Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx: SAMBA issues?

[egd]

I've spent a good few hours struggling to access my Ubuntu PC from a W2K3 machine. Prior to installing Lynx I had the same W2K3 machine accessing my home folder on Karmic using SAMBA.

Whilst the Lynx PC is visible from W2K3 accessing any of the shares asks for a password and using the SAMBA user password results in an authentication error.

Extract from /etc/samba/smb.conf

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
    workgroup = box

[egd]
    path = /home/egd
;    available = yes
    writeable = yes
;    browseable = yes
    valid users = egd

[HITACHI400GB]
    path = /media/HITACHI400GB
;    available = yes
    read only = no
;    browseable = yes
    public = yes

[egd_backup]
    path = /media/egd_backup
;    available = yes
    writeable = yes
;    browseable = yes
    valid users = egd

cat smbusers shows:

egd = egd

Via Samba Server Configuration / Server Settings / Security, authentication mode is set to "User"

SAMBA username/ pw were set using sudo smbpasswd -a egd

[egd]

I've been an Ubuntu user for the past 6 years and I've got to say this forum is the most pathetic part of the Ubuntu ecosystem: 83 views and not a single reply. Seems the broader community is either generally disinterested in helping others or otherwise has NFI. Guess it's back to Google, this forum is an absolute damned waste of time.

[egd]

For the benefit of others that may encounter the same problem it's solved by removing the semicolons ';' shown in the first post. For some reason the System/Administration/Samba GUI adds these, so use a text editor and manually make the requisite changes. When done, restart SAMBA as follows:

sudo restart smbd

[Sciamano]

I'm having the same problem, but removing the semicolons did not work.
I use samba to access a shared folder with my xbox (to view videos on my TV using XMBC). It used to work perfectly, now after upgrading to Lucid it asks for the password, but it does not work.

Here is my old smb.conf

[SHARES]
path = /home/luca/Shares
comment = /home/luca/Shares
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
only guest = yes
guest account = nobody
browsable = yes

After reading your post I modified it this way:

[SHARES]
path = /home/luca/Shares
comment = /home/luca/Shares
available = yes
writable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes

But it still asks for the password.
Any suggestion you might have would be very much appreciated.

[dnpate]

try adding
security = shares (or share)

I am having difficulty with samba also and in my searching I think others were having the same problem as you and the above line I think helped.

David

[zekica]

You could try adding:

        map to guest = bad password

in [global] part of smb.conf

[Sciamano]

@dnpate and zekica: I've already tried both your suggestions with no success.

[timbba]

LTS version with broken Samba network shares. Great work!

ubuntu should release when it is stable enough. This is just a nightmare to always test and see that something is broken.

[Sciamano]

For the problem that I encountered, there is a solution HERE.
It's no applicable to everyone, but if you are having problems with samba, check the thread and see if it might help.

[timbba]

For the problem that I encountered, there is a solution HERE.
It's no applicable to everyone, but if you are having problems with samba, check the thread and see if it might help.

Doesn't help with mine if the solution was to change fstab.