Samba on CentOS

[Eric Cope]

Lee,
you're right. tdbedit is the command.
Thanks,
Eric


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Lee Reynolds <Lee.Reynolds at asu.edu> wrote:

> Glad to hear you have it working.
>
> Your question about tbdsam kind of stumped me in that I had no idea where
> samba stored this information.
>
> After some searching around, I found out that the tbdsam files are stored
> in /var/lib/samba/private  (On Centos 6.x at least)
>
> But I'm not finding the command you're mentioning, tbdconfig.  Are you
> sure you're spelling it right?
>
> I did stumble across a command you might find useful: pdbedit
>
> This will list info on all your samba users:
>
> pdbedit -L -v
>
>
>
>
> Lee Reynolds
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> Subject: Re: Samba on CentOS
>
> 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
> ASU Advanced Computing Center
> a2c2.asu.edu<http://a2c2.asu.edu>
>
> GWC-558
> 480.965.9460<tel:480.965.9460> (Office)
> 480.458.7434<tel:480.458.7434> (Mobile)
>
> Have an A2C2 related question or problem?
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>
>
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> Subject: Samba on CentOS
>
> 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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