>      public = yes
>

Hi David, there are things wrong with your smb.conf:

It is for a standalone workgroup server and as such shouldn't have the 
'realm' line, also even if it should, you cannot have the same netbios 
name and realm name.
There are other minor problems, but *none* of your errors would cause 
the problem you are having, the sheer fact that one of your computers 
can see your Samba server, means that it is working correctly.
If you now accept that the server is working correctly, then the problem 
must lie in the machines that cannot see the Samba server.
Are all machines using the same workgroup name, are they all in the same 
ip range e.g. 192.168.0.0/24, do all machines have the same dns domain 
name. Have you tried turning off the firewall and anti-virus software on 
the machines that cannot see the Samba server.

Whatever the problem is, I am very sure it has nothing to do with the 
Samba server.

Rowland