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suttewal
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 Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:45 pm Post subject: Unable to set up a simple Samba share |
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Hi folks,
I've got a nasty problem with my Samba server.
All I want to do is creating a shared folder for the clients in my network.
So, I started up by adding a new group "samba" and a new user "samba", with home "/home/samba" and shell "/bin/false". I added my own user and the "samba" user to group "samba".
Next, I created a folder called "/home/samba/share" and changed ownership to user "samba" and group "samba". I also changed permissions to 0770.
Finally, I set up smb.conf as follows:
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[global]
workgroup = Workgroup
server string = Samba Server %v
passdb backend = smbpasswd
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
idmap config * : backend = tdb
[share]
comment = Public share
path = /home/samba/share
valid users = samba
read list = samba
write list = samba
read only = No
create mask = 0770
case sensitive = No
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I eventually started Samba server successfully.
Seems simple and straight forward, however, I cannot connect to the Samba server from e.g. my laptop which has Gentoo/KDE installed. If I try to connect via Dolphin, it spills out a "Timeout on server" error. If I try to mount it manually with the following command, it leads to a "Permission denied" error.
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mount -t cifs //192.168.1.38/share /mnt/share
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I know issues like that have been discussed millions of times before. However, I believe that eventually something else but Samba is causing the trouble...
iptables is down on both machines, so that is not the problem...
Any clues are appreciated.
Walter |
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costel78
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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"Permission denied" make me think to:
1. maybe group/users are not ok and you should try with mount -t cifs //192.168.1.38/share /mnt/share -o username=samba
2. or you omitted to add samba user to samba itself using pdbedit, for example. Samba have it's own users, different from system ones.
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suttewal
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks costel78, and sorry for this very late reply. I couldn't manage to get back to this issue any earlier...
In the meantime, I figured out how to set up my Samba environment. This is what I did:
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# groupadd smbusers
# groupadd smbguests
# groupadd smbadmins
# useradd -m -c "Public Samba user" -G samba -g smbusers samba
# useradd -G smbadmins my_user
# useradd -G smbusers my_user
# net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Users" unixgroup=smbusers rid=512 type=d
# net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Guests" unixgroup=smbguests rid=512 type=d
# net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=smbadmins rid=512 type=d
# pdbedit -a samba
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I then configured my smb.conf. After having done so, I restarted Samba and checked the configuration by using the testparm command.
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# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[netlogon]"
WARNING: The "share modes" option is deprecated
Processing section "[Profiles]"
Processing section "[share]"
Loaded services file OK.
WARNING: 'workgroup' and 'netbios name' must differ.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
[global]
workgroup = KASSIOPEIA
server string = Kassiopeia Samba Server %v
guest account = samba
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
idmap config * : backend = tdb
hosts allow = 192.168.1.
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
guest ok = Yes
share modes = No
[Profiles]
path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
guest ok = Yes
browseable = No
[share]
comment = Public shared folder
path = /path/to/my/shared/folder
valid users = samba
read list = samba
write list = samba
read only = No
create mask = 0770
case sensitive = No
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I hope that makes sense. At least, that's what I figured from studying the Samba manuals. If there is anything wrong with that, please tell me.
I am now able to mount the shared folder on my laptop using your command. 
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# mkdir /mnt/share
# mount -t cifs //192.168.1.38/share /mnt/share -o umask=0022,uid=my_user_id,gid=my_group_id -o username=samba
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However, I doesn't work with dolphin. When I try to access smb://kassiopeia/, it still gives me a "Timeout on server" error. Can't figure out the reason for that behaviour... 
Walter |
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