Samba on CentOS

Bob Elzer bob.elzer at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 11:17:16 MST 2013


What is tbdconfig ?


On 2/19/2013 9:10 PM, Eric Cope wrote:
> I used tbdconfig to set my password instead of smbpasswd. I rebooted, 
> and now it works.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com 
> <mailto:eric.cope at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     ok, I ran getenforce. It was "enforcing". I ran setenforce
>     permissive, but I still have the issue.
>
>     Here is my conf entry:
>
>     [voltamp]
>        comment = Voltamp File Space on 2
>        valid users = +voltamp
>        path = /voltamp
>        force create mode = 0770
>        force directory mode = 0770
>        create mask = 0007
>        read only = no
>        writable = yes
>
>      I did the smbpasswd for the user, but I can't find where the user
>     is added. my conf file says it uses the tdbsam, but I don't know
>     much about it.
>
>     I checked my file permissions, they are set to 770. Any ideas?
>     Thanks,
>     Eric
>
>
>     On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Lee Reynolds
>     <Lee.Reynolds at asu.edu <mailto:Lee.Reynolds at asu.edu>> wrote:
>
>         The conf file isn't the only thing you need to copy.  You also
>         need the file(s) that hold the samba passwords.  Where this
>         file is and what it is called has changed in more recent
>         versions of samba, so you'll have to do some looking.  Your
>         smb.conf file should tell you something.  The smbusers file
>         might also need to be copied.
>
>         Also, as others have mentioned, SELINUX is a hell of a drug.
>          Luckily it can be configured to let samba do its thing.  I
>         did this myself recently and only two changes were required,
>         but don't ask me to repeat them from memory.  There is a tool
>         in KDE that runs in the system tray that tells you when
>         selinux is fussing, and it also provides tips on how to make
>         it be quiet.  This is how I got it working on my laptop.
>
>
>
>         Lee Reynolds
>         Systems Analyst Principal
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>         Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:21 AM
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>         Subject: Samba on CentOS
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>         Hi all,
>         I am trying to get Samba to installed on a CentOS 6.2 machine.
>         I have read-only access working, but when I try to make edits
>         to files, it claims I don't have permissions. I copied my
>         smb.conf file from another machine that had things working, so
>         the conf file should be good.
>
>         I read some online about SELinux settings. I tried setting a
>         few, but it had no change. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>         Thanks,
>         Eric
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