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**eriefisher** · May 23, 2007, 02:15 PM

Re: Samba: simple home network

I have the same problem here, I found this and I'm going to try it later to see if it works for me.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...42.0;topicseen

**Detonate** · May 23, 2007, 02:45 PM

Re: Samba: simple home network

I seem to be able to mount folders on my windows machines without any authenication, but I have to enter a valid user name and password to access the shared folders on my other linux machines. It has to be a user name and password with samba access on that machine. One other thing, I have the block checked to use superuser to mount and unmount under Tools>Configuresmb4k>Superuser. I think,IIRC, that I had problems until I did that. Smb4k requires a little experimentation with different settings to get everything working, but mine works without a hitch now. All my folders are automatically mounted in my home directory when I boot up. It does ask for my password once when first starting up.

**all4linux** · May 24, 2007, 10:59 AM

Re: Samba: simple home network

I have been using Samba for three years to network Linux Computers with Windows Computers, and had no real problems since reading the manual pages for Smb.conf.

But now that I have installed Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, I cannot get that computer to share anything on the network.

Can anyone tell me what is meant by "SMB4K". Is that a new release of Samba?

Anyway. After reading about all the problems with Samba sharing on Kubuntu Feisty, I decided to try something which has worked on every other Debian distro that I have.
1. Reboot the Kubuntu Machine.
2. In a terminal window, enter these two commands:

Code:

sudo smbd stop
sudo nmbd stop

Next, I over-wrote my /etc/samba/smb.conf file with an old configuration file (which worked under Kubuntu 6.04) which I am including here. (commented for my own understanding)

Code:

#======================= Global Settings ============================
[global]
## Basic Server Settings

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
# netbios name is equivalent to Full computer name in Windows
# announce version is the major & minor version numbers that nmbd
# will use when announcing itself as a server
# server string controls what will show up next to the ipc connection
# in net view. It can be any string you like.
# %v gets replaced by Samba version number
# %h gets replaced by hostname
workgroup = LOCALNET
netbios name = SANDY
announce version = 5.0
server string = %h (My Linux Desktop)

# no comment here... This just seems to be right
dns proxy = no

# socket options are controls on the networking layer of the OS which
# allow tuning of the connection
# Most people will find that these options give better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE
SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
# setting this to share eliminates logons and passwords
security = share

## Network Browsing

# 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
local master = no

# control how messages to stdout & stderr are printed
display charset=iso8859-1

# control which character set to use when specifying arguments to
# scripts that Samba invokes
unix charset=iso8859-1

# control how new filenames are created and read
preserve case=yes
short preserve case=yes
case sensitive=no


## WINS & Name Resolution

# wins support is set to no unless you have multi-subnets in your system
wins support = no

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS lookups.
dns proxy = no


#======================== Share Definitions =========================
# Definitions of terms
# available - Allows you to turn off availability of a share
# browseable - Allows the share to be seen in network neighborhood
# comment - the text next to the share in network neighborhood
# create mask - Permissions mask for files that are created
# directory mask - Permissions mask for directories created
# guest ok - allows guest access to the share
# max connections - max number of users that can connect. 0=unlimited
# path=/xxx - the path to the share
# public - synonym for guest ok
# read only - disallow or allow writing to the file
# writeable - opposite of read only. either can be used


# Here, I'm sharing the home directory
[home]
 available=yes
 path=/home
 comment = Linux home directory
 public=yes
 browseable=yes
 writeable=yes
 create mask = 0644
 directory mask = 0755
 max connections=0

# This is a share for a partition of my hard drive
[hda1]
available = yes
path = /media/hda1
comment = Windows System
guest ok = yes
browsable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
max connections=0

# This is a share for a partition of my hard drive
[hda2]
available = yes
path = /media/hda2
comment = Windows Swap
guest ok = yes
browsable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
max connections=0

With the new smb.conf file in place I then entered commands as follows:

Code:

smbd start
nmbd start
exit

After waiting 10 minutes for the shares to be propogated throughout my network of 3 linux computers, one windows XP computer, and one Windows 2000 computer, I could not connect with the Kubuntu computer. On windows, the message was something like "The path to the share was not found", and was siimilar on Xandros Linux, and Damn Small Linux.

Please note that this same procedure, and the same smb.conf file works flawlessly on all my other Linux distributions, with only changes in the path statements in the shares, and different netbios names for each computer.

Oh yes.... I can successfully ping the Kubuntu computer using the numerical address, (192.168.2.52)

I cannot believe that there is a problem with Samba. It must be something to do with Kubuntu, or with the distribution of Samba that is available through the Kubuntu repositories.

Dick B.

**penguin.ch** · May 24, 2007, 11:18 AM

Re: Samba: simple home network

Originally posted by all4linux

SMB4K. Is that a new release of Samba?

Nope - just another frontend of sorts.

Originally posted by all4linux

I cannot believe that there is a problem with Samba.
It must be something to do with Kubuntu

To that I agree :P - what have they done this time

To start somewhere: could you please check the netmask settings of all systems involved?
Kubuntu seemingly defaults to 255.255.0.0 - while Debian et alii prefer 255.255.255.0 ...

**Fintan** · May 24, 2007, 11:23 AM

Re: Samba: simple home network

Can anyone tell me what is meant by "SMB4K". Is that a new release of Samba?

Last things first. smb4k is nothing else but a samba browser for kde.

This may seem a silly question, but is samba installed? Because it is not by default under kubuntu. For whatever reasons

Try installing samba from adept or synaptic (my favorite).

There is a bug that has been around for a while:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3083305.0

Read it carefully and avoid gui configs for the moment.

Your smb.conf looks okay from here.

I hope that helps and enjoy

Cheers
F

**Detonate** · May 24, 2007, 11:24 AM

Re: Samba: simple home network

Smb4k is a KDE GUI for managing a Samba network. It works well for me. I am knowledgeable enough to mount folders from the CLI and to modify my fstab, but I find using Smb4k easier and faster.

**MoonRise** · May 24, 2007, 02:24 PM

Re: Samba: simple home network

Originally posted by Detonate

Smb4k is a KDE GUI for managing a Samba network. It works well for me. I am knowledgeable enough to mount folders from the CLI and to modify my fstab, but I find using Smb4k easier and faster.

Ditto....

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