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samba shared folders appear as printeres

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paul809

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Jul 1, 2009
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Hi

I'm having a terrible time reconfiguring samba. I had a server crash and am now installing 3.3.6 I cannot connect with security = user and changed it to share. This should be ok as I have restricted hosts allow. However, the share [logs] is seen by windows as a printer. Any ideas thx

-paul

[root@bali samba]# testparm /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[logs]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
workgroup = ITLNET
server string = bali
security = SHARE
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 207.182.255.134, 207.182.255.126

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
browseable = No

[logs]
comment = bali log files
path = /var/log/httpd
 
I think I fixed this by disabling IPV6 on the Linux box.
 
whr to find IPV6.... i duno how to disable it... can u guide me on this?
 
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