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
