[CentOS] Samba problem

[Joseph Hesse]

On 10/04/2013 02:15 PM, Earl Ramirez wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 14:11 -0500, Joseph Hesse wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to learn how to use Samba.  I first just want to get it to
>> work, then I'll make it better.
>> I am not concerned about security since everything is on a private network.
>> I am following the material in "CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook" by
>> Jonathan Hobson.
>> I am using two virtual computers with Virtual Box running on Fedora 19.
>> Both virtual computers have bridged networking.
>> One virtual computer is Win7, the other is CentOS 6.4.
>> They are both up to date. There is only one user, "admin", on the CentOS
>> virtual computer.
>>
>> The Win7 computer can successfully ping the CentOS computer.
>>
>> My Win7 computer can not see the share on the Samba server.
>>
>> The command "# testparm" shows no errors.
>>
>> The command below gives the following error:
>>
>> [admin at CentOS ~]$ smbclient //CentOS/admin
>> Enter admin's password:
>> Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9-151.el6_4.1]
>> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
>>
>> My smb.conf file, below, is taken from the book I am using.
>>
>> Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Joe Hesse
>>
>> [global]
>> unix charset = UTF-8
>> dos charset = CP932
>> workgroup = WORKGROUP
>> server string = CentOS
>> netbios name = CentOS
>> dns proxy = no
>> wins support = no
>> interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/24 eth0
>> bind interfaces only = no
>> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>> max log size = 1000
>> syslog only = no
>> syslog = 0
>> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>> security = user
>> encrypt passwords = true
>> passdb backend = tdbsam
>> obey pam restrictions = yes
>> unix password sync = yes
>> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\
>> spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>> pam password change = yes
>> map to guest = bad user
>> usershare allow guests = no
>> domain master = no
>> local master = no
>> preferred master = no
>> os level = 8
>> [homes]
>> comment = Home Directories
>> browseable = yes
>> writable = yes
>> valid users = %S
>> create mask =0755
>> directory mask =0755
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> Hello Joseph,
>
> Is the samba service runing?
>
> $ service smb start
> $ service nmb start
>
> You will also need to configure the firewall for the following ports,
> 137, 138, 139 and 445.
>
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Both services are running.  I checked with "service smb status" and 
"service nmb status"  Also checked with chkconfig --list
The ports are open.  I checked with "system-config-firewall" and the 
ports for Samba and Samba Client are open.