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**lmilano** · Jun 29, 2009, 09:04 AM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

I think there is a bug in the System Settings where the Administation Mode button is missing. If that's the case we should report it in Launchpad because this is a bad thing!

Two suggestion: maybe upgrading KDE helps?
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.2.4

Also: is there a context menu (right click) to share folders in Dolphin? (the file manager). I am not at my desktop now to check ...

**ukchucktown** · Jun 29, 2009, 05:51 PM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

If your goal is sharing files with the Windows guest in VirtualBox why not use the native support for Shared Folders in VirtualBox. I'm running a similar set-up. I share my /home directory with the Windows guest and it works without issue. I keep my outlook data file on my Linux file system and access it from the XP guest using shared folders, no Samba necessary. I wish it was a little faster but I can't imagine Samba would be any faster. That would be a good benchmark to try out.

**lmilano** · Jun 29, 2009, 06:55 PM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

I just checked in Dolphin myself. Right click on a folder, Properties, and then Share. Couldn't be more intuitive. It does ask for sudo password!

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**baucha15** · Jun 29, 2009, 10:15 PM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

Originally posted by lmilano

I just checked in Dolphin myself. Right click on a folder, Properties, and then Share. Couldn't be more intuitive. It does ask for sudo password!

I have already tried that trick few days back and again tried just now. It does ask for password when I click on "Configure file sharing" but the problem here is nothing happens after entering the password and pressing enter/ok. I had been wondering if the feature is not yet complete in KDE 4.x

Any other better suggestions? I am using vmware n trying to do as the original post.

**Fintan** · Jun 30, 2009, 12:05 AM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

This is a simple smb.conf that i use on my Kubuntu / winxp / 7RC vmware guests:

workgroup = FINTANHOME
interfaces = eth0
map to guest = bad user

[Data]

path = /Data
read only = no
guest ok = yes
case sensitive = no
strict locking = no
force user = fintan3

[HP1600]

printing = cups
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes

of course you will have to edit this to your needs. (workgroup, share name, user name, printer name)

Hope that helps

**Passiday** · Jun 30, 2009, 02:18 AM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

Originally posted by baucha

I have already tried that trick few days back and again tried just now. It does ask for password when I click on "Configure file sharing" but the problem here is nothing happens after entering the password and pressing enter/ok. I had been wondering if the feature is not yet complete in KDE 4.x

I don't deny the Dolphin right-click / Properties / Sharing is "what could be more intuitive". However, I was just normally expecting that the "run as admin" is available in the System Settings applet, where it isn't. Unless that's by design, my feeling is that something needs to be fixed there. At least many online docs refer to such admin mode for these settings.

Regarding the right-click / Properties / Sharing, I too get asked for admin pwd, but after I enter it, nothing really happens, no new windows are opened. Perhaps I will go on with KDE update, maybe that will fix it, I'll report back to the forum.

**lmilano** · Jun 30, 2009, 05:28 AM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

Originally posted by Passiday

Originally posted by baucha

I have already tried that trick few days back and again tried just now. It does ask for password when I click on "Configure file sharing" but the problem here is nothing happens after entering the password and pressing enter/ok. I had been wondering if the feature is not yet complete in KDE 4.x

I don't deny the Dolphin right-click / Properties / Sharing is "what could be more intuitive". However, I was just normally expecting that the "run as admin" is available in the System Settings applet, where it isn't. Unless that's by design, my feeling is that something needs to be fixed there. At least many online docs refer to such admin mode for these settings.

Regarding the right-click / Properties / Sharing, I too get asked for admin pwd, but after I enter it, nothing really happens, no new windows are opened. Perhaps I will go on with KDE update, maybe that will fix it, I'll report back to the forum.

And I'll try to test (I didn't click on the admin button myself, it was getting a bit late)

**Passiday** · Jul 01, 2009, 04:12 PM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

Update: no change in the file sharing interface, when KDE 4.2.4 installed. Maybe there's a way how to spy what happens under the hood, when some KDE interface acts like that (ie, clicking a button does not result in opening a new window, etc.). Maybe somewhere internally an error is thrown, but no one reads it.

**lmilano** · Jul 01, 2009, 05:25 PM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

Yes, the way to do that is to start the programs from the command line (if you know the name). Some times the developers send lots of feedback to the standard output (the "terminal").

**ukchucktown** · Jul 01, 2009, 08:16 PM

Re: Simple samba share for sharing files among Kubuntu and VirtualBox guest

Samba requires some configuration before it will work. I don't run it myself but I do observe the same thing on my system when trying to share folders in KDE 4.2.4 without any configuration. I posted a simple guide on configuring Samba from an Ubuntu book I keep around on my Safari bookshelf. Most of it should apply to what you need to do.

Code:

On your server, install Samba itself plus some additional packages for
documentation, share browsing, and printer sharing:

$ sudo apt-get install samba samba-doc libcupsys2-gnutls10 \\
         libkrb53 winbind smbclient
      


There are quite a few things to change in the default Samba config file, so open
/etc/samba/smb.conf in an editor and go through it to adjust the settings to
match the following example. Most of the example can be copied verbatim, but set
WORKGROUP to the name of the Windows domain (you can even leave it at WORKGROUP)
and set FILESERVER to the hostname of your Linux server:

[global]
  workgroup = WORKGROUP
  netbios name = FILESERVER
  server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

  passdb backend = tdbsam
  security = user
  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
  name resolve order = wins bcast hosts
  domain logons = yes
  preferred master = yes
  wins support = yes

  ## Use CUPS for printing
  printcap name = CUPS
  printing = CUPS

  ## Set default logon
  logon drive = H:
  #logon script = scripts/logon.bat
  logon path = \\\\fileserver\\profile\\%U

  ## User management scripts
  add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
  delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
  add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
  delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
  add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
  add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false/ -d /var/lib/nobody %u
  idmap uid = 15000-20000
  idmap gid = 15000-20000

  ## Settings to sync Samba passwords with system passwords
  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
  passwd chat = *Enter\\snew\\sUNIX\\spassword:* %n\\n *Retype\\snew\\s 

UNIX\\spassword:* %n\\n .
  passwd chat debug = yes
  unix password sync = yes

  ## Set the log verbosity level
  log level = 3

[homes]
  comment = Home
  valid users = %S
  read only = no
  browsable = no

[printers]
  comment = All Printers
  path = /var/spool/samba
  printable = yes
  guest ok = yes
  browsable = no

[netlogon]
  comment = Network Logon Service
  path = /home/samba/netlogon
  admin users = Administrator
 valid users = %U
  read only = no

[profile]
  comment = User profiles
  path = /home/samba/profiles
  valid users = %U
  create mode = 0600
  directory mode = 0700
  writable = yes
  browsable = no

					 


The commented-out line that says:

  #logon script = scripts/logon.bat


defines a Windows batch script that will be executed by Windows workstations as
soon as a user logs in. This can be really handy if you want to apply standard
settings to all computers on your network; you may want to define server drive
mappings, set up printers, or configure a proxy server. If you have a logon.bat
script, uncomment that line.

Create directories to store domain logons and profiles:

$ sudo mkdir -p /home/samba/netlogon
$ sudo mkdir /home/samba/profiles
$ sudo mkdir /var/spool/samba
$ sudo chmod 777 /var/spool/samba/
$ sudo chown -R root:users /home/samba/
$ sudo chmod -R 771 /home/samba/
      


Make sure Samba has seen your new configuration:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
      


To enable WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) host resolution, edit
/etc/nsswitch.conf and look for a line similar to:

hosts: files dns mdns


Change it to:

hosts: files wins dns mdns


Since your file server is going to be the domain controller (DC) for your
Windows domain, you need to specify the computers that will be part of the
domain. Open /etc/hosts and add all the servers and workstations:

192.168.0.10 server1
192.168.0.101 workstation1
192.168.0.102 workstation2
...
192.168.0.107 workstation7


Windows typically has a special user named Administrator, which is akin to the
root user on Linux, so add the root user to the Samba password database and set
up an alias for it. This will allow you to use the Administrator username to add
new computers to the Windows domain:

$ sudo smbpasswd -a root
$ sudo sh -c "echo 'root = Administrator' > /etc/samba/smbusers"
      


To make sure everything has worked up to this point, use smbclient to query
Samba:

$ smbclient -L localhost -U%
      


The output will include details of several standard services, such as netlogon
and ADMIN, as well as the machines that have registered in the domain:
Code View: Scroll / Show All

Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.21b]

    Sharename    Type   Comment
    ---------  ----   -------
    netlogon    Disk   Network Logon Service
    IPC$      IPC    IPC Service (fileserver server (Samba,
Ubuntu))
    ADMIN$     IPC    IPC Service (fileserver server (Samba,
Ubuntu))
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.21b]

    Server        Comment
    ---------      -------
    FILESERVER      fileserver server (Samba, Ubuntu)

    Workgroup Master
    ---------      -------
    WORKGROUP      FILESERVER

					 


Map some standard groups used in Windows domains to equivalent Linux groups:

$ sudo net groupmap modify ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=root
$ sudo net groupmap modify ntgroup="Domain Users" unixgroup=users
$ sudo net groupmap modify ntgroup="Domain Guests" unixgroup=nogroup
      


To allow users to authenticate in the domain, they need to be defined in the
domain controller. This process needs to be repeated for each user, but for now
just create one user to start with by first adding the Linux user and then
setting a password for that user in Samba. The user also needs to be placed in
the users group that was aliased to the Windows group Domain Users a moment ago:

$ sudo useradd jon -m -G users
$ sudo smbpasswd -a jon
      


That user should now be able to authenticate on workstations within your domain,
but there haven't yet been any shares added.
Add Shares

Start by adding a simple share that all users can access. First, create the
directory that will become the share and set appropriate permissions on it:

$ sudo mkdir -p /home/shares/public
$ sudo chown -R root:users /home/shares/public
$ sudo chmod -R ug+rwx,o+rx-w /home/shares/public
      


Each share needs to be configured in Samba. Open /etc/samba/smb.conf and add a
new stanza at the end:

[public]
 comment = Public Share
 path = /home/shares/public
 valid users = @users
 force group = users 
 create mask = 0660
 directory mask = 0771
 writable = yes


Each time you modify the configuration, you need to restart Samba:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
      


The preceding public stanza allows all users in the @users group to access the
share with full write privileges. This is probably not what you want in many
cases. For a share that can be accessed only by specific users, you can
substitute a line such as:

 valid users = jon,kyle,bill


To manage a large number of users, you can alternatively create another separate
group, set permissions on the share appropriately, and specify it in the share
definition. That way, you can add and remove users from that group without
having to reconfigure or restart Samba:

 valid users = @authors


You can also create read-only shares by setting the writable option to no:

 writable = no


Another typical scenario is a share that is read/write by some users but
read-only for others:

 valid users = @authors,@editors
 read list = @authors
 write list = @editors