Please can somebody let me know what is wrong with my smb.conf file?

[scratman]

I would like to share 3 folders in my home folder, they are :-

/home/scratman/Videos
/home/scratman/Music
/home/scratman/Pictures

I can access the shared folders and files on my other machine, and I have read/write access on my other machine with no need to enter a username or password. However, when trying to share folders and files on my machine, it requires my username and password. I would like to be able to share folders without having to set up usernames and passwords.

My smb/conf file is attached. Any help and advice would be appreciated as Samba does baffle me somewhat and I would like to understand what I am doing wrong.

; General server settings
netbios name = HARDY
server string =
workgroup = MSHOME
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
usershare owner only = false

passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast

wins support = yes

printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS

syslog = 1
syslog only = yes

[global]
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
map to guest = bad user
guest account = nobody

; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
;[homes]
;valid users = %S
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0755
;browseable = no
;read only = no
;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/

; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.
;[netlogon]
;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
;admin users = Administrator
;valid users = %U
;read only = no

; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.
;[Profiles]
;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
;valid users = %U
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0700
;writeable = yes
;browseable = no

; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775

[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no

; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
[DVD-ROM Drive]
path = /media/cdrom0
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = yes

[MyFiles]
path = /home/
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user =
force group =

[ashishmalik10]

Add following lines at the end of your smb.conf file :

[MyFile1]
path = /home/scratman/Videos
browseable = yes
read only = no

[MyFile1]
path = /home/scratman/Music
browseable = yes
read only = no

[MyFile1]
path = /home/scratman/Pictures
browseable = yes
read only = no





This should do the job.

[Wobblybob]

Hi,

Try this how to which I did when i set mine up http://myubuntublog.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/shared-directories-with-samba/ (http://myubuntublog.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/shared-directories-with-samba/), when you open the share it should bring up a box asking for password but you can tick the box telling it to remember it. I would set-up separate sections in the conf for each folder you actually want to share in your home and not the whole folder.

Good Luck

[scratman]

Add following lines at the end of your smb.conf file :

[MyFile1]
path = /home/scratman/Videos
browseable = yes
read only = no

[MyFile1]
path = /home/scratman/Music
browseable = yes
read only = no

[MyFile1]
path = /home/scratman/Pictures
browseable = yes
read only = no





This should do the job.

This made every file and folder in my home folder visible, but only to view file structure, I could not open folders or files. I'm not sure why this would be.

[dmizer]

Try this:

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

workgroup = MSHOME
netbios name = HARDY
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
dns proxy = no

#### Debugging/Accounting ####

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######

security = share
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
map to guest = bad user

########## Printing ##########

# CUPS printing. Uncomment these lines to share your printer through CUPS
; printing = cups
; printcap name = cups

############ Misc ############

usershare allow guests = yes

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

[Videos]
path = /home/scratman/Videos
read only = no
guest only = yes
guest ok = yes

[Music]
path = /home/scratman/Music
read only = no
guest only = yes
guest ok = yes

[Pictures]
path = /home/scratman/Pictures
read only = no
guest only = yes
guest ok = yes

[scratman]

dmizer you are a genius. Thankyou so much, that has worked perfectly. I'm not quite sure how, but it does!! :D

[Iowan]

The "security = share" does wonders to eliminate the username/password problem. I'm sure there are a few other necessary details that go along.

[dmizer]

dmizer you are a genius. Thankyou so much, that has worked perfectly. I'm not quite sure how, but it does!! :D

For the most part, I simply used the default smb.conf file and added your share information to it. Glad it worked. :)