[CentOS] Samba problem

[Earl Ramirez]

On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 14:27 -0500, Joseph Hesse wrote:
> 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.
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Did you create the a samba account "admin", to test you can do the
following 
$ smbclient -L localhost -U  "sambausername"

You will also need to check the SELinux label for the directory that you
are sharing.




Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez
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