Samba does not create /etc/samba

[Patrick Latour]

I am running Ubuntu server 12.04.03 and When I install Samba with the following command:

platour@tech:/$ sudo apt-get install samba

and try to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf to add my own shares, there is no smb.conf and not even a samba directory under /etc, so I looked more closely to the installation info displayed after the command above and here is what I got ( I put in red what flashed me):

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
openbsd-inetd inet-superserver smbldap-tools ctdb
The following NEW packages will be installed:
samba
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/8,040 kB of archives.
After this operation, 23.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package samba.
(Reading database ... 62050 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking samba (from .../samba_2%3a3.6.3-2ubuntu2.9_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for ufw ...
Setting up samba (2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.9) ...
Generating /etc/default/samba...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/smbstatus.samba3 to provide /usr/bin/smbstatus (smbstatus) in auto mode.
smbd start/running, process 3397
nmbd stop/pre-start, process 3432

Then I tried smbstatus.samba3 and the result is:
platour@tech:/etc/samba$ sudo /usr/bin/smbstatus.samba3
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it

I ran testparm and:

platour@tech:/etc/samba$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
No such file or directory
Error loading services.

I deinstalled and reinstalled samba but always got the same result. Any idea ?

Thanks and Regards,

Patrick Latour

[dniMretsaM]

I believe what you're looking for is /usr/share/samba.

[bab1]

I am running Ubuntu server 12.04.03 and When I install Samba with the following command:

platour@tech:/$ sudo apt-get install samba

and try to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf to add my own shares, there is no smb.conf and not even a samba directory under /etc, ...

[Later ???] I deinstalled and reinstalled samba but always got the same result. Any idea ?

Thanks and Regards,

Patrick Latour

The /etc/samba structure is not recreated when you remove it. I believe (but don't actually know for sure) that if you purge samba and then reinstall you will have the /etc/samba structure and the 2 files that are there by default. The other file is gdbcommands. It's for Samba debuging. None of the 20+ plus installs i have performed of samba (v3.6) have failed to construct these files and the directory structure.

That being said, @dniMretsaM is correct. There is a copy of the smb.conf file at /usr/share/samba. One caveat however. You need to change this line

   encrypt passwords = no

... to this

   encrypt passwords = yes

Of course you will need to create the /etc/samba directory if it is not there. The ownership is root:root and the permissions are 755.

[Patrick Latour]

Ok, thanks. I copied from /usr/share/samba and changed the encrypt passwords = no for yes. I have a first share named [shared] that is open to anyone (guest ok = yes). I can connect to it from Windows without any problem. I have another share named [management], guest ok = no. in my smbusers i placed my username platour = platour sync passwords is at yes and I installed libpam-smbpass to keep my password in sync. When I try to connect to management it asks for a username and a password, I enter platour with my linux password but it is always refusing the access. What the owner of management directory (/srv/samba/management) should be ? nobody:nogroup like the open shared ?, or maybe something like platour:management (I created a group, so other users from that group could access the shared). Sorry for the dumb questions but it is one of my first try at Samba. Thanks again.

[cariboo]

Have you set a samba password by running:

sudo smbpasswd -a

[Patrick Latour]

Yes I did. I runned: sudo smbpasswd -a platour
Here is my share definition:
[management]
comment = STE management drive
path = /srv/samba/management
browsable = yes
guest ok = no
valid users = platour
read only = no
create mask = 0755

My smbusers:
platour = platour

platour is a valid user on my linux server and he is member of a group named management

My owner for /srv/samba/management is platour:management

I know that I am doing something wrong somewhere, just need to find where

Thanks for your help

[bab1]

Yes I did. I runned: sudo smbpasswd -a platour
Here is my share definition:
[management]
comment = STE management drive
path = /srv/samba/management
browsable = yes
guest ok = no
valid users = platour
read only = no
create mask = 0755

My smbusers:
platour = platour

platour is a valid user on my linux server and he is member of a group named management

My owner for /srv/samba/management is platour:management

I know that I am doing something wrong somewhere, just need to find where

Thanks for your help

Let's diagnose this a little. What OS is the client using Ubuntu or Windows? From the Ubuntu server Post the output of these commands

ls -ld /srv
ls -ld /srv/samba
ls-ld /srv/samba/management

smbclient d3 -L ////<SERVERNAME>

...where <SERVERNAME> is the name you have set for the Ubuntu server. If this was my server it would look like this: smbclient -d3 -L ////malibu

Post the entire smb.conf file that you are using now.

[Patrick Latour]

Thanks BAB1, here are the info you requested:
$: ls -ld /srv
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 14 16:55 /srv

$: ls -ld /srv/samba
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar 14 16:55 /srv/samba

$: ls -ld /srv/samba/management
drwxrw-rw- 2 platour management 4096 Mar 14 16:55 /srv/samba/management

The smb.conf will follow in few minutes...

Thanks to you all...

[bab1]

Thanks BAB1, here are the info you requested:
$: ls -ld /srv
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 14 16:55 /srv

$: ls -ld /srv/samba
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar 14 16:55 /srv/samba

$: ls -ld /srv/samba/management
drwxrw-rw- 2 platour management 4096 Mar 14 16:55 /srv/samba/management

The smb.conf will follow in few minutes...

Thanks to you all...

Don't forget this

smbclient d3 -L ////<SERVERNAME>

[Patrick Latour]

Ok, for that command I got an error:

smbclient d3 -L ////tech

d3: Not enough '\' characters in service
Usage: smbclient [-?EgBVNkPeC] [-?|--help] [--usage]
[-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER] [-M|--message=HOST]
[-I|--ip-address=IP] [-E|--stderr] [-L|--list=HOST]
[-m|--max-protocol=LEVEL] [-T|--tar=<c|x>IXFqgbNan]
[-D|--directory=DIR] [-c|--command=STRING] [-b|--send-buffer=BYTES]
[-p|--port=PORT] [-g|--grepable] [-B|--browse]
[-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL] [-s|--configfile=CONFIGFILE]
[-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [-V|--version] [--option=name=value]
[-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS] [-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME]
[-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP] [-i|--scope=SCOPE] [-U|--user=USERNAME]
[-N|--no-pass] [-k|--kerberos] [-A|--authentication-file=FILE]
[-S|--signing=on|off|required] [-P|--machine-pass] [-e|--encrypt]
[-C|--use-ccache] service <password>