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Hi FOGO,
I seem to have set up samba to share a couple of directories
on a linux server with a user on a WinXP client. The barebones
config file is below. Ted Guild pointed out that gsambad might
be useful in building the right configuration, which it was.
For the example below, suppose that the unix account name is=20
"nadia" and the WinXP account name is also "nadia".
On the WinXP machine I didn't need to do anything (i.e., I have not
looked at the XP install closely, which I believe to be a vanilla
installation); once the samba server is up and running, the shared
folders show up in the network neighborhood.
On the Linux server, I:
=20
a) Created /etc/samba/smb.conf (see below).
b) Added the user's password to the Samba password file:
smbpasswd -a nadia
c) In /etc/samba/smbusers:, mapped the unix account name to the samba
account name by adding this line:
nadia =3D nadia
Note: I'm not sure that /etc/samba/smbusers is necessary, but
it's there now and things are working!
I welcome any comments or suggestions,
_Ian
/etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup =3D MyWorkgroup ;Your workgroup name here
netbios name =3D myserver ;Not sure this is necessary
;Your value here
security =3D user
encrypt passwords =3D true
smb passwd file =3D /etc/samba/smbpasswd
admin users =3D root ;Not sure this is necessary
[Share Me] ;Your value here
comment =3D Cool Stuff ;Your value here
path =3D /path/to/directory-to-expert ;Your value here
read only =3D Yes
guest ok =3D no
valid users =3D nadia ;Your user name(s) here
--=20
Ian Jacobs (
[email protected])
http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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