[RndTbl] Samba problem - network name not found
Dan Martin
ummar143 at cc.umanitoba.ca
Fri Dec 2 08:39:04 CST 2005
The problem is SE Linux.
I finally found the solution to this problem on Google by adding more
search terms
http://readlist.com/lists/redhat.com/fedora-list/14/73268.html
> >>This two services was working OK before
> >>my
> >>update from FC3
> >>
> >>I think that it was having something to do with SE, because to
> >>solution
> >>this I had to turn off SE, reboot, then turn on SE & reboot again,
> >>this
> >>(I think) relabeled the entire file system & after this; no more
> >>problems with the smb & ppp0 services getting working ok.
> >>
I booted after turning off SE, and it works - after many frustrating
hours of looking for the problem in Samba.
Dan Martin wrote:
> I have been playing with Samba 3 on FC4 for over 3 days now, and it's
> starting to get not fun.
>
> Samba appears to be up and running and the network is functional.
> When I browse the network on my Windows machines (one is Win 2000 pro
> the other is NT4) I am prompted for a username/password, then the
> server shows on the network. I can open its folder, and I can browse
> a tmp share inside (path /tmp) subject to the permissions of the
> subfolders.
>
> When I try to access the home folder named "user" I get the error
> \\Linuxserver\user is not accessible. The network name cannot be found.
>
> It appears that authentication is working, as I can login at the
> prompt, and the subfolder representing the home directory is named
> after the user. Permissions under Linux should not be an issue, since
> I have granted universal access to /home and all subdirectories. If I
> try to browse folders that I do not have access to, I get a different
> error - access denied.
>
> Since the default mapping of the [homes] share did not seem to work, I
> have even tried setting the smb.conf parameter
> path=/home/%S
> to no avail.
>
> I have tried numerous other things, and a Google search turned up
> dozens of dead ends.
>
> Does anyone have ideas re
> 1) the above problem
> 2) how to 'flush the cache' so that I don't have to log on and off on
> Windows every time I try a change in Samba
> 3) how to determine on the Linux machine which windows user is
> accessing from the network so I can confirm authentication is correct
> (like a 'who' command for Samba)
>
--
-Dan
Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon)
GP Hospital Practitioner
Computer Science grad student
ummar143 at cc.umanitoba.ca
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