Re: Samba/Fedora 8 problems

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On Dec 3, 2007 2:45 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm having problems getting Samba to work on Fedora 8.
> > Perhaps someone has an idea.
> >
> > Here's the simple smb.conf I'm using:
> >
> > [global]
> > workgroup = WORKGROUP
> > security = users
> > wins support = yes
> >
> > [work]
> > comment = Work Area
> > path = /export/work
> > public = yes
> > guest ok = yes
> > writable = yes
> > readonly = no
> > printable = no
> > browseable = yes
> >
> > SELinux is disabled, no firewall.
> >
> > When I run "smbclient -L localhost -U%" I get the following:
> >
> >          Sharename       Type      Comment
> >          ---------       ----      -------
> >          work            Disk      Work Area
> >          IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba 3.0.27a-0.fc8)
> >
> >          Server               Comment
> >          ---------            -------
> >
> >          Workgroup            Master
> >          ---------            -------
> >
> > I would expect the workgroup name and server name to be listed.
> >
> > findsmb reports Samba servers on other systems, but not localhost.
> >
> > I've tried with "security = share" and without the "wins" line.
> > I've also tried a working smb.conf from a FC 5 system.
> > I created a user with smbpasswd.  None of this makes any difference.
> >
> > I noticed that nmbd is started by /etc/init.d/smb on the FC 5
> > system, but that F8 doesn't.  Not sure what that means.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> ----
> shouldn't that be
>
> security = user
>
> ?
>
> smbclient -L $HOSTNAME
> where $HOSTNAME is the name of your computer though localhost or ip
> should work. You don't need to authenticate (a user)
>
> what errors do you get when you do...
>
> testparm -s

I am not sure whether this is related:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=408771

Paul


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