you have to create a samba user account that matches the user account of the client machine..:)

Niki Kovacs wrote:

Hi,

I want to setup a simple SAMBA file server, in its most simple configuration first, and then fine-tune that gradually. I've never worked with SAMBA before, so I based myself on Carla Schroder's "Linux Cookbook", chapter XX: SAMBA.

Here's what I did, following the step-by-step instructions and reading the explanations as to what-does-what:

# mkdir -m 777 /shares

Rename /etc/samba/smb.conf to something else (old.sambaconfig) and then edit a new smb.conf from scratch, which looks like this:

--8<-------------------- [global] workgroup = workgroup netbios name = windbag server string = Anonymous local file server security = share browseable = yes hosts allow = 192.168.1.

[share1] path = /shares comment = Test files read only = No guest ok = Yes --8<---------------------

I tested this configuration with testparm, and it looked OK.

Next I restarted SAMBA (service smb restart) and checked the status (service smb status).

After this I tried (on the same machine) to connect to my file server:

$ smbclient -L windbag

But there I got a "Failed to connect".

Now what?

Niki Kovacs

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