Samba 3 not working

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#1

I have Asus Wl-500gp router with Samba 2 built in the firmware. This Samba was working well. The installation of Samba 3.6 was without problems and smbd and nmbd are automatically started after reboot:


  151 admin      1976 S   /opt/sbin/nmbd -D
  153 admin      3600 S   /opt/sbin/smbd -D
  165 admin      3480 S   /opt/sbin/smbd -D

Here is also the log from log.nmbd file after rebooting the router:

[2013/06/01 13:23:09,  0] nmbd/nmbd.c:861(main)
  nmbd version 3.6.15 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
[2013/06/01 13:23:09,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated
[2013/06/01 13:23:09,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated

and log.smbd file:

[2013/06/01 13:23:10,  0] smbd/server.c:1072(main)
  smbd version 3.6.15 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
[2013/06/01 13:23:10,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated
[2013/06/01 13:23:10.290456,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated

I also tried the option

security = user

to suppress the warning message but the result was the same - in Windows XP or 7 no connection to Samba share is established. The same connection which was working with Samba 2.
Here is my smb.conf file:

[global]
        workgroup = WORKGROUP
        guest account = admin
        security = share
        map to guest = Bad User
        browseable = yes
        guest ok = yes
        guest only = yes
        log level = 1
        max log size = 100
        encrypt passwords = no
        preserve case = yes
        short preserve case = yes
        dns proxy = no
        netbios name = ASUS_SAMBA
        server string = Asus WL-500W
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_SNDBUF=8192
        bind interfaces only = yes
        interfaces = 192.168.1.2/24
        hosts allow = 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0
        printcap name = /dev/null
        load printers = no
        printing = bsd

[z]
        path = /tmp/mnt/disc1_3
        writeable = yes
        browseable = yes
        force user = admin

Would you have an idea why it is not working? What can I try or check? I have no more ideas.

#2

Well seems like a few Global values are out of place or require more info. Also be aware that issues with Samba have come up from Time to Time with paste versions of Samba. I did not see what openSUSE version that you use or if you are fully up-to-date. For instance on your Global settings, for “host allow” to work, a “host deny = ALL” should be set. “browseable = yes” does not belong in the global section. I have a bash script blog I request that you read through and even includes a default smb.conf file it can setup for you.

S.A.C.T. - Samba Automated Configuration Tool - Version 1.06 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,

#3

On 6/1/2013 6:46 AM, duvik wrote:
> I have Asus Wl-500gp router with Samba 2 built in the firmware. This
> Samba was working well. The installation of Samba 3.6 was without
> problems and smbd and nmbd are automatically started after reboot:

duvik;

Did you install Samba 3.6.? on your router or on openSUSE? If openSUSE what version?

P.V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you” Red Green

#4

Thank you for the reply. I tried removing “browsable = yes” from the global section and added “host deny = ALL” but it did not help.

I am actually not using openSUSE. I found interesting discussions about SAMBA on this forum and assuming that SAMBA is quite independent of Linux distribution I wrote my topic there.

Your bash script looks very straightforward - would it also work on other Linux distributions please?

#5

Well Samba is pretty much the same, but firewall settings may not work the same as used in openSUSE, meaning the auto-config setting in SACT may only work with openSUSE. The editor portion assumes you use KDE or GNOME as your desktop. It is worth a try to see if SACT might help, but obviously, your best bet is to get help in a forum for your Linux distribution or switch to using openSUSE instead.

Thank You,