Samba configuration & passwords

[ayjaycee]

I've inherited a Solaris box (2.5.1) running Samba (version 1.9.18p4) which has been running since before my time.

I now need to add a new share with access restricted (i.e. guest ok = no).

I've tried various things, but Windows (98SE) still keeps asking for a password when I try to map to the new share.

The question is, does anyone have any ideas on how I can set the password?

I've gone through the Samba docs & noted the following :-
- There are 'private' shares that people can access, but no-one can remember the passwords that were originally used (and are presumably cached by windows).
- My Windows PC can access public (guest ok = yes) shares OK.
- My PC hasn't got the registry setting that forces plain text passwords.
- The Samba configuration file has NOT got the workgroup, netbios name, encrypt passwords or security parameters, so the defaults apply.
- There's no private/smbpasswd[/b] file

So, although there's a lot in the docs about setting up password encryption etc., that's not what I'm after. The setup is currently working OK & I don't want to break it ;-) - I just want to figure out where the passwords are being kept & how to set up a new (password protected) share!
TandA

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[patel]

Did you try smbpasswd?

Patel

 

[ayjaycee]

Yup - that just complains about there being no private/smbpasswd file :-( TandA

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[erehnke]

i'm pretty new to samba myself but i have it running on a freeBSD box.

to create new shares, all that i have to do is add that user account to both unix and windows boxes and use the same password for both accounts.

then, when i login to windows with that account and go to network neighborhood, that same account on the unix box shows up. to get a public share, i do this:

# This one is useful for people to share files
[fileshare]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /home/fileshare
read only = no
public = yes
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775

and for the normal private shares where each user has his own share i do this:


[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes


hope that helps.

eric

 

[ayjaycee]

OK, here's our (cut down) smb.conf file (below).

NB: the [bb] share is the new one I'm trying to get to work.
the [public] share works OK (the log files show that the connection is made as the guest ID "pcnfsptr&quot.
the [z1800] share works OK for our users, but not for me :-(

The users cwmshop & z1800 are defined on the unix box. In the Samba log files, there are entries such as :-
teradyne 1 (IP addr) connect to service z1800 as user z1800 (uid=1299,gid=10)
teradyne 1 (IP addr) connect to service z1800 as user cwmshop (uid=12494,gid=10)

& the users log on to the windows PC (teradyne 1) as cwmshop or z1800.

So, I created a unix ID of andrewc (to match my Windows network ID) and tried to access the z1800 share. When asked for a password, I put in my unix one - no joy :-(

I've also found out what password the users use to access the z1800 share & I tried that - no good.

============================================================
# cat smb.conf
[global]
printing = sysv
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
print command = lp -d%p %s
path = /usr/spool/samba
guest account = pcnfsptr
log file = /usr/local/samba/logs/log.%m
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
case sensitive = no
deadtime = 10
#
############################################################
# Special shares ...
============================================================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750

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

############################################################
# Directory shares ...
============================================================
[bb]
path = /home/bb/bb
comment = Big Brother
guest ok = no
writeable = yes
valid users = ajc andrewc

[public]
path = /arch1/AppleShare/public
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes

[z1800]
path = /proj1/ams980/z1800
guest ok = no
writeable = yes
valid users = z1800 mxr ajc andrewc pjb swhitcom jbmore cwmshop cwcroot
#
############################################################ TandA

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[patel]

Hi
this is just wild guess.
Try running smbpasswd as root.
Try moving valid user line just after path

Patel

 

[patel]

Hi Don't forget to restart smbd everytime you make change in .conf file.

Patel

 

[ayjaycee]

Patel,

smbpasswd complains about there being no private/smbpasswd file - the private directory doesn't actually exist, so I'm reluctant to go creating it as the Samba setup is obviously working (for our existing users) without it.

I don't usually restart smbd as it re-reads the .conf file automatically, but I'll certainly give it a try ... nope, no difference (apart from anoying all the users that were connected!) TandA

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