HOWTO: Setup Samba peer-to-peer with Windows

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

One thing I did notice... I tried to share my home folder, but when I rebooted I was presented with the following message onces I typed my password and hit Enter to log in:

" User's $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users."

I am not quite sure what that means or what I should do to fix it (or if it has anything to do with my network folder access problem above... In smb.conf I elected to share /home/willy which is my home directory).

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

I'm still trying to figure out what is happening. Anyone have any idea?

[wieman01]

I'm still trying to figure out what is happening. Anyone have any idea?

I have only limited experience as far as Samba is concerned and none in conjunction with Vista. But... are your Vista and Ubuntu user name with which you to attempt to log on identical? This could explain the error message concerning permissions.

I also found this, perhaps it is worthwhile taking a look at it:

http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/co...tm?p=339270746

[vassalle]

I tried a search but couldn't find what I'm looking for. I don't know if this have been asked before (going through 44 pages is quite time consuming).. So, bare with me

Is there a way for me to share my folder without the person accessing the folder having to put in his user account & password? Something like sharing from an XP box to another, just right click and share folder - no passwords, or user accounts needed.

I've read somewhere that changing the option security = share might allow this but somehow it didn't work for me.. Hopefully someone here can come up with a solution and end this misery. Thanks in advance!

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

Thanks, I am trying that link right now. I wasn't aware that the usernames had to be identical? My Vista username is willy-velocitymicro and my Feisty username is willy. Do I have to change one?

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

Vista Home Premium does not have secpol.msc or gpedit.msc, or I can not find it. It says it can't be found. Is there another way to do it?

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

Thanks wiema01... I think I got it working. Firestarter was getting in the way and after I re-did my smb.conf everything seems to be in order.

One question though...on my Feisty machine when I go to Network and open up my Windows Network, all it does is open up an empty folder. Do I need to do something else so that I can browse my Vista machine from Feisty?( I am able to browse my Feisty shares from Vista)

[wieman01]

Thanks wiema01... I think I got it working. Firestarter was getting in the way and after I re-did my smb.conf everything seems to be in order.

One question though...on my Feisty machine when I go to Network and open up my Windows Network, all it does is open up an empty folder. Do I need to do something else so that I can browse my Vista machine from Feisty?( I am able to browse my Feisty shares from Vista)

Ah, Firestarter... I remember having trouble with that as well.

You need to enable the "share a folder" function in Vista. At least that is so in WinXP. You would then be able to see that folder from Feisty.

[serban]

Hello,
after reading the posts here, I still didn't resolve my problem (I bet it's something easy, I just don't see it).
So .. I can ping Xubuntu & XP (eachother) but that's about it. Here is what I have:
root@tata1:/home/tata# smbclient -L localhost -U%
Domain=[TATA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
print$ Disk
MyFiles Disk
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.24)
Domain=[TATA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24]

Server Comment
--------- -------
XUBUNTU Samba 3.0.24

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
TATA XUBUNTU



and this is my smb.conf :

[global]
; General server settings
netbios name = xubuntu

workgroup = tata
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

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

; 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/cdrom
;browseable = yes
;read only = yes
;guest ok = yes

[MyFiles]
path = /home/samba
read only = no
guest ok = no
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = tata
force group = tata
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

The username in XP is "tata" (as in Xubuntu) with the same password as in Xubuntu; the workgroup in xp is "tata" (as in Xubuntu)

When I request "\\192.168.2.3\MyFiles" I get no answer (by the way, the IP is correct)
Can somebody give me some hints? - I'm going nuts.
Thank you

It's me again
Actually it works ... on any other computer but the one I was trying. It must be something wrong with that XP. It works on another XP and two Vistas so I'm happy.
Thank you for all the information you put here - that makes us, the beginners, not to give up.
Serban

[dinbotclone]

aswome job...now i can get rid of my windos box and use ubuntu as my file/print server....again very easy how-to much bettee than 90% of the other ones i have used in the past