Need Help with Samba please

[MannyL]

#
Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
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Thanks for pointing that out now testparm doesn't complain

root@dumpster:~# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[Music]"
Processing section "[Video]"
Processing section "[Books]"
Processing section "[Common]"
Processing section "[Applications]"
Processing section "[Karaoke]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions


Still can't get to it from the XP system. I can get to it from a 2003 server logged in as Administrator

[bab1]

I'm a little late on this one, but I hope this helps. I believe that testparam will test for correct parameters, but not as to whether they are appropriate.

till can't get to it from the XP system. I can get to it from a 2003 server logged in as Administrator

Make sure that you have added yourself to the smbusers database. it has to be exactly like your XP login.

Below is a copy (modified slightly) of my smb.conf file. It works for me in a workgroup environment. If you have added the sever to a domain you will need "winbind" to administer the samba to user account mapping.

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

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
	workgroup = <YOUR_WORKGROUP>

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   ;hostname
	server string = %h

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
	dns proxy = no

#### Debugging/Accounting ####

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
	max log size = 1000

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead.
	syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
	panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


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

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server if the server is in a 
# stand alone situation.  If this server is to be used in a domain situation 
# then "winbind" should be employed.

	security = user

# For use if the server is in a stand alone situation.
# Samba will need to know what password database type you are using.  
	passdb backend = tdbsam

	obey pam restrictions = yes

#  Bad user means "user not found in unix passwd" and 
#  we will default to the guest accout that we have defined  
	map to guest = bad user
# This is the user account withthe name "nobody"
	guest account = nobody

# No root user!
	invalid users = root

# This controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
	unix password sync = no

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
	passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *passwd:*password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
;	pam password change = no

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

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
;	socket options = TCP_NODELAY
	username map = /etc/samba/smbusers


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

[Share]
	comment = Public Share
	path = /path/to/share
	browseable = yes

	guest ok = yes
	writeable = yes
	create mask = 0775
	force create mode = 0775
	directory mask = 0775

#============= End ======================================================