On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 14:38 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:04, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > > Gary Stainburn wrote: > > ... > > > > > However, if I remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd and /etc/samba/smbusers Samba > > > behaves exactly the same, so I think it's not using these files. > > > > Can you do a: > > > > testparm -v >/tmp/panic1 > > <press return> > > > > fgrep smbpasswd /tmp/panic1 > > > > What is the owner and permissions on /etc/samba/smbpasswd ? > > > > [root@larry2 ~]# testparm -v|grep passwd > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > passdb backend = smbpasswd > passwd program = > passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* > passwd chat debug = No > passwd chat timeout = 2 > ldap passwd sync = no > [root@larry2 ~]# ll -d / /etc/ /etc/samba/ /etc/samba/smbpasswd > drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 12 14:17 / > drwxr-xr-x 94 root root 12288 Oct 12 14:17 /etc/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 12 14:31 /etc/samba/ > -rw------- 1 root root 421 Oct 12 13:11 /etc/samba/smbpasswd > [root@larry2 ~]# > > I've also tried adding the smb passwd file= as suggested by Anna, but that has > not made any difference. > > Gary Shot in the dark, but could SELinux be getting in your way? The default targeted policy in FC5 is blocking Samba sharing of home. Not sure how to change it at the command line, but if you look in system-config-securitylevel there is a boolean under Samba that refers to allowing home directories to be shared..... --Rob
