Hello,

For a few years I have used dsl in an old pentium 1 machine for a fileserver
for my house. Since I recently got hold of a better old machine I thought I
would install debian and update the configuration

The fileserver is using samba and should allow a number of clients (Mac, Win
and *nix) to mount read and write using the pass/user pair guest/guest
(trying to keep it as simple as possible).

I made a guest user on the file server machine :
# adduser guest

and added the samba password

# smbpasswd -a guest

# testparm

# /etc/init.d/samba restart

For some reason the smb.conf that I copied over from the working dsl config
does not work, I get an error with each of these connection methods from a
machine on the network :

thinking:/home/thinker# mount /mnt/music -o username=guest
Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
8187: Connection to 192.168.0.8 failed
SMB connection failed

thinking:/home/thinker# smbclient -L //gramsci -U guest
Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
Connection to gramsci failed

thinking:/home/thinker# smbclient -L //GRAMSCI -U guest
Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
Connection to GRAMSCI failed

thinking:/home/thinker# smbtree
Password:

thinking:/home/thinker# smbclient -L //gramsci -U guest
Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
Connection to gramsci failed


Here is my smb.conf pasted below (modified/simplified to be similar to the
one recommended here http://www.debian.co.uk/samba.htm) Apologies for
pasting the whole thing, but I'm really not very sure exactly which
parameters need altering or are set incorrectly.

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

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = PLUNDER

netbiosname = GRAMSCI

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = %h server (Samba %v)

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
; wins support = yes

# 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

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
; dns proxy = yes

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
; guest account = nobody
; invalid users = root

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <aluton@hybrigenics.fr>
for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato).
; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
; passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
; pam password change = no

; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

########## Printing ##########

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
; load printers = yes

# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
; printing = bsd
; printcap name = /etc/printcap

# CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
; printing = cups
; printcap name = cups

# When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
# also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
# properties
; printer admin = @ntadmin


######## File sharing ########

# Name mangling options
; preserve case = yes
; short preserve case = yes


############ Misc ############

# 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
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

#### Debugging/Accounting ####

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 1000

# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
; syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

; xtra deb config to speed samba up
; socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096

####### Authentication #######

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/ServerType.html in the samba-doc
# package for details.
security = user

# You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on
# 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
; encrypt passwords = yes

# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using.
; passdb backend = tdbsam guest

; obey pam restrictions = yes

; guest account = guest
; invalid users = root

# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
; unix password sync = no

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <aluton@hybrigenics.fr>
for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato).
; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
; passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
; pam password change = no

; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

########## Printing ##########

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
; load printers = yes

# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
; printing = bsd
; printcap name = /etc/printcap

# CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
; printing = cups
; printcap name = cups

# When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
# also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
# properties
; printer admin = @ntadmin


######## File sharing ########

# Name mangling options
; preserve case = yes
; short preserve case = yes


############ Misc ############

# 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
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
# SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
; socket options = TCP_NODELAY

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
# must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
; domain master = auto

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; idmap uid = 10000-20000
; idmap gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash

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

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
# parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
writable = no

# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
create mask = 0700

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want
to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
directory mask = 0700

[music]
comment=ur music
writable=yes
path=/mnt/music
public=yes
browseable=yes
valid users=guest
admin users=dsl
create mask=777
directory mask=777

[film]
comment=ur film
writable=yes
path=/mnt/film
browseable=yes
valid users=guest
admin users=dsl
create mask=777
directory mask=777


# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no

[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /tmp
printable = yes
public = no
writable = no
create mode = 0700

# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# Replace 'ntadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are
# members of.
; write list = root, @ntadmin

# A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
;[cdrom]
; comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
; writable = no
; locking = no
; path = /cdrom

# The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
# cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
# an entry like this:
#
# /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
#
# The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
#
# If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
# is mounted on /cdrom
#
; preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
; postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom

Hello Francis,

yes

dsl is admin

and there is a guest account

a sambapassword for each :

Hello Francis,

yes

dsl is admin

and there is a guest account and a sambapassword for each :

I made a guest user on the file server machine :
# adduser guest

and added the samba password

# smbpasswd -a guest

# testparm

# /etc/init.d/samba restart



On 11/30/06, Francis Healy < zfhealy@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Your SMB.conf file has security=user set. Have you created user accounts
> on the linux box for each of the Samba users?
>
> *anthony < mailinganthony@googlemail.com>* wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> For a few years I have used dsl in an old pentium 1 machine for a
> fileserver for my house. Since I recently got hold of a better old machine I
> thought I would install debian and update the configuration
>
> The fileserver is using samba and should allow a number of clients (Mac,
> Win and *nix) to mount read and write using the pass/user pair guest/guest
> (trying to keep it as simple as possible).
>
> I made a guest user on the file server machine :
> # adduser guest
>
> and added the samba password
>
> # smbpasswd -a guest
>
> # testparm
>
> # /etc/init.d/samba restart
>
> For some reason the smb.conf that I copied over from the working dsl
> config does not work, I get an error with each of these connection methods
> from a machine on the network :
>
> thinking:/home/thinker# mount /mnt/music -o username=guest
> Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
> 8187: Connection to 192.168.0.8 failed
> SMB connection failed
>
> thinking:/home/thinker# smbclient -L //gramsci -U guest
> Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
> Connection to gramsci failed
>
> thinking:/home/thinker# smbclient -L //GRAMSCI -U guest
> Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
> Connection to GRAMSCI failed
>
> thinking:/home/thinker# smbtree
> Password:
>
> thinking:/home/thinker# smbclient -L //gramsci -U guest
> Error connecting to 192.168.0.8 (Connection refused)
> Connection to gramsci failed
>
>
> Here is my smb.conf pasted below (modified/simplified to be similar to the
> one recommended here http://www.debian.co.uk/samba.htm) Apologies for
> pasting the whole thing, but I'm really not very sure exactly which
> parameters need altering or are set incorrectly.
>
> #======================= Global Settings =======================
>
> [global]
>
> ## Browsing/Identification ###
>
> # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part
> of
> workgroup = PLUNDER
>
> netbiosname = GRAMSCI
>
> # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
> server string = %h server (Samba %v)
>
> # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
> # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS
> Server
> ; wins support = yes
>
> # 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
>
> # This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
> ; dns proxy = yes
>
> # What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host
> names
> # to IP addresses
> ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
> ; guest account = nobody
> ; invalid users = root
>
> # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the
> following
> # parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <aluton@hybrigenics.fr>
> for
> # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian
> Potato).
> ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> ; passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
>
> # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
> # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
> # 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
> ; pam password change = no
>
> ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
>
> ########## Printing ##########
>
> # If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
> # than setting them up individually then you'll need this
> ; load printers = yes
>
> # lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
> # printcap file
> ; printing = bsd
> ; printcap name = /etc/printcap
>
> # CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
> # cupsys-client package.
> ; printing = cups
> ; printcap name = cups
>
> # When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
> # also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
> # properties
> ; printer admin = @ntadmin
>
>
> ######## File sharing ########
>
> # Name mangling options
> ; preserve case = yes
> ; short preserve case = yes
>
>
> ############ Misc ############
>
> # 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
> ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m
>
> #### Debugging/Accounting ####
>
> # This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
> # that connects
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>
> # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
> max log size = 1000
>
> # If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
> # parameter to 'yes'.
> ; syslog only = no
>
> # We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog.
> Everything
> # should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
> # through syslog you should set the following parameter to something
> higher.
> syslog = 0
>
> # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>
> ; xtra deb config to speed samba up
> ; socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096
> SO_RCVBUF=4096
>
> ####### Authentication #######
>
> # "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix
> account
> # in this server for every user accessing the server. See
> # /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/ServerType.html in the samba-doc
> # package for details.
> security = user
>
> # You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on
> # 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
> ; encrypt passwords = yes
>
> # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
> # password database type you are using.
> ; passdb backend = tdbsam guest
>
> ; obey pam restrictions = yes
>
> ; guest account = guest
> ; invalid users = root
>
> # This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
> # password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
> # passdb is changed.
> ; unix password sync = no
>
> # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the
> following
> # parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton < aluton@hybrigenics.fr>
> for
> # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian
> Potato).
> ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> ; passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
>
> # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
> # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
> # 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
> ; pam password change = no
>
> ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
>
> ########## Printing ##########
>
> # If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
> # than setting them up individually then you'll need this
> ; load printers = yes
>
> # lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
> # printcap file
> ; printing = bsd
> ; printcap name = /etc/printcap
>
> # CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
> # cupsys-client package.
> ; printing = cups
> ; printcap name = cups
>
> # When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
> # also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
> # properties
> ; printer admin = @ntadmin
>
>
> ######## File sharing ########
>
> # Name mangling options
> ; preserve case = yes
> ; short preserve case = yes
>
>
> ############ Misc ############
>
> # 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
> ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m
>
> # Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
> # See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
> # for details
> # You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
> # SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> ; socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
> # The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
> # installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
> # working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
> ; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &
>
>
> # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
> # machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
> # must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
> ; domain master = auto
>
> # Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
> # for something else.)
> ; idmap uid = 10000-20000
> ; idmap gid = 10000-20000
> ; template shell = /bin/bash
>
> #======================= Share Definitions =======================
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = no
>
> # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
> # parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
> writable = no
>
> # File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
> # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
> create mask = 0700
>
> # Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want
> to
> # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
> directory mask = 0700
>
> [music]
> comment=ur music
> writable=yes
> path=/mnt/music
> public=yes
> browseable=yes
> valid users=guest
> admin users=dsl
> create mask=777
> directory mask=777
>
> [film]
> comment=ur film
> writable=yes
> path=/mnt/film
> browseable=yes
> valid users=guest
> admin users=dsl
> create mask=777
> directory mask=777
>
>
> # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
> Logons
> # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
> ;[netlogon]
> ; comment = Network Logon Service
> ; path = /home/samba/netlogon
> ; guest ok = yes
> ; writable = no
> ; share modes = no
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> browseable = no
> path = /tmp
> printable = yes
> public = no
> writable = no
> create mode = 0700
>
> # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
> # printer drivers
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /var/lib/samba/printers
> browseable = yes
> read only = yes
> guest ok = no
> # Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
> # Replace 'ntadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are
> # members of.
> ; write list = root, @ntadmin
>
> # A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
> ;[cdrom]
> ; comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
> ; writable = no
> ; locking = no
> ; path = /cdrom
>
> # The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
> # cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
> # an entry like this:
> #
> # /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
> #
> # The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
> #
> # If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
> # is mounted on /cdrom
> #
> ; preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
> ; postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom
>
>
>
>
>
>
>