[RndTbl] Samba server

[Dan Martin]

Sugumar:

I assume you got my address from the MUUG roundtable posting, so I will 
post my reply there.  I am new at setting up Samba, so others may have 
more accurate or helpful information for you.

I basically followed the example in http://www.quickfixnotebook.com/ 
which is well worth buying from Copperfields if you have a number of 
setup issues to deal with using Fedora Core.  I think most of the 
examples in the first edition are for FC1, but the author is aware of 
FC2 and FC3.

Using FC4, I had trouble with SE Linux enabled.  Only after extensive 
Googling did I find that SE Linux was the cause of my woes in setting up 
Samba.  Contrary to the web info I found, re-enabling SE Linux afterward 
did NOT allow proper directory sharing, and I continue to boot without 
SE Linux enabled.

The Samba Howto 
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ is helpful, 
and there are examples of smb.conf files in the fast start section 
including one for a domain controller 
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/FastStart.html#id2524276

To answer your questions:
1)  to make your Samba server a PDC, you need to set its priority higher 
than that of your competing Windows machines.  The smb.conf setting
os level = 65
is generally sufficient.
I am also using
domain master = yes
security = domain
but I think security = domain is not necessary to make Samba your PDC.
Take that info with a grain of salt.

2)  I am using
passdb backend = tdbsam
No configuration of the database was required.  Everything was just 
there.  I am not using LDAP - it looks like there is considerable setup, 
and it is probably not necessary unless you plan on scaling up to a 
large network with subnets on it.

If you are using a similar system and this is even remotely helpful, I 
would be glad to post or send my smb.conf file.

sugumar c wrote:

>hello
>
>       How to configer samba PDC server and how to use
>LDAP server
>
>pls explan. i am waiting for your replay
>
>bye
>sugumar.c
>
>--- Dan Martin <ummar143 at cc.umanitoba.ca> wrote:
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>>The problem is SE Linux.
>>
>>I finally found the solution to this problem on
>>Google by adding more 
>>search terms
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>http://readlist.com/lists/redhat.com/fedora-list/14/73268.html
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>>> >>This two services was working OK before
>>> >>my
>>> >>update from FC3
>>> >>
>>> >>I think that it was having something to do with
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>>SE, because to
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>>> >>solution
>>> >>this I had to turn off SE, reboot, then turn on
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>>SE & reboot again,
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>>> >>this
>>> >>(I think) relabeled the entire file system &
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>>after this; no more
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>>> >>problems with the smb & ppp0 services getting
>>>      
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>>working ok.
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>>> >>
>>>      
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>>I booted after turning off SE, and it works - after
>>many frustrating 
>>hours of looking for the problem in Samba.
>>
>>Dan Martin wrote:
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>>>I have been playing with Samba 3 on FC4 for over 3
>>>      
>>>
>>days now, and it's 
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>>>starting to get not fun.
>>>
>>>Samba appears to be up and running and the network
>>>      
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>>is functional.  
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>>>When I browse the network on my Windows machines
>>>      
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>>(one is Win 2000 pro 
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>>>the other is NT4) I am prompted for a
>>>      
>>>
>>username/password, then the 
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>>>server shows on the network.  I can open its
>>>      
>>>
>>folder, and I can browse 
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>>>a tmp share inside (path /tmp) subject to the
>>>      
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>>permissions of the 
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>>>subfolders.
>>>
>>>When I try to access the home folder named "user"
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>>I get the error
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>>>\\Linuxserver\user is not accessible.  The network
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>>name cannot be found.
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>>>It appears that authentication is working, as I
>>>      
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>>can login at the 
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>>>prompt, and the subfolder representing the home
>>>      
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>>directory is named 
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>>>after the user.  Permissions under Linux should
>>>      
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>>not be an issue, since 
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>>>I have granted universal access to /home and all
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>>subdirectories.  If I 
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>>>try to browse folders that I do not have access
>>>      
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>>to, I get a different 
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>>>error - access denied.
>>>
>>>Since the default mapping of the [homes] share did
>>>      
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>>not seem to work, I 
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>>>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 
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>>>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 
>>    
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>>>Windows every time I try a change in Samba
>>>3)  how to determine on the Linux machine which
>>>      
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>>windows user is 
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>>>accessing from the network so I can confirm
>>>      
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>>authentication is correct 
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>>>(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
>>(204) 831-1746
>>answering machine always on
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-- 
  -Dan

Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon)

GP Hospital Practitioner
Computer Science grad student
ummar143 at cc.umanitoba.ca
(204) 831-1746
answering machine always on

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