Who wants to help me set up samba?

**BobOmega** · October 9th, 2002, 06:39 PM

Well? i decided that the other thread wasn't good for this so i made a new one

anyway. i would like to set it up but i will need help. (well alot of help) so as soon as someone is ready i'm ready to start errr.... (drat i was going somethere with that but my brain stoped for a min there) ... oh well. so whenever you are ready.

**TOAD6147** · October 9th, 2002, 07:44 PM

http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=2693

**BobOmega** · October 9th, 2002, 08:10 PM

umm i have more issues then that. i tried the 2nd thing on that page and i get a

well ok it works to a point then after it askes for my password i ge this error
sesstion setup failed: NT_SATUS_LOGON_FAILURE then it brings me back to the prompt.

and this is what lets me get files and such off my non linux box?

**samwichse** · October 9th, 2002, 08:21 PM

Ok, first of all, I'm a newbie too, but I've got mine successfully set up to at least download from other computers.

Don't make the same mistake I did and try and try before you figure out you don't even have samba installed!

Then, if you're just looking to see the files off one of your other boxes (no uploading to them), all you should have to do is run a program like XSMbrowser (you can get it here) and browse to your other box manually.

However, if you're looking to run a samba server (IE, you can have the other boxes see your shares), someone else will have to help you cause I can't ever get past "username/password" problems, even with full unrestricted acces.

Sam

**BobOmega** · October 9th, 2002, 08:32 PM

for the most part i would be happy just being able to get stuff off my desktop onto the laptop. (laptop being the linux box) so that XSMbrowser will do that?

edit:
i must be missing something i can't figure out how to work XSMbrowser

**nukes** · October 10th, 2002, 03:05 PM

Right, firstly, you need to edit your /etc/samba/samba.conf to suit your network. It is pretty self-explanatory. Also, don't use SMBMOUNT to mount do it this way:
mount -t sambafs -o username=user,rw //server/share /mnt/network
If you are connecting to a windows box with Linux, you need to specify a username and password for a user that exists on that box, if there is not password and it is a win9x machine, you can just add guest instead of username in the mount command.
To allow windows users to see your shares, you must create those users on the linux box using adduser.
Also, check your LAN card is configured correctly and they are on the same subnet.

**BobOmega** · October 10th, 2002, 06:47 PM

ummmm ok i tried editing it a bit. i added a few things that it had but were wrong. and i type that whole slue of stuff and it don't work. i get a "fs type sambafs not supported by kernel" and here is what i typed in
mount -t sambafs -o username=administrator,rw //name/mp3s /mnt/mp3s and this time it just kind of locked up my shell.

all i want to be able to do is have access to some shares that are on my windows box so i don't have to keep using floppies. (access as in read/write)

ok jsut tried it again but spelled admin. right and i got a not supported by kernel

**nukes** · October 11th, 2002, 08:24 AM

Make sure you have your smb.conf done correctly, and it would be a god idea to add the sambafs module to your kernel.
ENSURE that the workgroup and WINS server information is set up properley.

**Praetorian** · October 11th, 2002, 09:46 AM

Give smb.conf another shot. Here's something a member of my LUG sent me last night. Fresh smb.conf config instructions.

http://ylug.linuxorbit.com/samba_tutorial.htm

**BobOmega** · October 11th, 2002, 08:44 PM

ok i'm still drawing a blank. what i have for smb.conf is soo diff. then that site.

is this really what i have to go through to get stuff from windows to linux over my lan? beacuse its starting to make me feel real dumb.