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
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