Samba works as root

[RidgewayM]

Hi All,
I worked on this for a week now and was reluctant to ask any questions on this forum, but I can't find the answer anywhere else.

host: CentOS 4.4
client: Windows XP
Users : one account

I'm very new to Linux but I've got CentOS installed and Samba configured and running.

Here's my problem: If the CentOS server is running as root, the XP machine can see Samba and I can open the shares; however, if I log off the server and keep the server running at the login prompt, the XP machines can no longer see Samba - there's nothing in the workgroup.

Perhaps I'm starting Samba incorrectly. I run this to start Samba: /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start

Should I instead be running Samba as a service so it continues to run when I'm logged out?

Thanks in advance for any help

 

[mbourne2006]

Hi

You could try the following:

nohup /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start

HTH

Kind Regards,
Matthew Bourne
"Find a job you love and never do a day's work in your life.

 

[lgarner]

Samba should be running after logout. The syntax on RedHat systems is what you're using, "/etc/init.d/smb start" or "service smb start".

You can verify that smbd and nmbd are running during logout by logging out as root, logging back in as a normal user, and looking for the processes.

 

[Mibble]

did you do your basic setup?

http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html

 

[RidgewayM]

Thank you everyone for your assistance.

The problem was a one line mistake:

I changed "security = share" to "security = user" in the smb.conf file. Problem fixed

Thanks again