Ok. did a testparm... below is my output. looks like ive got an issue in my security area? Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security' Processing section "[printers]" NOTE: Service printers is flagged unavailable. Processing section "[print$]" Processing section "[lspace]" Global parameter guest account found in service section! Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = RIMFALL netbios aliases = ook server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) server role = standalone server map to guest = Bad User obey pam restrictions = Yes pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . unix password sync = Yes syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 load printers = No preferred master = Yes dns proxy = No wins support = Yes default service = lspace usershare allow guests = Yes panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d idmap config * : backend = tdb [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 printable = Yes print ok = Yes browseable = No available = No [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/printers [lspace] comment = Lspace media share path = /media/data valid users = david, steff, tracey, smbguest, @sambashare read list = smbguest write list = david, steff, tracey force group = sambashare read only = No On 28 January 2015 at 21:53, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo(a)geek-central.gen.nz> wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:31:20 +1300, David Nicholls wrote:
[global] workgroup = RIMFALL
Just a guess, don’t I recall that the workgroup has to be called “WORKGROUP” if you’re not running actual domain controllers?
Also, may be worth trying the testparm(1) command to dump out what SAMBA really thinks your configuration looks like. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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