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Sugumar:<br>
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I assume you got my address from the MUUG roundtable posting, so I will
post my reply there. I am new at setting up Samba, so others may have
more accurate or helpful information for you.<br>
<br>
I basically followed the example in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.quickfixnotebook.com/">http://www.quickfixnotebook.com/</a>
which is well worth buying from Copperfields if you have a number of
setup issues to deal with using Fedora Core. I think most of the
examples in the first edition are for FC1, but the author is aware of
FC2 and FC3.<br>
<br>
Using FC4, I had trouble with SE Linux enabled. Only after extensive
Googling did I find that SE Linux was the cause of my woes in setting
up Samba. Contrary to the web info I found, re-enabling SE Linux
afterward did NOT allow proper directory sharing, and I continue to
boot without SE Linux enabled.<br>
<br>
The Samba Howto
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/">http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/</a> is helpful,
and there are examples of smb.conf files in the fast start section
including one for a domain controller
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/FastStart.html#id2524276">http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/FastStart.html#id2524276</a><br>
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To answer your questions:<br>
1) to make your Samba server a PDC, you need to set its priority
higher than that of your competing Windows machines. The smb.conf
setting<br>
os level = 65<br>
is generally sufficient.<br>
I am also using <br>
domain master = yes<br>
security = domain<br>
but I think security = domain is not necessary to make Samba your PDC.<br>
Take that info with a grain of salt.<br>
<br>
2) I am using <br>
passdb backend = tdbsam<br>
No configuration of the database was required. Everything was just
there. I am not using LDAP - it looks like there is considerable
setup, and it is probably not necessary unless you plan on scaling up
to a large network with subnets on it.<br>
<br>
If you are using a similar system and this is even remotely helpful, I
would be glad to post or send my smb.conf file.<br>
<br>
sugumar c wrote:<br>
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cite="mid20051203043622.5614.qmail@web30605.mail.mud.yahoo.com"
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<pre wrap="">hello
How to configer samba PDC server and how to use
LDAP server
pls explan. i am waiting for your replay
bye
sugumar.c
--- Dan Martin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ummar143@cc.umanitoba.ca"><ummar143@cc.umanitoba.ca></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The problem is SE Linux.
I finally found the solution to this problem on
Google by adding more
search terms
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<pre wrap=""><!----><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://readlist.com/lists/redhat.com/fedora-list/14/73268.html">http://readlist.com/lists/redhat.com/fedora-list/14/73268.html</a>
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<pre wrap=""> >>This two services was working OK before
>>my
>>update from FC3
>>
>>I think that it was having something to do with
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<pre wrap="">SE, because to
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<pre wrap=""> >>solution
>>this I had to turn off SE, reboot, then turn on
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<pre wrap="">SE & reboot again,
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<pre wrap=""> >>this
>>(I think) relabeled the entire file system &
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<pre wrap="">after this; no more
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<pre wrap=""> >>problems with the smb & ppp0 services getting
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<pre wrap="">working ok.
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<pre wrap=""> >>
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<pre wrap="">I booted after turning off SE, and it works - after
many frustrating
hours of looking for the problem in Samba.
Dan Martin wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I have been playing with Samba 3 on FC4 for over 3
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<pre wrap="">days now, and it's
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<pre wrap="">starting to get not fun.
Samba appears to be up and running and the network
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<pre wrap="">is functional.
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<pre wrap="">When I browse the network on my Windows machines
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<pre wrap="">(one is Win 2000 pro
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<pre wrap="">the other is NT4) I am prompted for a
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<pre wrap="">username/password, then the
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<pre wrap="">server shows on the network. I can open its
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<pre wrap="">folder, and I can browse
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<pre wrap="">a tmp share inside (path /tmp) subject to the
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<pre wrap="">permissions of the
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<pre wrap="">subfolders.
When I try to access the home folder named "user"
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<pre wrap="">I get the error
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<pre wrap="">\\Linuxserver\user is not accessible. The network
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<pre wrap="">name cannot be found.
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<pre wrap="">It appears that authentication is working, as I
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<pre wrap="">can login at the
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<pre wrap="">prompt, and the subfolder representing the home
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<pre wrap="">directory is named
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<pre wrap="">after the user. Permissions under Linux should
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<pre wrap="">not be an issue, since
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<pre wrap="">I have granted universal access to /home and all
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<pre wrap="">subdirectories. If I
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<pre wrap="">try to browse folders that I do not have access
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<pre wrap="">to, I get a different
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<pre wrap="">error - access denied.
Since the default mapping of the [homes] share did
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<pre wrap="">not seem to work, I
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<pre wrap="">have even tried setting the smb.conf parameter
path=/home/%S
to no avail.
I have tried numerous other things, and a Google
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<pre wrap="">search turned up
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<pre wrap="">dozens of dead ends.
Does anyone have ideas re
1) the above problem
2) how to 'flush the cache' so that I don't have
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<pre wrap="">to log on and off on
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<pre wrap="">Windows every time I try a change in Samba
3) how to determine on the Linux machine which
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<pre wrap="">windows user is
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<pre wrap="">accessing from the network so I can confirm
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<pre wrap="">authentication is correct
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<pre wrap="">(like a 'who' command for Samba)
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<pre wrap="">
--
-Dan
Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon)
GP Hospital Practitioner
Computer Science grad student
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ummar143@cc.umanitoba.ca">ummar143@cc.umanitoba.ca</a>
(204) 831-1746
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-Dan
Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon)
GP Hospital Practitioner
Computer Science grad student
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ummar143@cc.umanitoba.ca">ummar143@cc.umanitoba.ca</a>
(204) 831-1746
answering machine always on
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