Re: Samba Set Up Trouble

>>>> I am trying to set up Samba to use with my wife's Vista laptop. My 
>>>> System the samba server is Debian Etch and I have added an account for 
>>>> her (Holly) on my debian sysytem but whn I try to login to the shares on 
>>>> my Debian system from the laptop it will only allow me to login with my 
>>>> Linux account and not hers. Is this because I (user "john") is the 
>>>> account that is logged into the Debian host? Should I be able to access 
>>>> these shares essentially my /home from the laptop logging in with 
>>>> Holly's credentials.  Would have something to do with tis line in teh 
>>>> smb.conf file:
>>>> # By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone
>>>> # with access to the samba server.
>>>> # The following parameter makes sure that only "username" can connect
>>>> # to \\server\username
>>>> # This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
>>>>    valid users = %S
>>>> I don't know what this means  "valid users = %----

>>>> #1 - have sympathy on lists and remove comment lines. You can do this
>>>>      easily with smb.conf by typing 'testparm -s > /tmp/samba.conf'
>>>>      and giving us the output of that file (/tmp/samba.conf)

>>>> #2 - The 'Macros' like %S are described in samba man page which can
>>>>      be gotten by typing 'man smb.conf' in a console/terminal or
>>>>      opening Konqueror and typing 'man smb.conf' in the address bar

>>>> #3 - Samba's requirement for users is that they are a user in Linux
>>>>      and a samba user too (same name)...therefore, after you create
>>>>      the user 'holly' in Debian, get a terminal and type...

>>>>      smbpasswd -a holly

>>>>      which will then prompt you for a password for 'user' holly

>> This is the output of testparm -s
>> [global]
>>     workgroup = JHBBZ
>>     server string = %h server
>>     obey pam restrictions = Yes
>>     passdb backend = tdbsam
>>     passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>>     passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n 
>> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>>     syslog = 0
>>     log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>     max log size = 1000
>>     printcap name = cups
>>     dns proxy = No
>>     wins support = Yes
>>     panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>>     invalid users = root

>> [homes]
>>     comment = Home Directories
>>     valid users = %S 
>>     read only = No
>>     create mask = 0775
>>     directory mask = 0700

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

>> [print$]
>>     comment = Printer Drivers
>>     path = /var/lib/samba/printers

>> [John]
>>     path = /home/john
>>     valid users = holly, Holly
>>     read only = No
>>     guest ok = No

> $ smbclient //srv1/homes -U craig
> Password:
> Domain=[AZAPPLE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.23b-0.1.el4.kde]
> smb: \> ls
>   .                                   D        0  Tue Aug 29 15:38:22
> 2006
>   ..                                  D        0  Tue Jun 24 06:22:14
> 2003

>                 34451 blocks of size 2097152. 3134 blocks available
> smb: \> quit

> [craig@lin-workstation ~]$ smbclient //srv1/homes -U administrator
> Password:
> Domain=[AZAPPLE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.23b-0.1.el4.kde]
> lssmb: \> ls
>   .                                   D        0  Tue Aug 29 15:38:22
> 2006
>   ..                                  D        0  Tue Jun 24 06:22:14
> 2003

>                 34451 blocks of size 2097152. 3134 blocks available
> smb: \> quit