Try smb ports = 445
and force it to use 445?  I remember xp sp2 breaking all sorts of netbios compatibility.

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
I've never run testparm before. Did I do that correctly (a)? It doesn't say anything is malformed or anything like that so I suppose it is all good now! What can I run testparm against, is it just a smb.conf thing?

Unfortunately it still isn't printing.

-a-
bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]

    server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
    interfaces = 192.168.0.2/24, eth0
    map to guest = Bad User
    obey pam restrictions = Yes
    pam password change = Yes

    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
    unix password sync = Yes
    syslog = 0
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

    max log size = 1000
    smb ports = 137 138 139 445
    dns proxy = No
    usershare allow guests = Yes

    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    create mask = 0700
    printable = Yes
    browseable = No


[print$]
    comment = Printer Drivers
    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:02 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
testparm says the interface line is malformed.  Always run testparm after making a change to make sure the config is at least readable.


On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
well thank you very much!  Unfortunately it didn't help any.

look at my smb.conf file and see if that is messed up: (I added the ip addr in networking)

#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
#opening ports for printer
smb ports = 137 138 139 445
## Browsing/Identification ###
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
 server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
#   wins support = no
# 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
# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
   dns proxy = no
# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
;   name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
#### Networking ####
# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
# interface names are normally preferred
;   interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0
interface 192.168.0.2/24 eth0
# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
# 'interfaces' option above to use this.
# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself.  However, this
# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
;   bind interfaces only = yes
#### Debugging/Accounting ####
# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
   max log size = 1000
# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
#   syslog only = no
# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
   syslog = 0
# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
####### Authentication #######
# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/ServerType.html
# in the samba-doc package for details.
#   security = user
# You may wish to use password encryption.  See the section on
# 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
   encrypt passwords = true
# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using. 
   passdb backend = tdbsam
   obey pam restrictions = yes
# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
   unix password sync = yes
# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
   pam password change = yes
# This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
# to anonymous connections
   map to guest = bad user
########## Domains ###########
# Is this machine able to authenticate users. Both PDC and BDC
# must have this setting enabled. If you are the BDC you must
# change the 'domain master' setting to no
#
;   domain logons = yes
#
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of the user's profile directory
# from the client point of view)
# The following required a [profiles] share to be setup on the
# samba server (see below)
;   logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
# (this is Samba's default)
#   logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
# point of view)
;   logon drive = H:
#   logon home = \\%N\%U
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
# in the [netlogon] share
# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
;   logon script = logon.cmd
# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe.  The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
# password; please adapt to your needs
; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u
# This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
# SAMR RPC pipe. 
# The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
; add machine script  = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u
# This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe. 
; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g
########## Printing ##########
# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
#   load printers = yes
# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
;   printing = bsd
;   printcap name = /etc/printcap
# CUPS printing.  See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
;   printing = cups
;   printcap name = cups
############ Misc ############
# 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 = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m
# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
#   socket options = TCP_NODELAY
# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
;   message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &
# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
# must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
#   domain master = auto
# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
;   idmap uid = 10000-20000
;   idmap gid = 10000-20000
;   template shell = /bin/bash
# The following was the default behaviour in sarge,
# but samba upstream reverted the default because it might induce
# performance issues in large organizations.
# See Debian bug #368251 for some of the consequences of *not*
# having this setting and smb.conf(5) for details.
;   winbind enum groups = yes
;   winbind enum users = yes
# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
# with the net usershare command.

# Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.
;   usershare max shares = 100

# Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
# public shares, not just authenticated ones
   usershare allow guests = yes

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
# user's home director as \\server\username
;[homes]
;   comment = Home Directories
;   browseable = no

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
;   read only = yes

# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
;   create mask = 0700

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
;   directory mask = 0700

# By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone
# with access to the samba server. Un-comment the following parameter
# to make sure that only "username" can connect to \\server\username
# The following parameter makes sure that only "username" can connect
#
# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
;   valid users = %S

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
;   comment = Network Logon Service
;   path = /home/samba/netlogon
;   guest ok = yes
;   read only = yes

# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
# profile directory may be created the first time they log on
;[profiles]
;   comment = Users profiles
;   path = /home/samba/profiles
;   guest ok = no
;   browseable = no
;   create mask = 0600
;   directory mask = 0700

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   browseable = no
   path = /var/spool/samba
   printable = yes
   guest ok = no
   read only = yes
   create mask = 0700

# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
   comment = Printer Drivers
   path = /var/lib/samba/printers
   browseable = yes
   read only = yes
   guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
# admin users are members of.
# Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
# to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
;   write list = root, @lpadmin

# A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
;[cdrom]
;   comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
;   read only = yes
;   locking = no
;   path = /cdrom
;   guest ok = yes

# The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
#    cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
#    an entry like this:
#
#       /dev/scd0   /cdrom  iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user   0 0
#
# The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
#
# If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
#    is mounted on /cdrom
#
;   preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
;   postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom




On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:42 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
/etc/init.d/nmbd
/etc/init.d/smbd


So not smb, but smbd and nmbd if you want the name services.


On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
You know, I said that I think we found the problem. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean I know how to fix it. Can you let me know that?

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
I think we just found the problem!
y, that doesn't mean  I kn ow how to fi

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> hmmmmm I was going to try it both ways but when I type in 'sudo
> service smb restart' the response is 'unrecognized service'. I then
> checked to make sure samba was started (sudo service smb start) but
> got the same response. Then I made sure it was installed (apt-get
> install) but it is at the newest version. What gives?
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> type  in 'smb ports=139 445'? or w/o the 'smb'?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:07 AM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Add smb ports=139 445 to your smb.conf.
>>>
>>> On Mon Mar 12, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'll make the backup but what do I add?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You would add it to the [global] section of the smb.conf.  It's a hairy config to edit, so be sure to run testparm on it to make sure it works before restarting.  And make backups!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This must be text I have to add because I don't see anywhere  in smb.conf that I can add the ports. Sorry but I need to know what to type in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:53 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Add smb ports=139 445 to your smb.conf.  It "might" work :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> okay james..... I am figuing that this is done at.... I've been looking for how to this for A while now. How do you do it? There it is. I found a GUI app that did it called 'firestarter'. Unfortunately opening the ports didn't help the situation any. ports 137-139 and 445 are now open.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:50 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The error pasted is about name services, not printing.  XP being XP, have you tried setting the samba box up for port 139 instead of 445?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> it isn't fixed.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Glad the Plug could fix it!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 6 Mar 2012 18:51, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> okay.... I enabled the guest account but that didn't improve the situation any. I checked localhost:631 and the printer is listed. (weird thing, from the laptop it is listed as a different model. It works so I don't really care)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ====
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) As you initially asked, your XP account name was changed.  Please refer to the enabling of the guest account HowTo in:  http://unixwiz.net/techtips/samba-xp-printing.html  NOTE: I am assuming that these machines are protected inside your network, since it's usually a BAD IDEA to enable the guest account otherwise.  Verify your WORKGROUP and NetBIOS name in XP.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Please, then, attempt to connect from XP and tail the log and see what Samba is whining about?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ====
>>>>>>>>>>>>  Not sure of the logs name. Can you help me out? I also don't know about the net
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