Re: FC3 - trying to join a Windows Workgroup

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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 13:07:54 -0500

On Sat, 14 May 2005 21:14:37 +0000, Leythos wrote:

> In article <3els5hF3ov6lU1@individual.net>, gordonbp1
> @yahoo.co.uk.invalid says...
>> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>> > On Fri, 13 May 2005 18:10:20 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>> >
>> >>I've installed Samba and it's running. I need a step-by-step guide on
>> >>what I need to configure to join a Windows Workgroup.
>> >
>> > WORKGROUP=<your workgroup name> in /etc/samba/smb.conf
>> >
>> > service smb restart
>> >
>> >>Also some information on what I should expect to see when I do join the
>> >>workgroup - the other machines are using Windows XP and NTFS formatted
>> >>HDD.
>> >
>> > You won't see anything.
>> >
>> > man smb.conf
>> >
>> So how do I share data on the Windows box with the Linux one?
>
> I have many windows servers and have not been able to get this working
> either - I can see the Windows shares from my FC3 box, but the FC3 user
> only has read permission, not the permissions assigned on the Windows
> server box (windows 2003 server).

Okay... well, contrary to unpopular belief and a lot of traffic on the
newsgroups SAMBA and XP work and play just fine with each other even if
SP2 is installed.

The quick and dirty SAMBA setup guide:

First things first, make it part of a workgroup:

WORKGROUP=MYWORKGROUP - should be caps and the exact name of the workgroup
or domain your windows boxes are in. This should NOT be over eight
characters or have any spaces or underscores in it. (though, otherwise, it
may work with linux, and probably will; these rules were established for
NT 4.0, not Linux)

Check hosts allow:

hosts allow=<host or network> - if commented out all hosts are allowed.

Check browsemaster/domainmaster sections.

Most of these options can be left default without affecting function. I
like to turn most of it off because I'm connected to a MS domain that
takes care of all this stuff just fine.

Create a share:

[test]
comment = This is a test share
browseable = yes # will show up in network neighborhood
path = /var/test
valid users = @users # allow access for the "users" group
public = no # must have explicit rights to share (no guest)
writeable = yes
printable = no # ALL non-printers should have this entry
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770

Restart the service:

service smb restart.

Create your samba/windows account mapping with smbpasswd. This tells samba
what windows user to map to what linux user.

At this point you should be able to see your linux box in the network
neighborhood with a share "test".

If you can't:

Run testparm - this will evaluate your /etc/samba/smb.conf and tell you if
you have any errors in it.

Is the firewall on your Linux box blocking the traffic?

Is the firewall on your XP box blocking the traffic? ...REMEMBER: if
you've loaded service pack 2 for XP your machine is blocking ALL ACK and
broadcast traffic to your machine by default. I don't use the SP2/XP
firewall because it's, well, a complete POS. I use the free version of the
Sygate firewall on my Windows boxes because it allows for a more flexible,
easier setup.

If it still doesn't work:

Do you have a domain name resolution issue with either machine? If a
machine can't identify itself to itself it can't be expected to
identify itself to any other machine. Check your Windows boxes and make
sure their host files, DNS servers, routes, etc are correct. Check the
same on the linux box (/etc/hosts, /etc/resolve.conf).

BTW: the default for the /etc/hosts file on some Linux distros are
incorrect, or at least, not correct enough for some software to run
correctly. I think they do it this way by default so that everything
will work at install. This is in the form:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost <myrealhostname>.<myrealdomain>
<myrealhostname>

This, in my opinion, is a malformed hosts file and it doesn't surprise me
that some things don't work.

the hosts file should be:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
<myrealip> <myrealhostname>.<myrealdomain> <myrealhostname?

The first form makes all traffic hit the loopback before it gets to the
correct interface. The second form properly segregates loopback and
network traffic and should even improve performance in general.

Assuming all this has been done you shouldn't be able to tell the
difference between your SAMBA server and any Windows box on your network
(except maybe the SAMBA server doesn't fail quite as much... sorry, had to.)

Beyond this you're out of the normal *gotcha* stuff for SAMBA and some
detail troubleshooting will have to be done.

Once you have this working I'll be happy to work out the: "well, now I can
see the share but it always says access denied" question.

-- 
Life is short, but wide. -KV

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