not able to see Linux partition from Windows using Samba.

this worked for me when I configured samba on freebsd

[global]
domain admin group = root upc9 sheri apc9      #list of users.

# domain admin group defines which windows account has administrative
# privilages. This parameter only takes a list of users.
# it will not understand group names(i.e names beginning with @ )
      
Good luck

I can't seem to find anything in those lines within the conf file.  I'm not sure, but I don't think RH has this type of switch.  Thank you though.

ok, I have made some advancements here. I am now able to connect internally (on the Linux server) to the new share I created and I can resolve it's own WINS name, and I can see the Linux hostname in the Windows enviroment, but I can not see or attach to any shares from Windows.  I am soooo close.  Any help ?!??  thank you.

-Metro

Have you made a entry for the share you want to access in the smb.conf file. If not, try doing it.

here is the syntax

[share]
        path = /share
        comment = Solaris share
        guest ok = Yes
        read only = No

I have the following entry:

[metro]
   comment = Metro's directory
   path = /home/metro/
  guest ok = yes

[documentation]
   path = /home/metro/documentation
   guest ok = yes

ok, Try putting browseable = Yes flag either in the individual share or in the global options.

example
[metro]
  comment = Metro's directory
  path = /home/metro/
 guest ok = yes
 browseable = yes

hope this works :)

sorry, still doesn't work.. I have been told that I have to install SWAT to help with the process? would this mean anything to you?

MetroNY:

if the line domain admin group is not in your global section, u must edit the smb.conf file and put it in yourself otherwise it just wont work!

I tried this also and nothing happens.  , but everything works fine internally. I am able to connect to the shared locally.  Am I missing some services I should be running?

still nothing :(
but here's a dump of the parameters when I run a "testparm"  
is there anything wrong with this outpout?

thank you everyone.

[root@c9910448 sysconfig]# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[metro]"
Processing section "[documentation]"
Loaded services file OK.
WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 8 chars
These may give errors while browsing or may not be accessible
to some older clients
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
 
# Global parameters
[global]
        coding system =
        client code page = 850
        code page directory = /usr/share/samba/codepages
        workgroup = mydomain
        netbios name = C9910448
        netbios aliases =
        netbios scope =
        server string = my house
        interfaces = 10.205.134.1/24
        bind interfaces only = No
        security = SHARE
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        update encrypted = No
        allow trusted domains = Yes
        hosts equiv =
        min passwd length = 5
        map to guest = Never
        null passwords = No
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        password server =
        smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
        root directory =
        pam password change = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
        passwd chat debug = No
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        password level = 0
        username level = 0
        unix password sync = Yes
        restrict anonymous = No
        lanman auth = Yes
        use rhosts = No
        admin log = No
        log level = 0
        syslog = 1
        syslog only = No
        log file = /var/log/samba.log
        max log size = 0
        timestamp logs = Yes
        debug hires timestamp = No
        debug pid = No
        debug uid = No
        protocol = NT1
        large readwrite = Yes
        max protocol = NT1
        min protocol = CORE
        read bmpx = No
        read raw = Yes
        write raw = Yes
        nt smb support = Yes
        nt pipe support = Yes
        nt status support = Yes
        announce version = 4.9
        announce as = NT
        max mux = 50
        max xmit = 16644
        name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
        max ttl = 259200
        max wins ttl = 518400
        min wins ttl = 21600
        time server = No
        unix extensions = No
        change notify timeout = 60
        deadtime = 0
        getwd cache = Yes
        keepalive = 300
        lpq cache time = 10
        max smbd processes = 0
        max disk size = 0
        max open files = 10000
        name cache timeout = 660
        read size = 16384
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        stat cache size = 50
        use mmap = Yes
        total print jobs = 0
        load printers = Yes
        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        disable spoolss = No
        enumports command =
        addprinter command =
        deleteprinter command =
        show add printer wizard = Yes
        os2 driver map =
        strip dot = No
        mangling method = hash
        character set =
        mangled stack = 50
        stat cache = Yes
        domain admin group = root metro
        domain guest group =
        machine password timeout = 604800
        add user script =
        delete user script =
        logon script =
        logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
        logon drive =
        logon home = \\%N\%U
        domain logons = No
        os level = 20
        lm announce = Auto
        lm interval = 60
        preferred master = Auto
        local master = Yes
        domain master = Auto
        browse list = Yes
        enhanced browsing = Yes
        dns proxy = No
        wins proxy = No
        wins server =
        wins support = Yes
        wins hook =
        kernel oplocks = Yes
        lock spin count = 3
        lock spin time = 10
        oplock break wait time = 0
        add share command =
        change share command =
        delete share command =
        config file =
        preload =
        lock dir = /var/cache/samba
        pid directory = /var/run/samba
        utmp directory =
        wtmp directory =
        utmp = No
        default service =
        message command =
        dfree command =
        valid chars =
        remote announce =
        remote browse sync =
        socket address = 0.0.0.0
        homedir map = auto.home
        time offset = 0
        NIS homedir = No
        source environment =
        panic action =
        hide local users = No
        host msdfs = No
        winbind uid =
        winbind gid =
        template homedir = /home/%D/%U
        template shell = /bin/false
        winbind separator = \
        winbind cache time = 15
        winbind enum users = Yes
        winbind enum groups = Yes
        winbind use default domain = No
        comment =
        path =
        alternate permissions = No
        username =
        guest account = nobody
        invalid users =
        valid users =
        admin users =
        read list =
        write list =
        printer admin =
        force user =
        force group =
        read only = Yes
        create mask = 0744
        force create mode = 00
        security mask = 0777
        force security mode = 00
        directory mask = 0755
        force directory mode = 00
        directory security mask = 0777
        force directory security mode = 00
        force unknown acl user = 00
        inherit permissions = No
        inherit acls = No
        guest only = No
        guest ok = No
        only user = No
        hosts allow =
        hosts deny =
        status = Yes
        nt acl support = Yes
        profile acls = No
        block size = 1024
        max connections = 0
        min print space = 0
        strict allocate = No
        strict sync = No
        sync always = No
        write cache size = 0
        max print jobs = 1000
        printable = No
        postscript = No
        printing = cups
        print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
        lpq command = lpq -P%p
        lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
        lppause command =
        lpresume command =
        queuepause command =
        queueresume command =
        printer name =
        use client driver = No
        default devmode = No
        printer driver =
        printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
        printer driver location =
        default case = lower
        case sensitive = No
        preserve case = Yes
        short preserve case = Yes
        mangle case = No
        mangling char = ~
        hide dot files = Yes
        hide unreadable = No
        delete veto files = No
        veto files =
        hide files =
        veto oplock files =
        map system = No
        map hidden = No
        map archive = Yes
        mangled names = Yes
        mangled map =
        browseable = Yes
        blocking locks = Yes
        csc policy = manual
        fake oplocks = No
        locking = Yes
        oplocks = Yes
        level2 oplocks = Yes
        oplock contention limit = 2
        posix locking = Yes
        strict locking = No
        share modes = Yes
        copy =
        include =
        exec =
        preexec close = No
        postexec =
        root preexec =
        root preexec close = No
        root postexec =
        available = Yes
        volume =
        fstype = NTFS
        set directory = No
        wide links = Yes
        follow symlinks = Yes
        dont descend =
        magic script =
        magic output =
        delete readonly = No
        dos filemode = No
        dos filetimes = No
        dos filetime resolution = No
        fake directory create times = No
        vfs object =
        vfs options =
        msdfs root = No
 
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        valid users = %S
        read only = No
        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775
        browseable = No
 
[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        read only = No
        guest ok = Yes
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No
 
[metro]
        comment = Metro's Directory
        path = /home/metro/
        guest ok = Yes
 
[documentation]
        path = /home/metro/documentation
        guest ok = Yes
[root@c9910448 sysconfig]#

If you want the shares to be visible on the network, then you need the server to broadcast them, so use the following in the smb.conf:

        remote announce = 10.205.134.255/mydomain

The shares may actually exist, even though you can't see them by just browsing. Try this from a DOS prompt:

net view \\10.205.134.??/

and see if any of the shares are displayed, otherwise, try:

net use z: \\10.205.134.??/metro

and check whether you can successfully connect to the shares or not?



Next gotcha for Windows 2000 is that encryption MUST be enabled (OK there is a workaround) AND you have to actually create a samba machine account as well as a samba user account for the windows 2000 machine to connect:

This is a special samba account, and if the Win 2000K machine is called mymachine, then you need to create a samba password accound with the name mymachine$, i.e, the name of the win 2K system with the $ sign at the end....After that, things should work. Work through the above, and post the point at which problems occur, then I can help further:)

hTH

Sorry - the special win2K account is if you are wanting the WIn2k to join a samba hosted domain - you can probably ignore it for this.

The encryption part above is true, but without it you would be able to see the machine, you'd just get an "IPC$" error when attempting to access it.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Samba does not check for a WINS address in DHCP.  You have to set it up manually in the config.  Look at the "wins server =" line above.  It should have your WINS server(s) listed there.

Here's a really simple smb.conf to get you working, after which you can modify for you own use.

As a really basic smb.conf replace the global element of your smb.conf..AFTER making a backup:
----------------------8X--------------------------------------------------
[global]
        smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
        remote announce = 10.205.134.255/WG
        printing = lprng
        dns proxy = no
        encrypt passwords = yes
        sync always = yes
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        max log size = 1
        writable = yes
        server string = Samba Server
        workgroup = WG
        comment = File Transfers between PCs
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        netbios name = MYPC
        load printers = yes
        username map = /etc/samba/user.map
        follow symlinks = no


# Support WINS
        wins support = yes
        security = user
        os level = 34

#Share definitions for system follow on from here

----------------------8X--------------------------------------------------
Points to note:

1.  Replace WG, with your workgroup name in the remote announce, and workgroup entries.
2.  wins support is required in order to enable browsing of the shares, although if you know that they are there, you can still connect to them with net use.
3.  os level is a method of forcing the wins negotiation process to give priority to the samba server, and ensures that the samba server gets control, otherwise the wins element will be controlled by one of the XP systems on the network, and that probably isn't what you want.
4. /etc/init.d/smb restart, and then restart the windows system, and everything should be as you require. (Don't forget to add your share definitions to the above:)

wins server command provides a combination of the server name and wins support, and will probably work as well, although I don't use that particular setting.

The above config is from an exact duplicate of the setup that you are using and works fine for me