HOWTO: Setup Samba peer-to-peer with Windows

[Mongao]

Hi all,

I have upgraded and my network stopped working; actually it was working only partially, the Ubuntu computer was seeing the Windows one, but the opposite was not true. Now none see either.

Please, regarding this part of the original code

[MyFiles]
path = /media/samba/
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = no
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755


and considering the author`s comment:

This suggests that you've mounted an hard drive or partition on /media/samba where all the shared files will be stored.

Please, HOW MAY I FILL IN THE PATH considering that my shared folders are in media/HD_1 and NOT on the samba folder ?

Thanks,

Mongao

[Eiríkr]

Hello Mongao --

I'm afraid it's a bit unclear what your question is. For the code here:

[MyFiles]
    path = /media/samba/
    browseable = yes
    read only = no
    guest ok = no
    create mask = 0644
    directory mask = 0755

the path entry is the path to whatever directory you're trying to share. Simply replace /media/samba/ with whatever directory you're using.

If you mean you don't know where to put any of this, please re-read Stormbringer's tutorial. The code section I include above is part of the smb.conf file used to configure your Samba server.

If all of this is Greek to you, that's okay -- we all start somewhere! -- but it does mean that we're going to have to start this conversation from a different point altogether. If you're confused, please let us know, as specifically as you can.

Cheers,

-- Eiríkr

[Mongao]

Hello Mongao --

I'm afraid it's a bit unclear what your question is. For the code here:

[MyFiles]
    path = /media/samba/
    browseable = yes
    read only = no
    guest ok = no
    create mask = 0644
    directory mask = 0755

the path entry is the path to whatever directory you're trying to share. Simply replace /media/samba/ with whatever directory you're using.

If you mean you don't know where to put any of this, please re-read Stormbringer's tutorial. The code section I include above is part of the smb.conf file used to configure your Samba server.

If all of this is Greek to you, that's okay -- we all start somewhere! -- but it does mean that we're going to have to start this conversation from a different point altogether. If you're confused, please let us know, as specifically as you can.

Cheers,

-- Eiríkr

Thanks Eirikr,

Yes, I`ve imagined that I have to replace the path according to the folder that I wanna share, in my case it would be:

path = /media/dados_1/

and it didn`t work, initially......weirdly, I simply DELETED everything that is under this "My Files" section and it started working again, even without doing any set up in Windows as advised.

Go figure....well, it`s working.

Thanks,
Mongao

[Ladybird78]

Hi,
I used Stormbringer's tutorial to set up a Samba share between a Linux machine ( Lucid Lynx) and a Windows XP machine.

At the beginning, I changed the path In [My Files] ( See Stormbringer's tutorial) as,
path = home/samba/
And I could see everything on /home/samba/ from the Windows machine.

Now I want to share an external hard disk mounted on the Linux machine (/media/MyBook) with the Windows machine.
How can I achieve this without disrupting the connection I have already established via Samba ( i.e. /home/samba)

Will something like
[MyFiles2]
path =/media/MyBook/
.......
work?

Thanks
Ladybird78

[Silvertones]

You do this from the windows machine. My network places/add network place. browse to the external drive.You first need to set the sharing for this drive in ewindows as well. I suggest you only share certain folders.This will keep the rest safe.

[Morbius1]

Now I want to share an external hard disk mounted on the Linux machine (/media/MyBook) with the Windows machine.
How can I achieve this without disrupting the connection I have already established via Samba ( i.e. /home/samba)

Will something like
[MyFiles2]
path =/media/MyBook/
.......
work?

I take it you didn't like my answer to your other post on this subject.
( BTW you should have mentioned that you were already using Classic-shares because the answer I gave you was for Nautilus-shares )
You forced me to read this HowTo but if your original Classic-share is set up this way:

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

Then changing the path to /media/MyBook/ to create another share should work:

[MyFiles2]
     path = /media/MyBook/
    browseable = yes
    read only = no
    guest ok = no
    create mask = 0644
    directory mask = 0755
    force user = YOUR_USERNAME
    force group = YOUR_USERGROUP

Just remember to restart samba.

Assuming the MyBook is formatted in NTFS, the key here is the " force user = YOUR_USERNAME". The MyBook will automount with access only to "YOUR_USERNAME" so the "force user" will convert any remote user to you for that share. Also the "create mask" and "directory mask" options in the share definition won't actually do anything because linux can't set permissions on a windows filesystem ( outside of a mount ) but it won't do any harm - it will just be ignored.

[Silvertones]

OOPS mis read the question. Like Morbius! said however you still have to set up the Win machine to see it.
Why not change that [my files] & [my files2] to something more meaningful to you?

[manji_kun]

you probably had this question before, but this doesn't seem to be the direct path for windows 7 (xp i think) how do you set all this up with 7?

[Ladybird78]

Morbius1

Thank you for your reply, yes I forgot some info in my first post but, I tried the instructions provided on your second post but it didn't work. For the mount /media/MyBook I gave the same force user that I gave for /home/samba but it didn't work. Now I cannot even see stuff on /home/samba from my Windows machine

[Morbius1]

From your Ubuntu machine post the output of the following commands please:

net usershare info
sudo net usershare info
testparm -s

Creating a new share - even if it wasn't done correctly - shouldn't have disabled your old share.