We need Samba for the Token Windows Laptop and the CNC box on the milling machine which also runs TurboTax during that season of the year. Despite having done this many times before, it never works right until, suddenly, without warning, everything works. It’s a permission thing, I think.
To get SWAT running, check there, which boils down to:
- sudo chmod g+w /etc/samba/smb.conf
- sudo chgrp adm /etc/samba/smb.conf
Put this in /etc/xinetd.d/swat:
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service swat
{
port = 901
socket_type = stream
wait = no
### only_from = localhost
user = <<your adm-enabled userid>>
server = /usr/sbin/swat
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
}
Then use sudo smbpasswd -a -e <> to set up the allowed users and get their passwords aligned. I use the same userids and paswords on all the boxes, which is terrible security.
Whenever you change anything, use sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart to make sure Samba gets the message.
Use SWAT to set up all the shares. This is what the config file looked like after the damn thing finally started working:
# Samba config file created using SWAT ... snippage ... [global] workgroup = whatever-you-use server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) map to guest = Bad User obey pam restrictions = Yes passdb backend = tdbsam pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . unix password sync = Yes syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 dns proxy = No usershare allow guests = No panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 browseable = Yes printable = Yes writeable = Yes [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/printers [Bulkdata] comment = Assorted useful files path = /mnt/bulkdata read only = No ... likewise for other file shares ...
Actually, you don’t have to share the printers with Samba. Better to use CUPs directly. Just tell Windows to “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network”, then fill in something like:
http://oyster:631/printers/R380_TP
And that’ll work even better.
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