[Samba] How to make samba server Master Browser on home lan

2007-07-07 Thread reader
On a lan with a linux samba server and several win XP pro machines, how can I make the samba server always be the `Master Browser'? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

[Samba] Failed to find user using smbpasswd

2007-01-25 Thread reader
Running Samba 23d on gentoo linux in vmware Trying to create passwd for smb users I get this error: Failed to find entry for user harry Where is samba looking? This user is in smbusers and /etc/passwd -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions:

[Samba] Re: Failed to find user using smbpasswd

2007-01-25 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Running Samba 23d on gentoo linux in vmware Trying to create passwd for smb users I get this error: Failed to find entry for user harry Where is samba looking? This user is in smbusers and /etc/passwd Please disregard... this turned out to be plain user

[Samba] Re: smbusers and root privs

2006-09-13 Thread reader
Felipe Augusto van de Wiel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: admin users and root (usermap) parameters has a special combination according to your security parameter, it is documented in the smb.conf the different situations. The only mentions so `root' in my smb.conf.example are in regards to

[Samba] Re: smbusers and root privs

2006-09-12 Thread reader
/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes read only = yes write list = @adm root guest ok = yes [smWinBk] comment = valid users = reader Harry path = /anex2/win_bk/ writeable = yes guest ok = yes [smUsrLocal] comment = valid users

[Samba] Re: smbusers and root privs

2006-09-11 Thread reader
Felipe Augusto van de Wiel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 09/08/2006 08:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Running samba-3.0.23c on Genoo linux Is it possible with smbusers to allow a windows user to have root privleges on a linux share? A stock install of samba on Gentoo ends up with an

[Samba] Re: smbusers and root privs

2006-09-11 Thread reader
Felipe Augusto van de Wiel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 09/08/2006 08:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Running samba-3.0.23c on Genoo linux Is it possible with smbusers to allow a windows user to have root privleges on a linux share? A stock install of samba on Gentoo ends up with an

[Samba] smbusers and root privs

2006-09-08 Thread reader
Running samba-3.0.23c on Genoo linux Is it possible with smbusers to allow a windows user to have root privleges on a linux share? A stock install of samba on Gentoo ends up with an /etc/samba/smbusers file that contains this mapping: root = administrator admin It appears then that other

[Samba] arrange users write permission on mounted share

2006-09-02 Thread reader
and mount.cifs both say to use uid=USERNAME to say who owns files on the mounted device but that still doesn't allow a user to write there. My current mount command from fstab looks like this (wrapped for mail): //chub/chub-e/mnt/chub-e \ cifs noauto,username=reader,uid=reader,credentials=/etc

[Samba] Read but no write to linux shares from winxp

2006-08-27 Thread reader
. Just the main log not the secondary one. Loglevel is set to 3. smbusers: root = administrator admin nobody = guest pcguest smbguest reader = reader harry Harry (the linux user is reader... winxp user is Harry) smb.conf section: [smPub] comment = valid users

[Samba] Building 23b

2006-08-13 Thread reader
Building 3.0.23b I get these errors: [...] torture/rpctorture.c:377: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once torture/rpctorture.c:377: error: for each function it appears in.) torture/rpctorture.c:535: warning: passing argument 5 of 'create_procs' from incompatible pointer

[Samba] Re: Samba log hell

2006-08-12 Thread reader
Gerald (Jerry) Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems something has suddenly chagned whereby I cannot access any linux shares from windows. Yup. You need 3.0.23b plus the patch I posted today. You're using an

[Samba] Re: Samba log hell

2006-08-12 Thread reader
Tom Diehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So is the only file I need to download samba-3.0.23b.tar.gz? I am pretty sure he was talking about the patches that were created after 23b was released. Therefore you need both. It is easy enough to tell though. If a patch is already installed when you try

[Samba] Samba log hell

2006-08-11 Thread reader
. The following area from one of the two logs produced by this connection attempt, seems to be important but even this small chunk defies understanding far as I can see: The `Sid' lines seem to be telling something but who knows what. Then finally it shows a ACCESS_DENIED. `reader' and `Harry

[Samba] Re: Samba log hell

2006-08-11 Thread reader
Gerald (Jerry) Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems something has suddenly chagned whereby I cannot access any linux shares from windows. Yup. You need 3.0.23b plus the patch I posted today. You're using an smbpasswd file right ? Yes, Ok, working on it, but I don't understand why