Samba has worked great for me. I'm no expert myself, but this is how it
works for me...
Smb.conf:
workgroup = WORKGROUP <--Default windows workgroup name
netbios name = <hostname>
hosts allow = 192.168.1. <--Allows access from my subnet
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
[installs]
comment = Install programs
path = /installs
valid users = joeschmoe
read only = No
writeable = Yes
write list = @joeschmoe
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
Since my private LAN is already firewalled, my centos server has firewall
disabled.
To simplify the connection to Samba, joeschmoe is my windows account and the
passwords are identical between XP and centos.
# smbpasswd joeschmoe to sync the passwords
Also, check /var/log/samba for errors
Wei-min Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
Of MrKiwi
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:45 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to connect to a Windows PC in LAN
Ha Thai Duong wrote:
> Hi
> I am a new bee to Linux in general. Please accept my apologies if the
> question is not appropriate.
>
> I have a LAN with 2 computers: One is CentOS and one is Windows XP.
> I am trying to transfer file between 2 computers using LAN. Can you
> please tell me how to do it?
>
> I have tried Samba from the Applications menu.
> Add a directory in there. Set it to Read only and Allow access to
> everyone. I couldn't see the CentOS from Windows computer.
>
> I have tried the Network Servers. There is Windows Network there. When i
> click to see inside that, there is nothing.
>
> I tried to see the all the services are running. The winbind status is
> winbindd dead but subsys locked.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help. I do appreciate that.
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"service smb status" will tell you if the services (smbd,
nmbd) are running but ...
Maybe your firewall is active and blocking your requests;
From a root prompt type
# service iptables status
If the response is "Firewall is stopped" then this is not
the problem - however if you get a list of the firewall
entries, then try
# service iptables status|egrep "445|137|138|139"
You should see 4 or so entries listed for the various
services related to samba sharing.
If you see none, you need to either ;
A.
stop the firewall (not recommended, but you may want to stop
it to confirm that the firewall is the issue) using
# service iptables stop
(restart it with # service iptables start)
B.
config the firewall to allow these ports (recommended solution)
try /usr/sbin/s
set Security Level to "Enabled",
Customize, under "Other ports" type "445:tcp 137:udp 138:udp
139:tcp"
This should allow all the samba services to ba accessed.
Regards,
MrKiwi
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