Configure Samba for a Workgroup in the local LAN

**swerdna** · 23-Oct-2016, 00:34

A fairly comprehensive HowTo for Samba is available in the Articles section of the forums.

It's focused on Workgroups.

I've marked it as "other version" because it really covers all versions (Samba doesn't change much with time).

Follow this link: https://forums.opensuse.org/content....-Lan-Workgroup

I have blocked comment attaching to the Article. If you have questions or comments, please post them here and I will be glad to respond.

Regards
swerdna

**dcurtisfra** · 26-Oct-2016, 00:37

Do you have any thoughts on "Samba NT4 domain" versus "Samba Active Directory (AD)"? <https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Req...ba_NT4_Domains>

This question is prompted by issues arising due to Windows 10 deployment.

**swerdna** · 27-Oct-2016, 00:16

Originally Posted by dcurtisfra

Do you have any thoughts on "Samba NT4 domain" versus "Samba Active Directory (AD)"? <https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Req...ba_NT4_Domains>

This question is prompted by issues arising due to Windows 10 deployment.

No I don't. I have focus here on the more mundane: the common workgroup. And I haven't (ever) encountered your topic, so if you need an informed opinion, you should start a thread about it in the broader forum (where your issue would be more easily seen).

Luck.

**dcurtisfra** · 27-Oct-2016, 23:57

Originally Posted by swerdna

And I haven't (ever) encountered your topic, so if you need an informed opinion, you should start a thread about it in the broader forum (where your issue would be more easily seen).

No need -- there are enough ongoing discussions such as: Network/Internet: LEAP 42.1 Problems with getting Windows 10 computers to join Samba domain.

**marco07** · 05-Dec-2016, 09:01

Hi:
Quite a while ago you helped me to set up a smb.conf for my Leap 42.1 which worked well. Somehow perhaps due to updating of samba it has stopped working now in both Leap 42.1 & 42.2 which i lately installed on another partition and copied smb.conf to it from 42.1. Unfortunately it is not working in either one yet. Here is a copy of that smb.conf. I would be pleased if you could again help to solve this issue. Thanks in advance!

Code:

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
# samba-doc package is installed.
[global]
        workgroup = MSHome24G
        name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
        netbios name = LeapBox
        local master = yes
        preferred master = auto
        os level = 64
        server string = 
        printcap name = cups
        cups options = raw
        use client driver = yes
        map to guest = Bad User
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        usershare max shares = 100

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/tmp
    printable = Yes
    create mask = 0600
    browseable = No
    guest ok = Yes

[print$]
    comment = Printer Drivers
    path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
    write list = @ntadmin root
    force group = ntadmin
    create mask = 0664
    directory mask = 0775
    guest ok = Yes

[Documents]
    comment = documents
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    inherit acls = Yes
    path = /home/mahmood/Documents
    read only = No

[Downloads]
    comment = downloads
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Downloads
    read only = No

#[Home]
#    comment = Home Directory
#    guest ok = Yes
#    force user = mahmoods
#    path = /home
#    read only = No

[Kmoney]
    comment = kmoney
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Kmoney
    read only = No

[Music]
    comment = music
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Music
    read only = No

[Pictures]
    comment = pictures
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Pictures
    read only = No

[Videos]
    comment = videos
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Videos
    read only = No

**marco07** · 09-Dec-2016, 09:44

Originally Posted by marco07

Hi:
Quite a while ago you helped me............

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Hello. Anybody here!
Is there anything wrong with the request in above post which is left with no response?
Thanks!

**Fraser_Bell** · 09-Dec-2016, 20:21

Originally Posted by marco07

Hello. Anybody here!
Is there anything wrong with the request in above post which is left with no response?
Thanks!

Possibly wait for swerdna to get the time to respond, or probably better to start a new thread of your own with a well-worded title to get more people to see it.

**swerdna** · 10-Dec-2016, 06:54

Originally Posted by marco07

Hi:
Quite a while ago you helped me to set up a smb.conf for my Leap 42.1 which worked well. Somehow perhaps due to updating of samba it has stopped working now in both Leap 42.1 & 42.2 which i lately installed on another partition and copied smb.conf to it from 42.1. Unfortunately it is not working in either one yet. Here is a copy of that smb.conf. I would be pleased if you could again help to solve this issue. Thanks in advance!

Code:

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
# samba-doc package is installed.
[global]
        workgroup = MSHome24G
        name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
        netbios name = LeapBox
        local master = yes
        preferred master = auto
        os level = 64
        server string = 
        printcap name = cups
        cups options = raw
        use client driver = yes
        map to guest = Bad User
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        usershare max shares = 100

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/tmp
    printable = Yes
    create mask = 0600
    browseable = No
    guest ok = Yes

[print$]
    comment = Printer Drivers
    path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
    write list = @ntadmin root
    force group = ntadmin
    create mask = 0664
    directory mask = 0775
    guest ok = Yes

[Documents]
    comment = documents
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    inherit acls = Yes
    path = /home/mahmood/Documents
    read only = No

[Downloads]
    comment = downloads
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Downloads
    read only = No

#[Home]
#    comment = Home Directory
#    guest ok = Yes
#    force user = mahmoods
#    path = /home
#    read only = No

[Kmoney]
    comment = kmoney
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Kmoney
    read only = No

[Music]
    comment = music
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Music
    read only = No

[Pictures]
    comment = pictures
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Pictures
    read only = No

[Videos]
    comment = videos
    guest ok = Yes
    force user = mahmood
    path = /home/mahmood/Videos
    read only = No

I don't see anything wrong with smb.conf. So maybe check (1) the daemons and (2) the ports through the firewall. There is a mini howto for each of these two in the Article I posted on this link: https://forums.opensuse.org/content....-Lan-Workgroup

So check the two issues and let us know how it went.

**swerdna** · 10-Dec-2016, 07:05

Quote Originally Posted by marco07 View Post
Hi:
Quite a while ago you helped me............

Surely not the post from mid 2008??

**marco07** · 10-Dec-2016, 11:11

Originally Posted by swerdna

Surely not the post from mid 2008??

No. Definitely not. By a while ago, I meant a few month or at any case less than a year ago when I installed leap 42.1. As i said in my OP it was working well up to a time when samba was updated.