home server

[RobertKH]

This is my entire smb.conf file. I even just tried to right click and share my /home/Public folder and I got nothing on a windows machine. It's like it's not even on the network. However checking the IP shows me that it is and the fact that I am sending these posts from it seems pretty likely that it is connected to my network.

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = server-box <-----I should add that I am not entirely sure about what this line should say. I just guessed and made it my machine name, but it didn't seem to do anything for me.
security = share
usershare owner only = false


usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare
usershare max shares = 100
usershare allow guests = yes
usershare owner only = no


[RAID]
path = /storage
guest ok = yes
read only = no


[500gb]
path = /500gb
guest ok = yes
read only = no

[CharlesA]

It still looks like you are trying to combine the two kinds of sharing into one file and that's going to cause problems.

Run this from the server please:

smbtree

You might need to install something if it isn't already installed.

[RobertKH]

What exactly are you looking for? This is the output

WORKGROUP
	\\SERVER-BOX     		Samba 3.6.6
	\\MAC000D9336B4DA		TheKerinHerricksComputer
	\\KERINHERRICK1  		
	\\BETHANYSLAPTOP 		
server@server-box:~$

[CharlesA]

Alright, it sees the server, but it doesn't see any shares.

It should look like this:

WORKGROUP
        \\THOR                          Thor server (Samba, Ubuntu)
                \\THOR\Charles          Charles' Folder
                \\THOR\Music            Music Folder
                \\THOR\Shared           Shared Folder
                \\THOR\Software         Software Folder
                \\THOR\IPC$             IPC Service (Thor server (Samba, Ubuntu))
        \\LUNA
                \\LUNA\Users
                \\LUNA\IPC$             Remote IPC
                \\LUNA\C$               Default share
                \\LUNA\ADMIN$           Remote Admin

Here's my smb.conf if you want to compare it .

[global]
        server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
        map to guest = Bad User
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        pam password change = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
        unix password sync = Yes
        syslog = 0
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 1000
        printcap name = /dev/null
        dns proxy = No
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
        idmap config * : backend = tdb
        printing = bsd
        print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
        lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
        lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j

[Charles]
        comment = Charles' Folder
        path = /array/charles
        invalid users = htpc
        write list = charles
        create mask = 0660
        directory mask = 0770

[Music]
        comment = Music Folder
        path = /array/music
        read list = htpc
        write list = charles
        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775

[Shared]
        comment = Shared Folder
        path = /array/shared
        write list = charles
        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775

[Software]
        comment = Software Folder
        path = /array/software
        invalid users = htpc
        write list = charles
        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775

It might also help to run testparm on your smb.conf file.

[RobertKH]

So here is the output:

sudo testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[RAID]"
Processing section "[500gb]"
WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions


[global]
	security = SHARE
	usershare allow guests = Yes
	usershare owner only = No
	usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare
	idmap config * : backend = tdb


[RAID]
	path = /storage
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes


[500gb]
	path = /500gb
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes
server@server-box:~$

So should I be saying to share every single folder that I want to share? Really, ideally I would be sharing the top level folder and allowing my windows PC to modify, create, delete and whatever else inside of that container. Does that make sense?

[CharlesA]

So should I be saying to share every single folder that I want to share? Really, ideally I would be sharing the top level folder and allowing my windows PC to modify, create, delete and whatever else inside of that container. Does that make sense?

Depends on how you have it setup. On my server, /array is where my raid array is mounted and charles, music, etc are subfolders of that array.

This might be causing issues:

WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated

Try using user shares or setting them up to be accessible via guests at least until you can connect and see your shares.

[RobertKH]

I wish that I could show you the blank stare on my face right now.... how do I set up what you are talking about?

[CharlesA]

I wish that I could show you the blank stare on my face right now.... how do I set up what you are talking about?

Just replace your current smb.conf file with this and restart smbd and nmbd.

[global]
        server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
        map to guest = Bad User
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        pam password change = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
        unix password sync = Yes
        syslog = 0
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 1000
        printcap name = /dev/null
        dns proxy = No
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
        idmap config * : backend = tdb
        printing = bsd
        print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
        lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
        lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j

[RAID]
path = /storage
guest ok = yes


[500gb]
path = /500gb
guest ok = yes

[RobertKH]

Is it odd that when I just did that I got this message in terminal:

server@server-box:~$ sudo nautilus
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: info_fn: file /var/lib/samba/usershares/random shared docs is not a well formed usershare file.
info_fn: Error was Path is not a directory.

[CharlesA]

That's because you were mixing classic samba and nautilus's user share (right click > share).

can you go to the sharing definitions and disable them all ?