Re: Help setting up Samba

From: Danny Kaffki (kaffki_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: 21 May 2004 15:52:29 -0700

Heres a samba howto

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html

there is a pretty good sample smb.conf file you should look at.

Lew Pitcher <Lew.Pitcher@td.com> wrote in message news:<DmNqc.24276$qJ5.713953@news20.bellglobal.com>...
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> Richard Bell wrote:
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> > Lew,
> >
> > I used smbpasswd and made sure that my XP username and password were
> > established for Samba. Nothing changed.
> >
> > I'm rather new to Linux and am not entirely sure what a proper guest
> > account is. Currently the Fedora machine has an account for a single
> > user with a user name and password that is also used to log onto the
> > various Win systems. What more should I do?
>
> I can't vouch for this solution, as I haven't tried it myself, but...
>
> First off, look through your /etc/passwd file (or where ever Fedora
> keeps it's list of valid users), and confirm that there is either an
> 'ftp' or a 'nobody' user (the names might be a bit different from what
> I've listed here, but they should look similar). Choose one of these
> names

 (the doc suggests choosing the 'ftp' username).
>
> In the global section of your smb.conf file, include the line
> guest account = ftp
> where 'ftp' is whatever name you selected above. In your case, your
> smb.conf file should look something like...
>
> [global]
> workgroup = cindy
> server string = Fedora 1 WS
> password server = None
> security = SHARE
> guest account = ftp
> [test]
> comment = For testing only, please
> path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
> writeable = yes
> guest ok = yes
>
> Restart your smb server, in order to pick up the changed smb.conf file,
> and try your \\F1\TEST access again.
>
>
> > Thanks for your quick response.
>
> No problem. I hope this helps.
>
>
>
> - --
>
> Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Application Architecture
> Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group
>
> (Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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