Hey Kevin, Thanks for the response and the smb.conf. I will have to check it out and give it a try.
No, I haven't made any more progress than described in my clug-talk email. I will clarify a few points. I was hoping to be able to use the user account that I normally log into on my laptop for the connections to it. It is not root. I don't have any aspirations to set up SAMBA printing and there is no point. It is a laptop and as such unencumbered with printers. Hence no need. I wasn't planning on using it as a PDC or a BDC. The other boxen are Windows 98 machines. I was somewhat successful in at least being able to see the laptop but could progress no further. Stupid question, assuming I was on an all linux network, how would I do something like Network Neighbourhood. Or more to the point, how would I 'share' files between machines? Thanks, Jarrod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group > Jarrod, did Samba every get working for you? > > This is a copy of my smb.conf file. Hopefully it'll help you. > > a few warnings in advance. > #1, Most importantly, forceuser=root is a stupid idea. Don't use it. I can > justify why I did it, but it shouldn't EVER be neccesary. So don't do it. > #2, SMB Printing isn't used here. I'm not sure if it works or not as > currently configured, I was playing with it a while ago, but more out of > curiosity. > #3, I AM using VFS modules. You'll need a very new version of Samba or they > will not be supported. If you have a new version, you may still need to > compile them seperately. If you aren't using the VFS stuff, just delete the > lines that start with vfs object and vfs options. > #4, This works as a PDC. And all clients are running Windows 2000, SP2. > YMMV with other OSes. > #5, Don't use forceuser=root. It's just asking for problems. > #6, I stripped out all the documentation long ago, Sorry. I had just > started with a generic RH smb.conf, and edited it. Documentation is now all > hard copies or other documentation files targeted specifically at this > installation. Feel free to ask about anything you see, I'm (finally) quite > comfortable with Samba, including groups and other stuff... > > Hope it helps, > Kev. > > > # Global parameters > [global] > workgroup = TIDAL > netbios name = LINUX1 > server string = Samba PDC running %v > encrypt passwords = Yes > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > unix password sync = Yes > passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n > *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* > log level = 2 > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 50 > name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast > socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 > total print jobs = 500 > add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s > /bin/false -M %u > logon drive = U: > logon script = logon.bat > logon path = \\linux1\Profiles\%U > domain logons = Yes > os level = 64 > lm announce = False > preferred master = True > domain master = True > wins support = Yes > printer admin = @LG_TIDAL > show add printer wizard = yes > add printer command = /home/printers/addprinter > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > printing = lprng > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > read only = No > browseable = No > forceuser = root > vfs object = /etc/samba/VFS/recycle/recycle.so > vfs options = /etc/samba/VFS/recycle/recycle.conf > > [netlogon] > comment = Network Logon Service > path = /home/netlogon > browseable = No > > [Shared] > comment = Tidal Public Folder > path = /home/shared > force group = LG_TIDAL > read only = No > create mask = 0770 > directory mask = 0770 > vfs object = /etc/samba/VFS/recycle/recycle.so > vfs options = /etc/samba/VFS/recycle/recycle.conf > > [Software] > comment = Tidal Software Folder > path = /home/software > read only = Yes > create mask = 0770 > directory mask = 0770 > write list = @LG_Software_Admins, root > > [Pwsql] > comment = PW SQL > path = /mnt/pwsql > read only = no > write list = 0444 > vfs object = /etc/samba/VFS/recycle/recycle.so > vfs options = /etc/samba/VFS/recycle/recycle.conf > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > guest ok = yes > browseable = yes > write list = @LG_TIDAL,root > printable = yes > > [print$] > path = /home/printers > guest ok = yes > browseable = yes > write list = @LG_TIDAL,root > > [Profiles] > path = /home/profiles > create mask = 0600 > directory mask = 0700 > writable = yes > browseable = no > >
