Hi Basically, sambas working and I can browse in my box etc, but I can't get in or out. I've written a detailed follow-up (post #5) to a Samba howto for fc2 re fc4: <http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=88288&mode=linear#post88288> If anybody could point me in the right direction it'd be much appreciated, either here (and I'll follow-up at fedoraforum) or there. Copied below is the follow-up. Thanks, Morgan. Here, below, is my terminal output with some annotations (###). (Skip to the bottom for the conclusion.) So far I've got to running samba and accessing the share from within my box, but all I get from out side my box are issues at point 9... Also, I can't access external shares from inside my box (on two windoze boxes that can see each other). So, I guess there's something blocking samba access in and out of my box? Follow-ups much appreciated. Perhaps a text file with this set-up (corrected) for fc5 could be placed on the desktop of every account - might save a few novices a lot of hours? ###################### [root@morgansmachine ~]# useradd -c “Network Filestore” -m -g users -p secret netfiles Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN Options: -b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the new user account home directory ... -u, --uid UID force use the UID for the new user account ### Not an auspicious start. After some discussion with my local lug I fell back to... [root@morgansmachine ~]# useradd -c “Network Filestore” -m -g users netfiles Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN Options: -b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the new user account home directory ... -u, --uid UID force use the UID for the new user account ### And then fell back to... [root@morgansmachine ~]# useradd -m netfiles ### After which I used the gui (Desktop -> System Settings -> Users and Groups) for the <-c “Network Filestore” -g users> bit, and then did... [root@morgansmachine ~]# passwd netfiles Changing password for user netfiles. New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@morgansmachine ~]# mkdir /home/export [root@morgansmachine ~]# chmod u+rwx, g+rx, o+rx /home/export chmod: cannot access `g+rx,': No such file or directory chmod: cannot access `o+rx': No such file or directory ### Well clearly I can't expect to highlight and past into my terminal... There's no space between the commas, but I just did... [root@morgansmachine ~]# chmod u+rwx /home/export [root@morgansmachine ~]# chmod g+rx /home/export [root@morgansmachine ~]# chmod o+rx /home/export [root@morgansmachine ~]# chown netfiles,users /home/export chown: `netfiles,users': invalid user ### Oops, not again... [root@morgansmachine ~]# chown netfiles, users /home/export chown: `netfiles,': invalid user ### And, again... [root@morgansmachine ~]# chown netfiles,users /home/export chown: `netfiles,users': invalid user ### And, again... [root@morgansmachine ~]# chown netfiles, users /home/export chown: `netfiles,': invalid user ### All right, that's enough! [root@morgansmachine ~]# chown netfiles:users /home/export ### And, that's more like it! [root@morgansmachine ~]# smbpasswd -a netfiles New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: Added user netfiles. ### Here, following point 6 I added to /etc/samba/smb.conf this: [global] workgroup = 19CLARKEROAD netbios name = MORGANSMACHINE security = SHARE [netfs] comment = Network Filestore on morgansmachine path = /home/export force user = netfiles force group = users read only = No guest ok = Yes ### [root@morgansmachine ~]# smbclient -L MORGANSMACHINE Password: Domain=[19CLARKEROAD] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- netfs Disk Network Filestore on morgansmachine IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.14a-2) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.14a-2) Domain=[19CLARKEROAD] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2] Server Comment --------- ------- MORGANSMACHINE Samba 3.0.14a-2 Workgroup Master --------- ------- 19CLARKEROAD MORGANSMACHINE [root@morgansmachine ~]# ###################### Hooray, got there! Not so fast... At this point I ran into the problem at point 9, except I'd opened the ports in iptables... Couldn't even browse my network from within my own box at this stage... But hang on, there's that new (a bit old by now) tab to the "Security Level" gui... So, I've turned on all the SELinux Samba access options - any follow-ups on what can be safely turned back off? Now, I can browse my Samba shares from with in my box - reliably my share is alway there at "Computer -> Network -> MORGANSMACHINE -> netfs (or via Computer -> Network -> Windows Network -> 19clarkeroad -> MORGANSMACHINE...). Also, I can see Morgansmachine from the windoze boxes but trying to access them results in errors as per point 9 (but, the firewall ports have been opened and all the SELinux Samba access options have been enabled). A bit deflating. Clearly, I've missed something obvious. If someone could point me in the right direction with a follow-up it'd be much appreciated. -- Morgan Read NEW ZEALAND <mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> get a life; GET FIREFOX! <www.getfirefox.com> WHY ME? Read on: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/28/cert_ditch_explorer/> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/13/german_ie_jitters/>
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