Samba, WINS and Dom logon on Psyche

[Noip]

Hi,

I've just setup a RedHat 8.0 box with 1 NIC.
I have no domain controller, some box on a common workgroup (win 9x) with static IPs on 192.168.2.0 network

I would like the Linux box to act as a samba server. This is my primary objective. If I could make it as a WINS server it will be very nice and if it could act as a logon server then it would simply be perfect!

What I have done so far:
smb.conf (I have ADD)
---Global Settings---
workgroup=wgp
host allow 192.168.2. 127.
remote browse sync = 192.168.2.
remote announce = 192.168.2.
local master = yes
domain master = yes
domain logons = yes
wins support = yes
----Share Definitions---
[main]
path=/share
browseable=yes
writable=yes
createmask=644
valid users= user0

Network settings:

I can ping the linux box from the win9x.
But 'net view \\linuxip' on a win9x PC return error53 i.e computer canot be located
'net view /workgroup:linuxwgp' return "computer sharing resource in this wgp cannot be located.

'smbclient -L 127.0.0.1' on the linux box return the shares and evrything seemed fine.

'mount -t smbfs -o user0 //127.0.0.1/main /mnt/share' on the linux box result in a successful mounted dir @ /mnt/share
As mentioned in the share definition 'main' --> /share
what is strange is that nothing is stored in /share but when mounted as above, I see some folders i.e amanda, kde-root,...
in /mnt/share

Any input will be much appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[SimonPGreen]

OK Need to ask some obvious questions here but do you have:

netbios name = 'some server name'
security = share (to start with)

accounts set up? i.e
useradd -c "Dave James" -m -g users -p H3lloW0rld davet
smbpassword -a davet - then confirm password.

Change the following lines:

Remote browse sync = <empty string>
Remote announce = <empty string>
Wins support = no
Add
guest ok = yes

Comment out (

Valid users = 'whatever'

Now try a net use t: \\servername\share

Once this works we can deal with domain PDC /Wins

Regards,

Simon

 

[Noip]

Thanks Simon,

what did u mean by
1. <netbios name = 'some server name'>? where to state that?
2. <security = share>? in smb.conf?

yes account is setup

I have made the appropriate changes in smb.conf as per your post.

Still can't browse the domain on the win9x clients

"net use t: \\servername\share" on the other hand gives no output

 

[SimonPGreen]

Apologies my first post contains a couple of errors.

security = is important as it tells samba how to authenticate clients and should be in smb.conf

Samba has two basic security modes - share and user level. This determines how clients authenticate. There is one share mode and four user modes.

My original post was wrong actually as we really want
security = user

netbios name allows us to specify a different netbios name for the machine. It defaults to the host portion of the FQDN - should really be set to a value of 15 characters or less and can be different to DNS.

Ensure the following:

The windows client has its workgroup set up as wgp
You log onto the machine with the username/password specified in smbpassword

Then try a net use again pointing to the netbios name specified.

EG
If the following were set and [main] is your share:
Netbios name = orion

@ client: net use t: \\orion\main

Try this and let me know.

Regards,

Simon

 

[Noip]

Thanks simon,

in smb.conf, i've adjusted where applicable to:
security = user
Netbios name = smbserv

i've log onto the win9x machine with the username/password specified in smbpassword

workgroup of win9x machine: wgp
on the win9x client
# net use t: \\smbserv\main
or
# net use t: \\smbservip\main (where smbservip is the ip of smbserv)
return "computer cannot be found"

on linux
# smbclient -L 127.0.0.1
returned:
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
main Disk /share
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server)
ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba Server)

and as I've explained earlier i can mount the share folder locally and the authentication is working fine i.e
# mount -t smbfs -o username=user0 //127.0.0.1/main /mnt/share
and then <Enter password>
I can see the stuff in /mnt/share

I think it is a prob of security

 

[Noip]

Yes it was!!!!!!,

just after I posted, I went to 'Text Mode Setup Utility' and disable firewall, now everything's fine.

 

[SimonPGreen]

Glad you got it up.

If you need more Domain/Wins info then give me a shout

Simon

 

[Noip]

Thanks Simon

I have played around with smb.conf and now my win9x clients are logging onto the linux domain.

I have comment out in smb.conf:
wins support = yes

and asked my win9x clients to use it, it may be a stupid question but how will I ensure that the WINS is resolving the hosts names. I mean how will I know when browsing the network on the win9x that it is not netbios that is responsible for name resolution.