SAMBA newbie
I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK Thanks, I don't want to use any passwords, enrypted or otherwise The guest account sounds interesing. I've commented out the following in smb.conf # This one is useful for people to share files [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes should this allow everyone on both machines to write to the /tmp directory but not execute anything there ? I still get challenged for a username/password on the XP directory. guest/guest and nobody/nobody both fail -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:32 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK Thanks, I don't want to use any passwords, enrypted or otherwise The guest account sounds interesing. I've commented out the following in smb.conf # This one is useful for people to share files [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes should this allow everyone on both machines to write to the /tmp directory but not execute anything there ? I still get challenged for a username/password on the XP directory. guest/guest and nobody/nobody both fail OK, I got that to work by changing the line security = user to security = share Is this safe ? -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:19:45 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:32 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK Thanks, I don't want to use any passwords, enrypted or otherwise The guest account sounds interesing. I've commented out the following in smb.conf # This one is useful for people to share files [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes should this allow everyone on both machines to write to the /tmp directory but not execute anything there ? I still get challenged for a username/password on the XP directory. guest/guest and nobody/nobody both fail OK, I got that to work by changing the line security = user to security = share Is this safe ? I should think that it is not that good an idea to use /tmp unless you have it on it's own partition as otherwise you could potentially allow someone to upload a large file and fill the root partition at which point a few other things might break too. HTH LukeK -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
Is this safe ? Obviously security isn't really a priority in your situation. It sound like you are really looking for convenience. That said there are a large number of options out there for you, samba is one of them and can easily be configured with a utility called webmin (http://www.webmin.com/). A more secure option could be OpenSSH. --Nick On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:19:45 +, David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:32 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK Thanks, I don't want to use any passwords, enrypted or otherwise The guest account sounds interesing. I've commented out the following in smb.conf # This one is useful for people to share files [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes should this allow everyone on both machines to write to the /tmp directory but not execute anything there ? I still get challenged for a username/password on the XP directory. guest/guest and nobody/nobody both fail OK, I got that to work by changing the line security = user to security = share Is this safe ? -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
David Larkin wrote: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box, but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Nothing wrong with it that you've described so far. For example, I've not yet read whether you trust the wire or not Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? How about using the SharedDocs folder on the XP box? From FBSD, as root: # mount_smbfs -N //XPbox/SharedDocs /mnt I have cron do this at every reboot. If I need to put anything on my XP Box, it's as simple as using tar, cp, whatever. Won't help in the vice versa case, of course... HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SAMBA newbie
David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:32 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ? ___ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK Thanks, I don't want to use any passwords, enrypted or otherwise The guest account sounds interesing. I've commented out the following in smb.conf # This one is useful for people to share files [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes should this allow everyone on both machines to write to the /tmp directory but not execute anything there ? I still get challenged for a username/password on the XP directory. guest/guest and nobody/nobody both fail OK, I got that to work by changing the line security = user to security = share Is this safe ? It isn't necessarily *that* bad security-wise, but if anyone else might get access to the network over which they are communicating, they could make trouble. On my own home network, I have mitigated (but not eliminated) this problem by making a very small filesystem just for this Samba share. [I built the filesystem from file-backed mdmfs(8).] And make *very* sure that your Samba is not reachable from other networks. If you're really the only user of both systems, I would expect ssh (with public key authentication, to avoid the passwords you said you didn't want to type) would be easier (because it will work in either direction, from either machine). But that depends on your actual usage patterns, of course. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
