> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:09 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: What did I do? > > Newly installed Fedora FC4; Samba doesn't work. > > The first problem found was in samba logs; can't read > secrets.tdb, and can't write machine_sid. > Chmod a+x /etc and /etc/samba seemed to fix that problem. > Yet smbd runs as root?? and can't read/write root owned > directories/files? > Still, Samba shares were not visible, nor accessible from Windows XP. > > Captured packets with tcpdump, and discovered a couple > "clueless user", (i.e. ME) misconfigured options. Fixed > those, and still Samba doesn't work. With trial and error, > and observation, it appears that it is an authentication > issue, yet nothing in samba logs. Samba (Fedora) is denying access. > > Used GUI configuration tools on Gnome desktop. Nope. > Went through /etc/samba/smb.conf line by line, option by > option; still nope. > > Use setsebool to set samba specific tokens > use_samba_home_dirs and samba_enable_home_dirs. Doesn't fix > it. Use GUI security tool on gnome desktop; doesn't fix it. > > > SELinux? Ok, disable that. Still not working. > > Download Samba-3.0.20rc2 from samba.org; source and binary. > Even the newest version doesn't fix problem; Samba share not > visible/accessible from Windows. > > Ok, re-enable SELinux "targeted", using GUI on gnome desktop. > RELABEL on boot. OK, what ever. "it will take a few minutes". > Yeah, sure, whatever. > > Voila! Samba works! Perfectly! > Whad I do? > > Even better, the NFS share I wanted to export from Fedora is > now suddenly available when previously it was "no route to host". > > Don't ask me, I'm just a dumb truck driver. > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > If you were getting a "no route to host" error this sounds like a firewall setting. Depending on what configuration changes you made, how you made them, and if there was a reboot involved its difficult to say exactly what it was. I take it that everything's working now and you're just curious as to the real cause? -Mike
