Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 10:54 -0700, John Wheat wrote: > >> Craig White wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:46 -0700, John Wheat wrote: >>> >>>>>> Part of my issue is cleared up she will just have to login with my user. >>>>>> I cannot even connect to the share from Linux as "user" john. I also >>>>>> cannot do so from windows anymore either. I am not sure now what I have >>>>>> messed up. I am going to see if I can find a mostly working config I had >>>>>> in Ubuntu. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> does user 'john' exist in Linux? >>>>> did you create a user 'John' in Linux by mistake? >>>>> reset your smbpassword for user john... >>>>> >>>>> smbpasswd john >>>>> >>>>> Craig >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> john is my user. Established when I installed Debian >>>> >>>> >>> ---- >>> OK - you're being incomplete >>> >>> if you have a Linux user john, and you have a samba user john, then you >>> should be able to connect to your Linux server as john.. >>> >>> smbclient -L WHATEVER_SERVER_BIOS_NAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS -U john >>> >>> and it will ask you for a password and it is either accepted or >>> rejected. >>> >>> if it is rejected, change your samba password by issuing command... >>> >>> smbpasswd john >>> >>> This isn't rocket science >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> > > >> The output of >> >> smbclient -L WHATEVER_SERVER_BIOS_NAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS -U john is as follows: >> >> Domain=[GARYGNU] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.28] >> >> Sharename Type Comment >> --------- ---- ------- >> homes Disk >> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.28) >> HP5500 Printer hp deskjet 5550 >> john Disk Home directory of john >> Domain=[GARYGNU] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.28] >> >> Server Comment >> --------- ------- >> >> Workgroup Master >> --------- ------- >> JHBBZ GARYGNU >> >> Apparently the first time I entered the command I did so by server name and not IP address and it failed. >> > ---- > since you had 'wins support = yes' earlier in thread, I would expect > that connecting to GARYGNU should be the same as the ip_address > ---- > >> So I assume by the above I at least have a good connection locally with my user. >> > ---- > I have tried to give you the tools to test the connection (user > names/passwords) without the mysteries of another computer so when you > see what works, you can then do them from another computer. > ---- > >> I have read a lot of info on samba and at a last resort sent a message to the list for help. If giving help is too much for you Craig then create a filter out of my email address and we will be good to go. >> > ---- > I am sort of disappointed with this response because I thought I was > being helpful. I'm going to simply ignore the comment for now. > Anyway, you need to recognize that the actual purpose for a 'HOMES' > share (and for that matter, 'PROFILES' and 'NETLOGON' shares) is for > Windows Domain where a samba server emulates a Windows PDC (primary > domain controller) and a user connecting to a domain would reasonably > expect to gain access to his PROFILE, his HOME directory, and > automatically execute whatever login script was designated in > 'NETLOGON' (and also if necessary, use the 'Default User' profile inside > 'NETLOGON' if such a profile existed). These are 'service' shares and > are unlike all other Windows shares. > > This is the reason that I tried to point out to you that life would be > simpler to create a new shared folder and not use the built-in 'service' > share called 'HOMES'. Sharing your 'home' directory is awkward too since > other users would likely have to be given 'write' access to your home > directory to be useful and that's typically awkward. > > Lastly, for what it's worth...samba has probably the best documentation > of all open source software and I would point you to the 'Official Samba > 3 How-To' ... > > http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ > > Craig > > > Thank you Craig. I now have a better understanding of the difference between "HOMES" and simply sharing a directory somewhere. I did not realize I was complicating things much more than I needed to. It would seem that I have only partially configured samba to allow connections from a remote PC in this case my wifes laptop. I am basically looking to give her access to the printer setup on my Debian desktop and access to /music /pictures and /documents to do this In smb.conf an entry such as the following should get the job done with minimal headache. [music] comment = music path= /home/music read only = No create mask = 0775 directory mask = 0700 Cheers, John --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss