Okay finally its worked( on a working disk though)!! I disabled the passdb backend and all seems to work. Now i am yet to try it on the failed disk which i had already returned to the supplier to process its warranty. Thanx Peter. Cheers
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, > > This is my samba conf that allows guest access on openSUSE. > > The differences I see are mainly to do with "passdb backend". Your config > seems to synchronize with /etc/passwd, not sure if that's an issue. > > [global] > workgroup = NDIKU > server string = Lenovo Ideapad Y550P > map to guest = Bad User > passdb backend = smbpasswd > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > printcap name = cups > usershare allow guests = Yes > admin users = pndiku > cups options = raw > hide special files = Yes > > > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > -- Robert Frost > > > On 24 February 2011 14:53, byekwaso wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Peter user nobody has access. >> >> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:10 PM, byekwaso wilson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Yes Peter user nobody has access. >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Does user "nobody" have access to those partitions? >> >> "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" >> >> -- Robert Frost >> >> >> >> >> >> On 24 February 2011 13:20, byekwaso wilson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi guys, >> >>> I need your help. I have a windows drive whose one of the two >> >>> partitions it has is failing. Unfortunately its the OS partition thts >> >>> failing the other partition is fine. Ive tried a chck disk on the >> >>> drive tht hasnt helped. Windows cannot read the data thts on the drive >> >>> but Linux can(off a live cd) . Unfortunately we encrypt the users data >> >>> on their Desktop and My documents using windows EFS so linux cannot >> >>> copy the data from those directories. I want to use samba to share >> >>> those two dirs that i can access them off a windows machine. But its >> >>> not allowing me to. I have modified my smb.conf(see attached) to that >> >>> but its failing. When i click on the shared drives it tell me 'Access >> >>> denied'. Please check for me my samba file may be im doing something >> >>> wrong. >> >>> Thanx for your help in advance. >> >>> -- >> >>> >> >>> Wilson >> >>> Serval Ltd >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >>> >> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >>> >> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >>> >> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> (including >> >>> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >> in >> >>> any way. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Wilson >> > Serval Ltd >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Wilson >> Serval Ltd >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > -- Wilson Serval Ltd
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