# Samba Help (not dancing)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samba-help-not-dancing/460880 "2008-08-22T01:02:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samba-help-not-dancing/460880/1 "2008-08-22T01:02:59Z")

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At home I have a 2003 domain. I wanted a NAS to store files on the network but decided with the amount of spare drives I have it would be better to juts build a network server…

So now I have a Ubuntu system that I want to access from my PC’s.

Here is the information that I think is important. If you need more info please ask

1. The user accounts on the Linux system use the same names and passwords and the domain

2. uname -a shows  
Linux dumpster 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

3. Current mount info  
emanuel@dumpster:~$ mount  
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)  
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)  
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)  
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)  
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)  
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)  
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)  
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)  
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)  
/dev/mapper/storage-data on /var/shared type reiserfs (rw)  
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)  
binfmt\_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt\_misc type binfmt\_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)  
/dev/sdd1 on /media/disk type ext2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal)  
emanuel@dumpster:~$

4. The location of the share on the Ubuntu system in /var/shared

emanuel@dumpster:/var/shared$ ls -la  
total 5  
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 232 2008-05-11 20:44 .  
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 2008-05-24 13:50 ..  
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 120 2008-08-13 13:14 Applications  
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 2008-05-10 23:41 Books  
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 176 2008-08-02 16:53 common  
drwxrwxrwx 11 root root 280 2008-08-02 18:12 Karaoke  
drwxrwxrwx 21 root root 704 2008-08-02 16:42 Music  
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 128 2008-05-11 21:49 Video  
Ok now for my smb.conf file which I’m sure has errors because I have no clue what I’m doing

# 

Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.

# 

# 

# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the

# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed

# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which

# are not shown in this example

# 

# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)

# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a

# for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you

# may wish to enable

# 

# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command

# “testparm” to check that you have not made any basic syntactic

# errors.

# 

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]  
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m  
idmap gid = 10000-20000  
passwd chat = _Enter\snew\s_\spassword:\* %n  
_Retype\snew\s_\spassword:\* %n  
_password\supdated\ssuccessfully_ .  
socket options = TCP\_NODELAY  
obey pam restrictions = yes  
wins server = 192.168.3.3  
username map = /etc/samba/user.map  
map to guest = bad user  
winbind trusted domains only = yes  
encrypt passwords = yes  
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd  
public = yes  
realm = LEVY.HOME  
passdb backend = tdbsam  
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u  
dns proxy = no  
writeable = yes  
server string = %h server (Media)  
idmap uid = 10000-20000  
password server = kds.LEVY.HOME  
invalid users = root  
unix password sync = yes  
os level = 20  
syslog = 0  
security = share  
usershare allow guests = yes  
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d  
max log size = 1000  
debuglevel = 2  
pam password change = yes

# Winbind settings

# For testing

# workgroup = levy.home

## Browsing/Identification

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server

; wins support = no

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

; wins server = w.x.y.z

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names

# to IP addresses

; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

#### Networking

# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to

# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;

# interface names are normally preferred

; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the

# ‘interfaces’ option above to use this.

# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is

# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this

# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.

; bind interfaces only = true

#### Debugging/Accounting

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

# that connects

# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).

# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following

# parameter to ‘yes’.

; syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything

# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log

# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace

####### Authentication #######

# “security = user” is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account

# in this server for every user accessing the server. See

# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/ServerType.html

# in the samba-doc package for details.

security = user

# You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on

# ‘encrypt passwords’ in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.

# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what

# password database type you are using.

guest account = nobody

# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix

# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the

# passdb is changed.

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following

# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan \<\<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de\> for

# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes

# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in

# ‘passwd program’. The default is ‘no’.

# This option controls how nsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped

# to anonymous connections

########## Domains ###########

# Is this machine able to authenticate users. Both PDC and BDC

# must have this setting enabled. If you are the BDC you must

# change the ‘domain master’ setting to no

# 

domain logons = yes

# 

# The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

# It specifies the location of the user’s profile directory

# from the client point of view)

# The following required a [profiles] share to be setup on the

# samba server (see below)

; logon path = \%N\profiles%U

# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user’s home directory

; logon path = \%N%U\profile

# The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

# It specifies the location of a user’s home directory (from the client

# point of view)

; logon drive = H:  
; logon home = \%N%U

# The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored

# in the [netlogon] share

# NOTE: Must be store in ‘DOS’ file format convention

; logon script = logon.cmd

# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR

# RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix

# password; please adapt to your needs

; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos “” %u

########## Printing ##########

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather

# than setting them up individually then you’ll need this

; load printers = yes

# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the

# printcap file

; printing = bsd  
; printcap name = /etc/printcap

# CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the

# cupsys-client package.

; printing = cups  
; printcap name = cups

############ Misc ############

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

# of the machine that is connecting

; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.

# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/speed.html

# for details

# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:

# SO\_RCVBUF=8192 SO\_SNDBUF=8192

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package

# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are

# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.

; message command = /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/linpopup “%f” “%m” %s; rm %s’ &

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this

# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you

# must set this to ‘no’; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.

; domain master = auto

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you’re not using the ranges

# for something else.)

; idmap uid = 10000-20000  
; idmap gid = 10000-20000  
; template shell = /bin/bash

# The following was the default behaviour in sarge,

# but samba upstream reverted the default because it might induce

# performance issues in large organizations.

# See Debian bug #368251 for some of the consequences of _not_

# having this setting and smb.conf(5) for details.

; winbind enum groups = yes  
; winbind enum users = yes

# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders

# with the net usershare command.

# Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.

usershare max shares = 998

# Allow users who’ve been granted usershare privileges to create

# public shares, not just authenticated ones

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)

# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each

# user’s home directory as \server\username

;[homes]  
; comment = Home Directories  
; browseable = no

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the

# next parameter to ‘no’ if you want to be able to write to them.

; read only = yes

# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to

# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.

create mask = 0777

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to

# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.

; directory mask = 0777

# By default, \server\username shares can be connected to by anyone

# with access to the samba server. Un-comment the following parameter

# to make sure that only “username” can connect to \server\username

# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes

; valid users = %S

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

;[netlogon]  
; comment = Network Logon Service  
; path = /home/samba/netlogon  
; guest ok = yes  
; read only = yes  
; share modes = no

# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store

# users profiles (see the “logon path” option above)

# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

# The path below should be writable by all users so that their

# profile directory may be created the first time they log on

;[profiles]  
; comment = Users profiles  
; path = /home/samba/profiles  
; guest ok = no  
; browseable = no  
; create mask = 0600  
; directory mask = 0700

[Music]  
comment = Music  
writable = yes  
public = yes  
path = /var/shared/Music  
available = yes  
browseable = yes  
guest ok = yes  
guest account = nobody  
[Video]  
comment = Video Files  
writable = yes  
public = yes  
path = /var/shared/Video  
available = yes  
browseable = yes  
guest ok = yes  
guest account = nobody  
[Books]  
comment = E-Books and Documentation  
writable = yes  
public = yes  
path = /var/shared/Books  
available = yes  
browseable = yes  
guest ok = yes  
guest account = nobody

[Common]  
comment = Common Files  
writable = yes  
public = yes  
path = /var/shared/common  
available = yes  
browseable = yes  
guest ok = yes  
guest account = nobody

[Applications]  
comment = Applications  
writable = yes  
public = yes  
path = /var/shared/Applications  
available = yes  
guest account = nobody  
[Karaoke]  
comment = Karaokes  
writable = yes  
public = yes  
path = /var/shared/Karaoke  
available = yes  
guest ok = yes  
browseable = yes  
guest account = nobody

What I want to happen is have any user on my local network be able to access any shared folder on the Ubuntu system.

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samba-help-not-dancing/460880/2 "2008-08-22T07:18:44Z")

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Try here with that post…

> **[Ubuntu Forums](https://ubuntuforums.org/index.php)**
>
> A help and support forum for Ubuntu Linux.

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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samba-help-not-dancing/460880/3 "2008-08-22T23:42:31Z")

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[QUOTE=GusNSpot]  
Try here with that post…

[http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php](http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php)  
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Thanks. Posted there waiting for replies