On Wednesday 26 May 2004 13:00, Video 4Linux wrote: > I'm trying to set up a Samba server on my Linux Mandrake 10 machine. I've > copied the smb.conf settings from the Samba Howto and look like this: > > [global] > workgroup = Thuis > netbios name = Linux > printcap name = cups > disable spoolss = Yes > show add printer wizard = No > printing = cups > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > valid users = %S > read only = No > browseable = No > [public] > comment = Data > path = /share > force user = bas > force group = users > guest ok = Yes > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > printer admin = root, bas > create mask = 0600 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > use client driver = Yes > browseable = No > > I started the smb and nmb services which repsond both with [OK]. > > But when I run the command smbclient -L localhost I get: > > session request to LOCALHOST failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) > session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) > > Note that because I want to share a certain partition with a windows XP > machine /share is mounted at a FAT32 partition. No idea if that has > something to do with my problems. I also cannot chown the /share folder > (operation not permitted). It is now owned by root. > > Help is very welcome. > > Bas
Did you try with the default smb.conf file? Samba works "out of the box" in mandrake. The only line you have to change is workgroup = There is a copy of the default file at usr/share/samba The reason /share is owned by root is because it is FAT32 and has no perm bits. It will have the permissions defined in /etc/fstab and will default to whoever mounted it (root) You need to set the uid=value and gid=value options in the fstab line. You might also like to set the umask= option as well See 'man mount' Mounting the FAT32 partition at /share may not be a good idea. The msec security system expects everything under / to be owned by root and will try to alter the perms. Being FAT32 it will not be able to, but all the same a better location would be /mnt/share. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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