Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?
Rashkae its working now. Apparently if browseable = yes is not set, then you cannot use Network Neighborhood or browse with windows. It also stops other windows clients from showing up in NN. I didn't know the browseable option had to do with windows :-( I set it globally but am aware that if set globally you cannot then set browseable = no in a share. Also I set encrypted passwords = yes and used smbpasswd to add root and myself to the smbpasswd file. All is well now - I see all shares in NN and My Computer and can map them to a drive letter, do dir L: and all kinds of the usual network things. Also I can now use the Linux machine using as a time server using net time set which is why I got into this in the first place. On to setting the various master browser options now. Thanks for your help. Larry On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:57:55 -0500, Rashkae wrote: Hey, sorry that didn't work out. I tested the configuration with smbclient, but did not try browsing with Windows to see what would happen. If this is still causing you difficulty, I'll be happy to help you figure it out. I'll be home until some time mid-day tomorrow. Let me know what you think. On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:44:03PM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the shares listed. Sharename Type Comment - --- data Disk data drive IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) I don't know where IPC$ or ADMIN$ comes from but there is nothing in my smb.conf that would create these. Also I don't know why Network Neighborhood shows IPC$ under the Linda share but not data which is in smb.conf or ADMIN$. Apparently the Samba newsgroup and mailing list are a single entity so I'm only going to post to the newsgroup and see if it appears on the mailing list. Any ideas? Larry On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote: Hi Lary You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's default security model is User, which closely resembles a Windows NT server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to share, but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with those mysterious password issues. On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. The windows machine uses windows 98SE. The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood. It it does appear in NN and also using the command net view. Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup. When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. The instructions say that We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification. For the moment, this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share. This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later. Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? Here is the short smb.conf: [global] netbios name = linda server string = Samba %v on %L workgroup = lanet [data] path = /export/data comment = data drive volume = sample-data-drive writable = yes guest ok = yes I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?
I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. The windows machine uses windows 98SE. The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood. It it does appear in NN and also using the command net view. Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup. When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. The instructions say that We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification. For the moment, this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share. This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later. Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? Here is the short smb.conf: [global] netbios name = linda server string = Samba %v on %L workgroup = lanet [data] path = /export/data comment = data drive volume = sample-data-drive writable = yes guest ok = yes I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?
Hi Lary You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's default security model is User, which closely resembles a Windows NT server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to share, but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with those mysterious password issues. On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. The windows machine uses windows 98SE. The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood. It it does appear in NN and also using the command net view. Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup. When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. The instructions say that We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification. For the moment, this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share. This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later. Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? Here is the short smb.conf: [global] netbios name = linda server string = Samba %v on %L workgroup = lanet [data] path = /export/data comment = data drive volume = sample-data-drive writable = yes guest ok = yes I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?
Thanks for your reply Rashkae. I have leaving the password field and it doesn't work. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that, when I click on the netbios name (linda) the share it ask the password is labeled \\LINDA\IPC$ for some unknown reason. Linda is the netbios name but there is nothing like IPC$ in my smb.conf. On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote: Hi Lary You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's default security model is User, which closely resembles a Windows NT server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to share, but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with those mysterious password issues. On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. The windows machine uses windows 98SE. The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood. It it does appear in NN and also using the command net view. Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup. When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. The instructions say that We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification. For the moment, this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share. This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later. Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? Here is the short smb.conf: [global] netbios name = linda server string = Samba %v on %L workgroup = lanet [data] path = /export/data comment = data drive volume = sample-data-drive writable = yes guest ok = yes I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?
On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the shares listed. Sharename Type Comment - --- data Disk data drive IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) I don't know where IPC$ or ADMIN$ comes from but there is nothing in my smb.conf that would create these. Also I don't know why Network Neighborhood shows IPC$ under the Linda share but not data which is in smb.conf or ADMIN$. Apparently the Samba newsgroup and mailing list are a single entity so I'm only going to post to the newsgroup and see if it appears on the mailing list. Any ideas? Larry On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote: Hi Lary You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's default security model is User, which closely resembles a Windows NT server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to share, but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with those mysterious password issues. On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. The windows machine uses windows 98SE. The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood. It it does appear in NN and also using the command net view. Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup. When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. The instructions say that We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification. For the moment, this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share. This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later. Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? Here is the short smb.conf: [global] netbios name = linda server string = Samba %v on %L workgroup = lanet [data] path = /export/data comment = data drive volume = sample-data-drive writable = yes guest ok = yes I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The IPC$ share and (I think) the ADMIN$ share are used for communication between windows clients. IPC = inter process communication. Samba sets them up for you, as they are necessary with newer clients. Try a smbclient on a windows box and you should see something similar. The (Samba 2.2.8a etc) stuff comes from the default comment for the server. comment = whatever you want would change the comment. You can thing of the IPC service as the thing you see directly under network neighborhood (names of PCs) - -Tom Larry Alkoff wrote: | On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the | shares listed. | | Sharename Type Comment | - --- | data Disk data drive | IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) | ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) | | | I don't know where IPC$ or ADMIN$ comes from but there is nothing in | my smb.conf that would create these. Also I don't know why Network | Neighborhood shows IPC$ under the Linda share but not data which is in | smb.conf or ADMIN$. | | Apparently the Samba newsgroup and mailing list are a single entity so | I'm only going to post to the newsgroup and see if it appears on the | mailing list. | | Any ideas? | | Larry | | | On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote: | | |Hi Lary | |You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press |enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go |to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the |login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) | |As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's |default security model is User, which closely resembles a Windows NT |server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you |wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to share, |but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with |those mysterious password issues. | | | |On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: | |I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book |Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. |The windows machine uses windows 98SE. | |The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 |and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 |had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood. |It it does appear in NN and also using the command net view. | |Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup. |When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. | |The instructions say that |We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password |issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification. For the moment, |this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share. | |This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later. | |Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? |How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? | |Here is the short smb.conf: | |[global] |netbios name = linda |server string = Samba %v on %L |workgroup = lanet | |[data] | path = /export/data | comment = data drive | volume = sample-data-drive | writable = yes | guest ok = yes | |I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. | |Larry Alkoff | | | | | |Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX | | |-- |To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the |instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba | | | | | Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX | | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/6SXMRliD/69byygRAtcxAJ9qgGu1exMbPJ98zbF6j6M2UXDPgwCeJgV7 LRdzu89K9cg+r6sEK/pqTKQ= =SCwr -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
