Help me get samba to work on 11.1?

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This should have been easy. I started smb and nmb and copied my smb.conf
file from 11.0 (which worked great) and I have no shares. Bummer!

To be precise, smb is running:

Code:

ps -A | grep smb
6161 ? 00:00:00 smbd
6162 ? 00:00:00 smbd

the smb.conf file appears to be valid:

Code:

testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section “[virtualbox]”
Processing section “[mailbox]”
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
netbios name = BUDDA
server string = Samba
security = SHARE
guest account = pcguest
os level = 1
lm announce = Yes
domain master = Yes
wins proxy = Yes
wins support = Yes
preload = yes
guest ok = Yes

[virtualbox]
comment = Data Share
path = /media/fat32/data/
read only = No
guest only = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.178., 127.0.

[mailbox]
comment = Public Share
path = /media/fat32/public/
read only = No
guest only = Yes
hosts allow = all

but there are no shares:

Code:

smbstatus -v
using configfile = /etc/samba/smb.conf

Samba version 3.2.4-5.2-1985-SUSE-CODE11
PID Username Group Machine

Opened /var/lib/samba/connections.tdb

Service pid machine Connected at

No locked files

Any ideas? I have tried putting in sample smb.conf files with the same
results. I just don’t see what’s going on, and could use some
suggestions. Thanks!

  • John

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Hi. I had no shares on my 11.1 box until I read this sticky: ‘Opening
Samba ports in the Firewall in openSUSE 11.1 - openSUSE Forums’
(http://tinyurl.com/937jqw). smbstatus does only show a share when
someone is currently connect to it. Good luck!

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smbtree -N is better for looking around the network. Including looking
at yourself from the server.

11.1 has a bug that stops the firewall from opening via Yast, as
supertimorplusfort found.

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supertimorplusfort;1922310 Wrote:
> Hi. I had no shares on my 11.1 box until I read this sticky: ‘Opening
> Samba ports in the Firewall in openSUSE 11.1 - openSUSE Forums’
> (http://tinyurl.com/937jqw). smbstatus does only show a share when
> someone is currently connect to it. Good luck!

Well, that got it done. It took several permutations of order and
restarting - I really don’t know why it didn’t solve the problem on the
first attempt. In frustration I gave up and turned the firewall off. My
shares showed up, then, and and when I subsequently turned the firewall
back on the shares remained. They have survived several further
restarts, so I guess they are good to go.

Weird. Thanks for the help!

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