On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:27:06 +0100, you wrote:

Dump you smb.conf here, what would probably be easier to resolve :)

OK, here it is (it's taken a while as the computer had a Kernel panic and I had to re-install from scratch!).

From Windows I can access the share "peter" but not "agent" (I get the error \backup\agent is not accessible). Both appear in Windows Explorer.

I have applied: chcon -t samba_share_t to the agent path setsebool -P samba_enable_home_dirs on setsebool -P samba_domain_controller on setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw on

# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too # many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # For a step to step guide on installing, configuring and using samba, # read the Samba-HOWTO-Collection. This may be obtained from: # http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf # # Many working examples of smb.conf files can be found in the # Samba-Guide which is generated daily and can be downloaded from: # http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. # #--------------- # SELINUX NOTES: # # If you want to use the useradd/groupadd family of binaries please run: # setsebool -P samba_domain_controller on # # If you want to share home directories via samba please run: # setsebool -P samba_enable_home_dirs on # # If you create a new directory you want to share you should mark it as # "samba-share_t" so that selinux will let you write into it. # Make sure not to do that on system directories as they may already have # been marked with othe SELinux labels. # # Use ls -ldZ /path to see which context a directory has # # Set labels only on directories you created! # To set a label use the following: chcon -t samba_share_t /path # # If you need to share a system created directory you can use one of the # following (read-only/read-write): # setsebool -P samba_export_all_ro on # or # setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw on # # If you want to run scripts (preexec/root prexec/print command/...) please # put them into the /var/lib/samba/scripts directory so that smbd will be # allowed to run them. # Make sure you COPY them and not MOVE them so that the right SELinux context # is applied, to check all is ok use restorecon -R -v /var/lib/samba/scripts # #-------------- # #======================= Global Settings =====================================

[global] ; load printers = yes ldap ssl = No restrict anonymous = no domain master = no passdb backend = tdbsam cups options = raw ; netbios name = Backup server string = Backup Server max protocol = NT workgroup = Home acl compatibility = winnt server signing = Auto ; os level = 20 security = user preferred master = no

# ----------------------- Network Related Options ------------------------- # # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH # # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field # # netbios name can be used to specify a server name not tied to the hostname # # Interfaces lets you configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you can list the ones # you want to listen on (never omit localhost) # # Hosts Allow/Hosts Deny lets you restrict who can connect, and you can # specifiy it as a per share option as well #

; interfaces = lo eth0 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 ; hosts allow = 127. 192.168.12. 192.168.13.

# --------------------------- Logging Options ----------------------------- # # Log File let you specify where to put logs and how to split them up. # # Max Log Size let you specify the max size log files should reach

# logs split per machine ; log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log # max 50KB per log file, then rotate ; max log size = 50

# ----------------------- Standalone Server Options ------------------------ # # Security can be set to user, share(deprecated) or server(deprecated) # # Backend to store user information in. New installations should # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards # compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration.

# ----------------------- Domain Members Options ------------------------ # # Security must be set to domain or ads # # Use the realm option only with security = ads # Specifies the Active Directory realm the host is part of # # Backend to store user information in. New installations should # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards # compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration. # # Use password server option only with security = server or if you can't # use the DNS to locate Domain Controllers # The argument list may include: # password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name] # or to auto-locate the domain controller/s # password server = *

; realm = MY_REALM

; password server = <NT-Server-Name>

# ----------------------- Domain Controller Options ------------------------ # # Security must be set to user for domain controllers # # Backend to store user information in. New installations should # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards # compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration. # # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job # # Domain Logons let Samba be a domain logon server for Windows workstations. # # Logon Scrpit let yuou specify a script to be run at login time on the client # You need to provide it in a share called NETLOGON # # Logon Path let you specify where user profiles are stored (UNC path) # # Various scripts can be used on a domain controller or stand-alone # machine to add or delete corresponding unix accounts #

; domain logons = yes

# the login script name depends on the machine name ; logon script = %m.bat # the login script name depends on the unix user used ; logon script = %u.bat ; logon path = \%L\Profiles%u # disables profiles support by specifing an empty path ; logon path =

; add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd "%u" -n -g users ; add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd "%g" ; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -n -c "Workstation (%u)" -M -d /nohome -s /bin/false "%u" ; delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel "%u" ; delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel "%u" "%g" ; delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel "%g"

# ----------------------- Browser Control Options ---------------------------- # # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply # # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable # # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; local master = no

#----------------------------- Name Resolution ------------------------------- # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both # # - WINS Support: Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server # # - WINS Server: Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # # - WINS Proxy: Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. # # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups.

; wins support = yes ; wins server = w.x.y.z ; wins proxy = yes

; dns proxy = yes

# --------------------------- Printing Options ----------------------------- # # Load Printers let you load automatically the list of printers rather # than setting them up individually # # Cups Options let you pass the cups libs custom options, setting it to raw # for example will let you use drivers on your Windows clients # # Printcap Name let you specify an alternative printcap file # # You can choose a non default printing system using the Printing option

; printcap name = /etc/printcap #obtain list of printers automatically on SystemV ; printcap name = lpstat ; printing = cups

# --------------------------- Filesystem Options --------------------------- # # The following options can be uncommented if the filesystem supports # Extended Attributes and they are enabled (usually by the mount option # user_xattr). Thess options will let the admin store the DOS attributes # in an EA and make samba not mess with the permission bits. # # Note: these options can also be set just per share, setting them in global # makes them the default for all shares

; map archive = no ; map hidden = no ; map read only = no ; map system = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers interfaces = 192.168.1.0/24 ; store dos attributes = yes

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no read only = no ; valid users = %S ; valid users = MYDOMAIN%S

[printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no printable = yes

[agent] comment = Agent E-mail path = /mnt/disk1/agent case sensitive = no strict locking = no msdfs proxy = no read only = no valid users = peter writeable = yes write list = peter