Hey Tovis,
I'm sorry about the e-mails, I realize I've jumped around a bit. I've just
been working on this off and on for a while and it's hard to keep track of
the changes. Attached are the things I added to my smb.conf file. If you
think the whole file is necessary, I'll send it out as well, but it's 11KB
and I thought it would be too long for an e-mail.
======================= Global Settings
=====================================
[global]
# Configs for windows pxe boot
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no
guest account = guest
unix extensions = off
netbios aliases = ntinstall
wins support = yes
; wins proxy = yes
security = share *
map to guest = Bad Password *
#============================ Share Definitions
==============================
idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
template shell = /bin/false
winbind use default domain = no
# More configurations for winxp pxe boot
[install]
comment = Unattended
writable = no
locking = no
; path = /install/
path = /disk2/install/
guest ok = yes
The first (commented out) path is to a folder full of symlinks to the second
(uncommented) path. I read somewhere that dos wouldn't let you mount shares
outside of the root directory, so I had set it up that way, but then I was
told that the path didn't matter because install was the share name (having
the share and folder names the same had confused me a bit). We have several
other shares and none have had problems, just this one.
As for accessing it with the windows box, I managed to fix that to allow
guest access. I had to add the lines noted above by an asterisk to the
smb.conf file (the asterisks aren't actually in the file, don't worry). Now
I can connect using the net use z: \\ntinstall\install command and it won't
ask for a username or a password.
Now let me give you a little (way overdue) background so you can hopefully
help me out. The machine holding our PXE configuration files is a FC4 server
named Carson at 129.174.95.33. My machine dual boots Fedora 12 and Windows
XP sp 3, both with virtual machines that can run the other operating systems
(so I'm not constantly switching back and forth). I've been doing my testing
running Fedora 12 with VirtualBox OSE running Windows XP sp3 3. It's
connected on a bridged connection (so it has its own ip address and such).
Our pxe server distributes several flavors of linux, as well as a memtest in
case it's needed. I've used it to install Fedora 11 and 12 on several
systems now, so I know it's set up properly. If you would like for me to
send off some of our configuration files, just let me know and I'll mail
them out.
Scott
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:01 AM, tovis <mailer.to...@freemail.hu> wrote:
> Hi Scott!
> These e-mails were a little messi :(
> I remember that you use Linux server with samba share, is not it?
> 1. When you try to access your smba share //ntinstall/install from a
> windows box and your configuration is good you do NOT need to give
> username or password! It must be an annonymous, read-only acces! Have you
> setup samba "guest" user? Guest user enabled on samba?
>
> Sincerelly
> tovis
>
> > Hi tovis, (by the way sorry for the triple post, I kept hitting tab
> > instead of caps lock and sending the message)
> >
> > I'm sorry it took so long to respond, i got held up with other things at
> > work and wasn't able to take time for this until now.
> >
> > As for your suggestions: I was able to mount the share with my windows
> box
> > using the net use command and access the data. I had to use username:
> > guest and password: guest in order to get access.
> >
> > However, using it in linux was unsuccessful. The command I used was
> > mount.cifs //(serverip)/install /mnt/z/ -o username=guest,ro,nocase and
> > the response it gave me was (after asking for a password, which gave me
> > the same response regardless of what I entered for a password) mount
> > error(1): Operation not permitted
> > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
> >
> > I also attempted to run the Unattended PXE boot install again, thinking
> > maybe it was phrased incorrectly. It gave me a number of more verbose
> > responses:
> >
> > ***Trying mount.cifs \\(serverip)\install /z -o username=guest,ro,nocase
> > Status code returned 0xc0000022 NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
> > CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -13
> > Status code returned 0xc0000022 NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
> > CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -13
> > *** mount.cifs "succeeded", but /z/dosbin/install.pl not found
> > *** failed to mount /z. Retrying...
> >
> > It does this when I use the defaults and when I put in my own
> > values...However, if I hit "x" to drop to the simplified bash shell, I
> can
> > mount my share as z by using the same command (guest as a password), but
> > when I attempt to access any data it gives me the same status code and
> > CIFS VFS block as before, followed by:
> > cat: read error: Permission denied.
> >
> > Hopefully this updated information will help someone to help me out a bit
> > :)
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >> Hi Scott!
> >>
> >> Occasionally seem to me you forget to send this email to the list.
> > However, have you tried to mount on your samba share with an ordinary
> > windows box?
> >> Command for windows:
> >> net use x: \\{ntinstall or ip address}\install
> >> try this, if it will work you can proceed.
> >> You can try also a Linux box with samba/cifs client on it, command:
> > mount.cifs //{gues or ip address}/install /mnt/test -o
> >> username=guest,ro,
> >> nocase
> >> Command ls -l shouild show for all directories rx (read and run) and r
> > (read) for files for OTHERS (user and group does not meter for this).
> >>
> >> tovis
> >>
> >>> Hey everyone,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks so much for your advice. Tovis, your solution fixed my problem.
> > It turns out that for whatever reason, unattended is unable to resolve
> > the IP address for my share (it's a network share, not local). However
> > now
> > I've run into another problem. I can map the network share (I had to give
> > access to the guest account in samba...Also, contrary to the
> >>> instructions,
> >>> my smb.conf file had to be edited to read "guest account = nobody"
> > rather than "guest account = guest" like the instructions said...I'm
> > not sure
> > why) but when I try to access the data, it won't allow me access to the
> > data.
> >>>
> >>> To reiterate, I can now mount the install share. When I exit out of the
> > install script into the simple linux kernel, I can cd into the z folder
> > and I can ls and see all the data...but I'm having a permissions issue
> > that won't let me actually access any of it. I've tried this using the
> > unattended script as well as trying to put the mount.cifs command into
> > another workstation's terminal. The command I am using is "mount.cifs
> > //"serverip"/install /z -o username=guest,ro,nocase". Like I said, this
> > will mount my share on the /z folder but will not let me actually
> > access any of the data. I checked the permissions set (ls -l) and it's
> set
> > to a 755 mode (read/execute for user and group, rwx for owner). Has
> anyone
> > run
> >>> across this problem?
> >>>
> >>> Scott
> >>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm also ran top this error. The workaround for me was using prompt
> > for different host name - I give the real ip address such as
> >>>> \\172.16.3.73\install and it's working :)
> >>>> (Also I was upgrade my PXE boot image, because that NIC Realtek 8101
> > or something that, does not work under kernel version 2.6.30)
> >>>> Also I was sent an e-mail about that main script for new PXE boot
> > kernel does not corrected :( It's still does not work the options
> > through PXE
> > default configuration (there is an error to pass those parameters to
> > mount.cifs command). Also there is a weird error message that we use
> > legacy drivers for disk.
> >>>>
> >>>> By
> >>>> tovis
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> just a few hours ago i found an error similar to this you've got. i
> > have got a working installation of unattended and today i got into a
> > machine which produces the problem with mount. it was so strange. i dont
> > know why but from an intuition i changed the machine's sata mode to a
> > compatible one. tadam, the problem disappeared! looks not
> > related to this? than what would you say to this solution? it can be
> >>>>> reproduced anytime. i was surprised, too. give it a try, who knows.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 7:55:54 PM, you wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hey everyone,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I was wondering if I could get some assistance with a problem I've
> > been having mapping the install share. I'm attempting to do a
> > diskless
> > network
> >>>>>> boot with a pre-existing PXE server on a linux box. I edited the
> > pxelinux.cfg/default file to include
> >>>>>> "LABEL winxp
> >>>>>> KERNEL unat
> >>>>>> APPEND initrd=unatin.img z_user=guest z_password=guest
> >>>>>> z_path=//carson/install"
> >>>>>> I also read about the ntinstall call (though I believe that's only
> >>>>>> for
> >>>>>> using the boot disks) so I edited the smb.conf file to include the
> > line "netbios aliases = ntinstall". My install share (also in the
> > smb.conf file) is named [install] with a path matching the path in the
> pxe
> > default
> >>>>>> file...When I try to boot it up (I've tried using vmware, VirtualBox
> > OSE,
> >>>>>> and "real" computer booting...consequently does it matter if I'm
> > using a
> >>>>>> virtual machine?) it goes through everything just fine until it gets
> > to the install share, then it gives me this error:
> >>>>>> "Trying mount.cifs \\carson\install /z -o username=guest,ro,nocase
> > mount error: could not find target server. TCP name carson/install not
> >>>>>> found. No ip address specified and hostname not found.
> >>>>>> *** mount.cifs failed
> >>>>>> *** Failed to mount /z. Retrying..."
> >>>>>> Then it asks if I want to override the defaults again. I've tried
> > switching my slashes around, using an authorized username and
> > password
> >>>>>> (instead of guest) to no avail.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I do need to point out one thing that may be an issue, so I'd like
> > your feedback on it. My install folder is on another harddrive on
> > the server (in the /disk2/ folder), but I read somewhere (I'll see
> > if I can
> > find the
> >>>>>> link to the site if necessary) that shares cannot be mounted outside
> > of the root directory...so I set up a /install/ folder (which is
> > where all my
> >>>>>> path variables point to) which contains symlinks to all the folders
> > in the
> >>>>>> /disk2/install directory...would this make a difference?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Using the console, I am able to ping the server by typing "carson",
> > but I
> >>>>>> am unable to use the mount command to mount the shared folder...but
> > then
> >>>>>> again I may just be phrasing my "mount" command incorrectly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am not aware of a DHCP server on our system, and I was instructed
> > that
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>> netbios aliases in the smb.conf file would suffice. Hopefully you
> > all can
> >>>>>> help me out here, because I'm at a loss and the boss would like to
> > see some results. Thank you for all your help in advance, if you
> > need
> > any more
> >>>>>> information please let me know and I'll be happy to send it out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Scott
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
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