Bottom-line: this is now working for me.
# /etc/samba/smb.conf # # Modifications made 1108260839 [email protected] # #======================= Global Settings ======================= [global] log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m guest account = Family load printers = no #1 read prediction = yes map to guest = bad user null passwords = yes encrypt passwords = true #1 winbind trusted domains only = yes #1 winbind use default domain = yes wins support = true #1 available = no netbios name = NashFS browseable = yes server string = %h (Samba, Ubuntu) #1 winbind enum users = no default = Storage workgroup = NASH os level = 20 #1 winbind enum groups = no security = user preferred master = yes #1 domain master = yes local master = yes #1 usershare allow guests = yes max log size = 1000 [Storage] browseable = yes writeable = yes delete readonly = yes path = /Storage force group = sambashare force user = Family comment = Storage for Windows public = yes available = yes ENVIRONMENT I set up a Ubuntu 10.04 host (NashFS) to be a central file-server for Home network used by about 10 various MSWindows machines. My objective was to create just a storage area that any of the family can use. But I was finding that the view of the "Network" from MSWindows was not consistent or reliable. . I have no MS "Domain" as far as I know. . Just a workgroup. . I have tried to avoid Win7 Homegroups because I cannot find any explanation of what they do! Eventually got round to checking /var/log/syslog on NashFS Found messages saying: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name NASH<1b> for the workgroup NASH I use Webmin to configure the services on this machine. Webmin > Servers > Samba Windows File Sharing> Global Configuration > Windows Networking showed "Master Browser?" as Automatic. My first change was here, to set this to Yes. What took me a while to figure out is the restarting the Samba daemon smbd is not enough. Looking at /etc/samba/smb.conf showed me what I wanted to see, but restarting smbd was having no effect. I needed to restart nmbd also, but this is not visible from Webmin, so: sudo service nmbd restart NOTES As far as I can figure out I do not need winbind. It is part of the Webmin display of Samba. At some point, in setting up Samba, it had become active and was putting other messages into syslog. The file shown above includes lines related to winbind that I just recently commented out. I have now rid myself of winbind with: sudo apt-get purge winbind There are other commented lines that I have left in this copy just in case you see them too and want to know that it works for me without them. There are several other lines in there that are meaningless to me, so do not rely on my expertise J. If this little doc is useful to you please let me know [email protected] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
