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I have 2 computers connected through a hub. One PC is a Red Hat 9.0/Win XP dual boot, the other is running Win 2000. When both are booted into Windows, ...
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    Samba and Windows 2000

    I have 2 computers connected through a hub. One PC is a Red Hat 9.0/Win XP dual boot, the other is running Win 2000. When both are booted into Windows, the network works perfectly, swaping files and sharing a printer without problems. I'm trying to set up Samba on the Linux machine. Problem is, the Windows machine refuses to see the Samba machine.

    The Linux machine is named Jupiter, the Windows machine is Venus. The workgroup name is DEFAULT. Venus has the exact same password, case sensitive, in Windows, Linux and Samba.

    Both smbd and nmbd are running.

    In an effort to simplify things, I've reduced my smb.conf file to these few lines:
    encrypt passwords=yes
    netbios name=Jupiter


    I get this information from a terminal:

    [root@Jupiter /]# smbclient -NL Jupiter
    added interface ip=*.*.*.* bcast=*.*.*.* nmask=*.*.*.*
    Anonymous login successful
    Domain=[DEFAULT] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]

    Sharename Type Comment
    homes Disk
    IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.7a)
    ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.7a)

    Server Comment
    JUPITER Samba 2.2.7a

    Workgroup Master

    IP information shows up correctly. I replaced it here with *'s for obvious reasons.

    testparm shows no errors.

    The windows machine will ping the Linux box by IP address, but Jupiter never shows up in Network Neighborhood, nor can I manually map a drive to home/venus.

    From the DOS prompt, "net use *\\Jupiter\venus" and "net view \\Jupiter" both give me "the network name cannot be found".

    I've spent the past week searching the internet, reconfiguring, reading until my eyes are blurred and reconfiguring again.

    Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

  2. #2
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    ive got 2 samba servers accessible from my flatmates win2k comp so i'll post up my smb.conf file for you to look at.

    yeah its kinda long coz ive left all the comments etc in.

       message command =  %s %m &
    # smb.conf&#40;5&#41; manual page in order to understand the options listed
    # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options &#40;perhaps too
    # many!&#41; most of which are not shown in this example
    # Any line which starts with a ; &#40;semi-colon&#41; or a # &#40;hash&#41;
    # may wish to enable
    # NOTE&#58; Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
    # 1. Server Naming Options&#58;
    # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
       workgroup =  HOME
    # but defaults to your hostname
    ;  netbios name = <name_of_this_server>
    # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
       server string = Aeris - Samba Server %v
    # The example below is for use with LinPopUp&#58;
    # 2. Printing Options&#58;
    # &#40;as cups is now used in linux-mandrake 7.2 by default&#41;
    # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
    # than setting them up individually then you'll need this
       printcap name = lpstat
       load printers = yes
    # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include&#58;
       printing = cups
    # server. The printer admins &#40;or root&#41; may install drivers onto samba.
    # enable it below.
    # This parameter works like domain admin group&#58;
    # printer admin = @<group> <user>
    ;   printer admin = @adm
    # This should work well for winbind&#58;
    ;   printer admin = @"Domain Admins"
    # 3. Logging Options&#58;
    # that connects
    # Put a capping on the size of the log files &#40;in Kb&#41;.
       max log size = 50
    # Set the log &#40;verbosity&#41; level &#40;0 <= log level <= 10&#41;
    ; log level = 3
    # 4. Security and Domain Membership Options&#58;
    # connections to machines which are on your local network. The
    # following example restricts access to two C class networks and
    # the smb.conf man page. Do not enable this if &#40;tcp/ip&#41; name resolution does
    # not work for all the hosts in your network.
       hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
    # otherwise the user "nobody" is used
    ;  guest account = pcguest
    # security_level.txt for details.
       security = user
    ;   password server = <NT-Server-Name>
    ;   password server = *
    # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
    # all combinations of upper and lower case.
    ;  password level = 8
    ;  username level = 8
    # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
    # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
    # members of a domain do not need one.
      encrypt passwords = yes
      smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
    # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to
    # also update the Linux system password.
    # NOTE&#58; Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.
    # NOTE2&#58; You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only
    #        the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
    #        to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
    ;  unix password sync = Yes
    # enable pam password change
    ;  pam password change = yes
    ;  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    # Unix users can map to different SMB User names
    ;  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
    # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
    # of the machine that is connecting
    ;   include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m
    # authentication from a Windows or samba domain controller, creating
    ;  winbind uid = 10000-20000
    ;  winbind gid = 10000-20000
    # name and username, defaults to "\"
    ;  winbind separator = +
    # winbind use default domain allows you to have winbind return usernames
    # workgroup parameter.
    ;  winbind use default domain = yes
    # template homedir determines the home directory for winbind users, with
    # %D expanding to their domain name and %U expanding to their username&#58;
    ;  template homedir = /home/%D/%U
    # enable obedience of pam restrictions below&#58;
    ;  obey pam restrictions = yes
    # template shell determines the shell users authenticated by winbind get
    ;  template shell = /bin/bash
    # 5. Browser Control and Networking Options&#58;
    # Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
    # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
       socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
    # 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 =
    # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
    #  request announcement to, or browse list sync from&#58;
    #       a specific host or from / to a whole subnet &#40;see below&#41;
    ;   remote browse sync =
    # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
    ;   remote announce =
    # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
    ;   local master = no
    # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
    # elections. The default value should be reasonable
    ;   os level = 33
    ;   domain master = yes
    # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
    ;   preferred master = yes
    # 6. Domain Control Options&#58;
    # Windows95 workstations or Primary Domain Controller for WinNT and Win2k
    ;   domain logons = yes
    # per user logon script
    # run a specific logon batch file per workstation &#40;machine&#41;
    ;   logon script = %m.bat
    # run a specific logon batch file per username
    ;   logon script = %U.bat
    # Where to store roaming profiles for WinNT and Win2k
    #        You must uncomment the &#91;Profiles&#93; share below
    # impacts where Win2k finds it's /HOME share
    ; logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile
    # that have been authenticated by the domain controller, or by the domain
    # Script for domain controller for adding machines&#58;
    # Script for domain controller with LDAP backend for adding machines &#40;please
    # configure in /etc/samba/ first&#41;&#58;
    ; add user script = /usr/share/samba/scripts/ -w -d /dev/null -g machines -c 'Machine Account' -s /bin/false %u
    # Script for domain member for adding local accounts for authenticated users&#58;
    ; add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false %u
    # Domain groups&#58;
    # domain admin group is a list of unix users or groups who are made members
    # of the Domain Admin group
    ; domain admin group = root @wheel
    # domain guest groups is a list of unix users or groups who are made members
    # of the Domain Guests group
    ; domain guest group = nobody @guest
    # LDAP configuration for Domain Controlling&#58;
    # The account &#40;dn&#41; that samba uses to access the LDAP server
    # This account needs to have write access to the LDAP tree
    # running 'smbpasswd -w mypassword'
    ; ldap admin dn = cn=root,dc=mydomain,dc=com
    ; ldap ssl = start_tls
    ; ldap port = 389
    ; ldap suffix = dc=mydomain,dc=com
    ; ldap server =
    # 7. Name Resolution Options&#58;
    # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses
    # system gethostbyname&#40;&#41; function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR
    # on the local network segment
    ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
    # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section&#58;
    ;   wins support = yes
    #       Note&#58; 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
    ;   wins proxy = yes
    # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
       dns proxy = no
    # 8. File Naming Options&#58;
    # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
    # NOTE&#58; These can be set on a per share basis
    ;  preserve case = no
    ;  short preserve case = no
    # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
    ;  default case = lower
    ;  case sensitive = no
    # Enabling internationalization&#58;
    # you can match a Windows code page with a UNIX character set.
    # Windows&#58; 437 &#40;US&#41;, 737 &#40;GREEK&#41;, 850 &#40;Latin1 - Western European&#41;,
    # 852 &#40;Eastern Eu.&#41;, 861 &#40;Icelandic&#41;, 932 &#40;Cyrillic - Russian&#41;,
    # 936 &#40;Japanese - Shift-JIS&#41;, 936 &#40;Simpl. Chinese&#41;, 949 &#40;Korean Hangul&#41;,
    # 950 &#40;Trad. Chin.&#41;.
    # UNIX&#58; ISO8859-1 &#40;Western European&#41;, ISO8859-2 &#40;Eastern Eu.&#41;,
    # ISO8859-5 &#40;Russian Cyrillic&#41;, KOI8-R &#40;Alt-Russ. Cyril.&#41;
    # This is an example for french users&#58;
    ;   client code page = 850
    ;   character set = ISO8859-1
       comment = Home Directories
       browseable = yes
       writable = no
    # You can enable VFS recycle bin on a per share basis&#58;
    # Uncomment the next 2 lines &#40;make sure you create a
    # .recycle folder in the base of the share and ensure
    # all users will have write access to it. See
    # examples/VFS/recycle/REAME in samba-doc for details
    ;   vfs object = /usr/lib/samba/vfs/
    ;   vfs options= /etc/samba/recycle.conf
    ; &#91;netlogon&#93;
    ;   comment = Network Logon Service
    ;   path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
    ;   guest ok = yes
    ;   writable = no
    #be created dynamically by ntlogon &#40;check that you have it in the correct
    #location &#40;the default of the ntlogon rpm available in contribs&#41;
    ;root preexec = /usr/bin/ntlogon -u %U -g %G -o %a -d /var/lib/samba/netlogon
    ;root postexec = rm -f /var/lib/samba/netlogon/%U.bat
    # the default is to use the user's home directory
    ;    path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
    ;    browseable = no
    ;    guest ok = yes
    # NOTE&#58; If you have a CUPS print system there is no need to
    # specifically define each individual printer.
    # You must configure the samba printers with the appropriate Windows
    # drivers on your Windows clients. On the Samba server no filtering is
    # send PostScript &#40;"Generic PostScript Printer" under Windows&#41;, you have
    # to swap the 'print command' line below with the commented one.
       comment = All Printers
       path = /var/spool/samba
       browseable = no
    # to allow user 'guest account' to print.
       guest ok = yes
       writable = no
       printable = yes
       create mode = 0700
    # print command&#58; see above for details.
    ;   print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers &#40;use generic PostScript on clients&#41;.
    # The following two commands are the samba defaults for printing=cups
    # change them only if you need different options&#58;
    ;   lpq command = lpq -P %p
    ;   lprm command = cancel %p-%j
    # This share is used for Windows NT-style point-and-print support.
    # To be able to install drivers, you need to be either root, or listed
    # in the printer admin parameter above. Note that you also need write access
    # to the directory and share definition to be able to upload the drivers.
    # For more information on this, please see the Printing Support Section of
    # /usr/share/doc/samba-<version>/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
       path = /var/lib/samba/printers
       browseable = yes
       read only = yes
       write list = @adm root
    # To streamline this, install windows postscript drivers &#40;preferably colour&#41;
       path = /var/tmp
       guest ok = No
       printable = Yes
       comment = PDF Generator &#40;only valid users&#41;
       print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u \\\\\\\\%L\\\\%u %m %I &
    # This one is useful for people to share files
    ;   comment = Temporary file space
    ;   path = /tmp
    ;   read only = no
    ;   public = yes
    # the "staff" group
       comment = Public viewing
       path = /home/samba/public
       public = yes
       writable = no
       write list = @staff
    # Audited directory through experimental VFS module&#58;
    # Uncomment next line.
    # Other examples.
    # A private printer, usable only by Fred. Spool data will be placed in Fred's
    # wherever it is.
    ;   comment = Fred's Printer
    ;   valid users = fred
    ;   path = /homes/fred
    ;   printer = freds_printer
    ;   public = no
    ;   writable = no
    ;   printable = yes
    # A private directory, usable only by Fred. Note that Fred requires write
    # access to the directory.
    ;   comment = Fred's Service
    ;   path = /usr/somewhere/private
    ;   valid users = fred
    ;   public = no
    ;   writable = yes
    ;   printable = no
    ;  comment = PC Directories
    ;  path = /usr/pc/%m
    ;  public = no
    ;  writable = yes
    ;   path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
    ;   public = yes
    ;   only guest = yes
    ;   writable = yes
    ;   printable = no
    # as many users as required.
    ;   comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
    ;   path = /usr/somewhere/shared
    ;   valid users = mary fred
    ;   public = no
    ;   writable = yes
    ;   printable = no
    ;   create mask = 0765
        comment = dvd drive
        path = /mnt/cdrom
        public = yes
        writeable = no
       comment = cdrw drive
       path = /mnt/cdrom2
       public = yes
       writeable = no
        comment = public write permissions
        path = /home/samba/write
        public = yes
        writeable = yes

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    Thanks for the reply. The working example of your sbm.conf was very helpful.

    I'm convinced now that Samba is configured correctly and working properly, so my problems lie on the Windows 2000 side.

    I put in a message at a Windows forum similar to this one, and the basic response was, "What's Samba?"

    Though this may not be the right forum for it, does anyone know of a good walkthrough for configuring Win 2000 networking to work with Linux?

    As I said before, the two computers are networked and work fine when they're both running Windows.

  4. #4
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    New Zealand
    to get windows peopel to help u generalyl need to ask somethign really broad and pointless. like "how to get win2k pro and linux to share files together"

    tell them linux is set up properly and u jsut need to know how to get basic file sharign set up in win2k.

  5. #5
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    i work on a class A network with about 400 odd PCs connected to a LAN( i know, why a class A, but my netAdmin knows best i guess). And i am pretty ok with sharing files with a lot of windows systems ( Im only one of the 3 linux boxes on the network). But even i facd problems initially, but i sorted it out.. so hope this helps

    try command 'testparm' to see if ur smb.conf file has no errors... sometimes something small just slips out. Ifu have linux conf on ur system it helps u configure samba server and informs u of errors. Finally a good software called LinNeighborhood can be used to scan the network and see if ur are visible (ur workgroup and ur PC) atleast on linux.

    As far as windows goes, i think if u configure the TCP/IP for the network properties with the correct IP, *Subnet Mask* and join the same workgroup as that of ur other machine, hopefully it should show up in the network neighborhood

    hope this helps

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    Thanks for all the help.

    Seems my Windows 2000 system picked up a virus that was interfering with the networking process.

    After purging the bug, everything appears to be working like it should now.

    Yet another reason to make Linux the OS of choice.

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