Samba config

[strampke]

[dingetje]

[Lightning]

I have had some problems myself getting 2.2.8 working on FREESCO dependably. Personally I run Samba 2.2.7a on all of my own systems.

[dingetje]

Just for the record, I'm running 2.2.8

[strampke]

My adventures and I hope others can learn from it.

Ok, I can get a connection from XP (hvdw) to my Freesco Samba server (inet).
When I log in with the name "abcd"and password "efgh" I added to the passwd file access is rejected.
But the user then is changed from "abcd" to hvdw\abcd
log.smbd says
[2009/11/13 23:12:58, 0] smbd/server.c:main(707)
smbd version 2.2.7a started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002
[2009/11/13 23:12:58, 1] lib/debug.c:debug_message(258)
INFO: Debug class all level = 1 (pid 2869 from pid 2869)

samba.hvdw says
[2009/11/13 23:24:01, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1369)
unable to open passdb database.
[2009/11/13 23:24:01, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(545)
Couldn't find user 'abcd' in passdb.
[2009/11/13 23:24:01, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1369)
unable to open passdb database.
[2009/11/13 23:24:01, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(545)
Couldn't find user 'abcd' in passdb.
[2009/11/13 23:24:01, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1001)
Rejecting user 'test': authentication failed

Then I created a smbpasswd file with user "abcd"
GOTCHA!!!!

Next thing to figure out is why in XP explorer my XP clients have disappeared and only my Freesco Samba share is present.

Next step was installing 2.2.8 and it works too.
But now I have to find out why I can gain access without even being prompted for name and password.

The main secret to everything is this:
- Goto smb.conf
- delete or comment the line # smb passwd file = /bin/passwd
- go to /boot/pkg/usr/local/samba/bin
- create a password file with smbpasswd -a abcd , where abcd is your new user
- rc_samba restart and you're done

[dilberts_left_nut]

SWAT helps a lot for setting sensible defaults and managing shares & users.
I think your vanished workgroup will be to do with master browser elections and/or WINS server setting.

[strampke]

From what I've read in this forum Freesco's Samba isn't quite swift.

@work I have an P4 3200 XP pro computer which hosts my files for a Btrieve database which is ised by 5 clients.
A new software updat has slowed down the program significantly (very much so)
Now I try to enhance the system and first thought was to replace the Freesco box with separate file server with a Freeco box with built-in Samba server.
I now doubt if this is the right choice having seen comments of Freesco-Samba being relatively slow. (as far as it is not dependent from the computer P4-3200)

The other choice could be to set up a CentOS server on an AMD 64 3200+

Can you advise me on what choice to make.

Besides: What is the max capacity Freesco can handle for a hd nowadays?

[Lightning]