Samba - The bane of my existence

[Eric Cope]

Can you share your smb.conf file? The password database Samba uses is not
necessarily the same as the the Linux passwords. I had to create a samba
user and password, but how you create the user and password depends on how
you define the backend in the conf file.

Also, I was on Redhat so I had to modify SELinux. I don't know how much
SELinux affects Debian-based systems (i.e. Ubuntu)

Eric


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Wayne Davis <waydavis at centurylink.net>wrote:

>  Can someone PLEASE help me with this:
>
>
>  I have NEVER been able to get my Linux machine (Kubuntu 13.04) to see a
> “Shared” device on my network and access it.
>
>
>  I have samba and smb4k GUI
>
>
>  It SEES the device but asks for a password.... that doesn't exist.
>
> Really folks, I KNOW it is simple, but (I) cannot figure it out. It the
> blessing and curse of linux.
> Been running it for abt 5 yrs and I have NEVER had two machines that could
> see shares, linux or otherwise.
>
>
>  MY guess is that it is something in the smb.conf but damned if (I) know
> WHAT.  I truly am clueless at this point.
>
>
>  Reaching out..
>
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