The default firewall rules on a Red Hat 7.X install do not permit NMB (i.e. Samba) You can go and configure this with the GUI, but you need to add something like this to /etc/sysconfig/ipchains: -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 137:139 -p udp -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 137:139 -p tcp -i eth0 -j ACCEPT I could be slightly off on the exact syntax. This is from memory. It should, however, provide a starting point. Good Luck! Bob. On 2002.01.11 04:12 Vaughn Treude wrote: > Hello all: > > First for the good news: for the first time, I get to use Linux in a > real-life project! One of the things this project requires is > interfacing to > Windows boxes, so one of the things I need to do is get Samba running on > my > old Winbook notebook, on which I've installed Red Hat 7.1. I seem to > have it > almost there, but not quite. I can ping the notebook from elsewhere on > the > network, so I know that the NIC is working. I can go outbound from the > notebook using smbclient with no problems. The samba daemons both run, > and > the log files don't indicate any errors. I can see the notebook in the > Network Neighborhood from Explorer in Windows. But if I click on it > there, > there's a long pause followed by a message that says the machine is "not > available." I get a similar response when trying to mount it via "net > use" > in the DOS prompt: it says it can't locate the machine on the network. > I've > set the debug level to 3 for both daemons and I still don't see any > indication of errors, nor do I see any record of any login attempts from > external machines. So I must have something set up wrong. The wierd > thing > is that I used a working version of smb.conf from a RH 7.2 machine on the > > same network, just modifying the machine name. I'll list that below, > just in > case there's something that's marginal. I've also set up the smbpasswd > file > and created two entries in it (though I don't think I'm getting that far. > > Any suggestions you could give me would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Vaughn Treude > Nakota Software, Inc. > Custom Industrial Software Development > > The smb.conf file follows below: > > # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the > # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed > # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too > # many!) most of which are not shown in this example > # > # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) > # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # > # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you > # may wish to enable > # > # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command > "testparm" > # to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors. > # > #======================= Global Settings > ===================================== > [global] > > # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name > workgroup = WORKGROUP > > # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field > server string = Vaughn's Machine > > # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict > # connections to machines which are on your local network. The > # following example restricts access to two C class networks and > # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see > # the smb.conf man page > ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. > # note - I've obscured the IP address, but I know it's valid in the real > file > hosts allow = x.0.0. 127. > > # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather > # than setting them up individually then you'll need this > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > > # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless > # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: > # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx > printing = lprng > > # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to > /etc/passwd > # otherwise the user "nobody" is used > guest account = pcguest > > # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine > # that connects > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > > # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). > max log size = 0 > > # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See > # security_level.txt for details. > security = user > # Use password server option only with security = server or > # security = domain > ; 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 > # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. > # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents > encrypt passwords = yes > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > # The following is needed to keep smbclient from spouting spurious errors > # when Samba is built with support for SSL. > ; ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt > > # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to > # update the Linux sytsem password also. > # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. > # NOTE2: 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 > ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n > > *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* > > # Unix users can map to different SMB User names > ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > > # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration > # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name > # of the machine that is connecting > ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m > > # 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 = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 > > # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here > # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: > # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) > ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 > # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here > ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 > > # Browser Control Options: > # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master > # 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 specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This > # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this > # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job > ; domain master = yes > > # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on > startup > # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election > ; preferred master = yes > > # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for > # Windows95 workstations. > domain logons = yes > > # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or > # per user logon script > # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) > ; logon script = %m.bat > # run a specific logon batch file per username > ; logon script = %U.bat > > # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses > # 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be > specified > # the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the > unix > # system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR > # DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, > /etc/nsswitch.conf > # and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration > # dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups > # in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care! > # The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are > NOT > # on the local network segment > # - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS. > ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast > > # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: > # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS > Server > ; wins support = yes > > # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client > # Note: 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 > # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be > # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. > ; wins proxy = yes > > # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names > # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, > # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. > dns proxy = no > > # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_ > # NOTE: 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 > # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things! > ; case sensitive = no > > #============================ Share Definitions > ============================== > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > writable = yes > valid users = %S > create mode = 0664 > directory mode = 0775 > > # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain > Logons > ; [netlogon] > ; comment = Network Logon Service > ; path = /home/netlogon > ; guest ok = yes > ; writable = no > ; share modes = no > > > # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share > # the default is to use the user's home directory > ;[Profiles] > ; path = /home/profiles > ; browseable = no > ; guest ok = yes > > > # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to > # specifically define each individual printer > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print > guest ok = no > writable = no > printable = yes > > # This one is useful for people to share files > ;[tmp] > ; comment = Temporary file space > ; path = /tmp > ; read only = no > ; public = yes > > # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in > # the "staff" group > ;[public] > ; comment = Public Stuff > ; path = /home/samba > ; public = yes > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > ; write list = @staff > > # Other examples. > # > # A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in > fred's > # home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool > directory, > # wherever it is. > ;[fredsprn] > ; comment = Fred's Printer > ; valid users = fred > ; path = /homes/fred > ; printer = freds_printer > ; public = no > ; printable = yes > > # A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write > # access to the directory. > ;[fredsdir] > ; comment = Fred's Service > ; path = /usr/somewhere/private > ; valid users = fred > ; public = no > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > > # a service which has a different directory for each machine that > connects > # this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You > could > # also use the %u option to tailor it by user name. > # The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting. > ;[pchome] > ; comment = PC Directories > ; path = /usr/pc/%m > ; public = no > ; writable = yes > > # A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all > > files > # created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so > # any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this > # directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of > course > # be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user > instead. > ;[public] > ; path = /home/share > ; public = yes > ; only guest = yes > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > > # The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that > two > # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. > In > this > # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have > the > # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended > to > # as many users as required. > ;[myshare] > ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff > ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared > ; valid users = mary fred > ; public = no > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > ; create mask = 0765 > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Robert A. Klahn rklahn@acm.org "Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to struggle to create things as they should be." - St. Augustine