On 7/27/07, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've had to replace an existing FC5 system with another, supposedly identical > one. However, I'm having a problem with my backup service. The home folder > works so username , password etc. are all okay, so I don't know what the > problem is. > > Anyone got any ideas? > > [gary@gary ~]$ smbclient --user=ladmin8%password //eddie/ladmin8 > Domain=[LEEDS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24-7.fc5] > Server not using user level security and no password supplied. > smb: \> [gary@gary ~]$ smbclient --user=ladmin8%password //eddie/backup > Domain=[LEEDS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24-7.fc5] > Server not using user level security and no password supplied. > tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD > [gary@gary ~]$ > > [root@eddie /]# ls -ld / home/ home/ladmin8 user user/backups/ > user/backups/ladmin8 > drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Jul 26 19:22 / > drwxr-xr-x 54 root root 4096 Jul 27 14:59 home/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 ladmin8 ladmin8 4096 Jul 27 14:59 home/ladmin8 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 26 15:40 user > drwxr-xr-x 46 root root 4096 Jul 26 15:40 user/backups/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 ladmin8 ladmin8 4096 Jul 26 15:39 user/backups/ladmin8 > > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > writable = yes > valid users = %S > create mode = 0664 > directory mode = 0775 > [backup] > path = /user/backups/%U > browseable = no > writable = yes > valid users = %U > user = %U > force user = %U > create mode = 0664 > directory mode = 0775 I have also a problem with samba. The trick consists in opening system-config-samba and setting your shared directory visible, as after a reboot (because of some bug) the shared directory is again made invisible. Paul