Long Time Samba No Work-Need Expert Help On Samba/Networking-Ahhh, Some Success

[jurgen.romer at jippii.fi]

> On Tuesday 31 July 2007, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > Hello Jurgen,
> > Thanks for joining my bandwagon.  Maybe if enough
> > people agree something will be done. It's satisfying
> > to hear that I'm not the only one.  I intended to add
> > my smb.conf file on this post but after thinking about
> > what to say and composing it, I just overlooked adding
> > it. It's copied at the end of this post. Maybe it'll
> > be of some help to you getting Samba to work, hope so.
> > To make it clear, my ubuntu computer's name is ubuntu
> > and that's what I added the netbios name as.  Don't
> > give up, if I can get samba fully working anybody can
> > with effort, of course.
> > I do agree with you on the goodness of Ubuntu and it's
> > user groups and will eventually rid my other computer
> > of windows but there is room for improvement.  Good
> > luck to you on Samba. Also, see my comment on DHCP
> > below.
> 
> I haven't joined this thread because I know little about Samba etc 
except that
> I have had it working for several distros for the past 7 years.   I don't 
> think it is that tough an issue.  I have a 4 linux box system along with 3 
> WinXP boxes and have not had any trouble having them talk to each other.
> 
> I will include the smb.conf that I have been using all this time and 
will put
> +++  IN FRONT of the lines I believe I have changed/added.   Not very many 
> lines.
> 
> Note that this file gives me access to the ENTIRE machine, not just a 
> user /home or other setup.  This is the way I want it.  There is still file 
> write protection for those files not belonging to the user being used.
> 
> Note also, this file does not include a lot of things that the feisty 
smb.conf
> includes because I always copy this file over from the last install and it 
> just works.
> 
> =================   /etc/samba/smb.conf
> 
> 
> # smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
> # version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
> # samba-doc package is installed.
> # Date: 2006-05-02
> [global]
> 	
> +++	interfaces = 192.168.0.3 eth0
> 	bind interfaces only = true
> 	printing = cups
> 	printcap name = cups
> 	printcap cache time = 750
> 	cups options = raw
> 	map to guest = Bad User
> 	include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
> 	logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile
> 	logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile
> 	logon drive = P:
> 
> 
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	valid users = %S, %D%w%S
> 	browseable = No
> 	read only = No
> 	inherit acls = Yes
> 
> [profiles]
> 	comment = Network Profiles Service
> 	path = %H
> +++?	read only = No
> 	store dos attributes = Yes
> 	create mask = 0600
> 	directory mask = 0700
> 
> [users]
> 	comment = All users
> 	path = /home
> 	read only = No
> 	inherit acls = Yes
> 	veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/
> 
> [groups]
> 	comment = All groups
> 	path = /home/groups
> 	read only = No
> 	inherit acls = Yes
> 
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /var/tmp
> 	printable = Yes
> 	create mask = 0600
> 	browseable = No
> 
> [print$]
> 	comment = Printer Drivers
> 	path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
> 	write list = @ntadmin root
> 	force group = ntadmin
> 	create mask = 0664
> 	directory mask = 0775
> 
> 
> [root]    +++  added all of the below
> 	path = /
> 	force group = users
> 	writable = yes
> 	public = yes
> 	force user = bmarsh
> 	guest ok = yes
> 	read only = No
> 
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Thanks for the sample smb.conf file. I have tried with this file and 
with Leonard's but without success.

I'm beginning to suspect that the problem lies with the automatic 
IP-addresses - as Leonard also suggested. It seems that everyone that 
has a working Ubuntu/Windows network with Samba has a fixed IP.

My DSL connection does not work with fixed IP:s. I've tried it with no 
success with different configurations and discussed the issue with a guy 
that seemed to know what he was talking about. The principle seems to be 
that the DSL-provider gives an IP-number to the ADSL box, which either 
acts as a DHCP server giving automatic IP-numbers, or it works as a 
router with fixed IP-numbers. Anyway, in this system one can choose 
fixed IP-numbers and the connection to the Internet works OK.

This seems not to be the system that my DSL-operator has. It seems that 
the automatic IP-addresses for each of my computer are given from some 
DSL-operator server in the net, not my ADSL box. For instance, each of 
my computer has an own IP-number (of course), but also an own gateway 
number and subnet mask number. In addition to this, there is a website 
where one can test the "real" IP-address, i.e. the address that the DSL 
provider gives to one's ADSL modem/router. In my home network, every 
computer had a different "real" IP-number, suggesting that the DHCP 
server was further out in the net, my ADSL box was not the DHCP server.

Well, if this makes any sense, could, please, someone with some 
knowledge comment it? Can the problem be in the automatic IP-address or 
is this nonsense?

Thanks anyway to Bruce and Leonard who kindly gave their smb.conf files. 
Since the files didn't work for me, it seems also to suggest that the 
problem lies somewhere else than in the Samba configuration?

Jurgen

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