[HowTo] Install and Configure a WORKING Samba (Vista included)

**MvAngel** · 21-12-2007, 20:42

I have the following problem. I have installed the new samba as per the tutorials, but my smbd process doens start with the options as per /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

143 admin 408 S /opt/sbin/cron
148 admin 732 S dropbear
149 admin 576 S -sh
184 admin 732 S dropbear
185 admin 576 S -sh
189 admin 328 S tail -f /opt/var/log/smbd.log
264 admin 1392 S /opt/sbin/nmbd -D -n homesweethome2 -o -l /tmp -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf
275 admin 2072 S [smbd]
276 admin 2008 S [smbd]
283 admin 720 S dropbear
284 admin 556 S -sh
288 admin 404 R ps

in the /opt/var/log/smbd.log I can see the following:

[2007/12/21 20:04:53, 0] source/auth/auth_util.c:get_root_nt_token(501)
get_root_nt_token: getpwnam"root") failed!
[2007/12/21 20:04:53, 0] source/auth/auth_util.c:get_root_nt_token(501)
get_root_nt_token: getpwnam"root") failed!
[2007/12/21 20:04:53, 0] source/services/services_db.c:svcctl_init_keys(420)
svcctl_init_keys: key lookup failed! (WERR_ACCESS_DENIED)

does anybody have any ideas?

thanks

**Arise** · 21-01-2008, 19:57

Delete that log and try again... does the same errors appear again?

What user do you have on the router? admin or root?

**calebz** · 22-01-2008, 15:27

Hello

For kamikaze you need to make a little different startup script.
Im not a expert so correct the script if I got something wrong but it works for me.

#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common

START=50
STOP=50

start()
{
echo -n "Starting samba "
/opt/sbin/nmbd -D
/opt/sbin/smbd -D
echo "Done."
}
stop()
{
echo -n "Stopping samba: "
killall smbd
killall nmbd
echo "Done."
}
restart()
{
stop
sleep 2
start
}

Also you need to put it into /etc/init.d or /opt/etc/init.d/ and ofcouse enable it with : '/etc/init.d/scriptname enable. Then it goes to rc.d as SXXsamba.

Also remember about putting the START value to your specific config if your share is on usbhdd
Example: If your hdd mount is START=55 then samba value for START must be >55. Maybe it would work if you set below but why try :P

**piezomotor** · 24-01-2008, 12:57

Hi, I just upgraded samba as per this info below, but I can not access (I can see them) all these folders, it would not let me from Windows.

here is my config:

Code:

Êîä:
[global]
workgroup = HOME
guest account = nobody
security = share
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = no
log level = 0
log file = /opt/logs/smbd.log
max log size = 100
encrypt passwords = yes
dns proxy = no
netbios name = WL500gP
server string = ASUS WL500g Premium
socket options = WL500g Premium 

[share$]
path=/opr/share
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes


[harddisk$]
path=/opt/harddisk
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes

[www]
path=/tmp/harddisk/www
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes

[ftp_pvt]
path=/tmp/harddisk/ftp_pvt
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes


[ftp_pub]
path=/tmp/harddisk/ftp_pub
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes


[logs]
path=/opt/logs
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes

Any idea why?

Thanks.

**wengi** · 24-01-2008, 15:23

Code:

guest account = nobody

you should use an account that has access to the files.
nobody is not a good choice.
try admin if you do not have any security worries.

wengi

**calebz** · 24-01-2008, 16:03

Originally Posted by piezomotor

Hi, I just upgraded samba as per this info below, but I can not access (I can see them) all these folders, it would not let me from Windows.
Thanks.

chmod 777 /foldername for each shared directory.

**flogged11** · 30-01-2008, 02:39

Followed all the steps. Tried it in firmware xxx - 7g and xxx - 8, with a number of things that I thought might help, but no luck. It seems that any (all) the newly created files in the /opt/sbin dir are 'not found'??

Any ideas?

output:

/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: 21: /opt/sbin/nmbd: not found
Starting smbd:
/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: 23: /opt/sbin/smbd: not found

ls-l /opt/sbin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 7696 Jan 30 02:03 accept
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 8072 Jan 24 13:16 cupsaddsmb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 7876 Jan 24 13:16 cupsctl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 404272 Jan 24 13:16 cupsd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 6 Jan 30 02:03 cupsdisable
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 6 Jan 30 02:03 cupsenable -
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 32272 Jan 24 13:16 cupsfilter
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 24064 Jan 24 13:16 lpadmin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 8756 Jan 24 13:16 lpc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 8044 Jan 24 13:16 lpinfo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 7096 Jan 24 13:16 lpmove
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 26956 Jan 25 07:59 mount.cifs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 17 Jan 30 02:05 mount.smbfs
smbmount
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 1307664 Jan 25 07:59 nmbd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 6 Jan 30 02:03 reject -> ac
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 4555052 Jan 25 07:59 smbd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 2680364 Jan 25 07:59 swat

**piezomotor** · 31-01-2008, 01:20

Originally Posted by wengi

Code:

guest account = nobody

Thanks, it works, now I have connected NTFS 1TB HD to my WL500gP via usb hub it was identified as

/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1

It works for me fine, but it loos like long file names are not supported?

ashwin~1 cowboy~1 t sleepy~1 wd_mac~1
docume~1

Any idea how this can be fixed?

Thanks.

**TBS** · 13-12-2008, 21:03

Hi!

Originally Posted by flogged11

Followed all the steps. Tried it in firmware xxx - 7g and xxx - 8, with a number of things that I thought might help, but no luck. It seems that any (all) the newly created files in the /opt/sbin dir are 'not found'??

output:

/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: 21: /opt/sbin/nmbd: not found
Starting smbd:
/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba: 23: /opt/sbin/smbd: not found

Just as I had the same problem and didn't find an answer anywhere:
I installed uclibc-opt, and everything now works like a charm.

- TBS

**bodvar** · 11-02-2009, 19:22

Hi,

I can not start S08samba at all. I try

./S08samba

and it says "starting samba" and "starting nmbd" but it doesn't appear in list when I type ps.

Is it possible that its not enough mamory?

**wirespot** · 12-02-2009, 07:19

It would show up as "[smbd]", you sure it's not there?

You can also check by running `netstat -tln`, it should show something listening to port 139, like this:

Code:

tcp        0      0 192.168.123.254:139     0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN

If it's really not starting then look in /opt/var/log/samba, there are some log files there. Check at the end of them, there might be a clue of what's going on.

Why do you worry about memory, you doing anything to consume a lot of it? Like running lots of other big programs? Usually Samba should work without a problem.

**audiophil** · 29-10-2009, 10:02

How do you make this work with logons?
I want to password protect my share since I'm on a shared WLAN. Haven't been able to logon from my Win7 box. Applied all of the registry hacks here, and elsewhere...

How does your smb.conf look like for successful login-support? Do you use ./smbpasswd?

**wirespot** · 29-10-2009, 18:20

Here's a working /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf. I'm assuming you have an USD HDD or flash stick mounted at /opt and an extended system installed there.

This smb.conf will let you share a certain directory with a user and password set in /opt/etc/samba/smbpasswd with the smbpasswd command-line util. Adjust the "hosts allow" and "socket address" to match your LAN configuration. The first says which IP's are allowed to connect and the second what IP to listen on (the router LAN IP).

Code:

[global]
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   server string = Samba Optware Server
   hosts allow = 192.168.123.
   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   load printers = no
   log file = /opt/var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 50
   security = share
   encrypt passwords = yes
   smb passwd file = /opt/etc/samba/smbpasswd
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   interfaces = br0
   socket address = 192.168.123.254
   dns proxy = no 
preserve case = yes
   
[files]
   comment = Files
   path = /opt/files
   valid users = smbuser
   public = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no
   create mask = 0660
   directory mask = 6770

To mount the share, I do this (from Linux):

Code:

smbmount //192.168.123.254/files ~/router/ \
-o credentials=~/.samba/auth,dom=WORKGROUP,\
uid=localuser,gid=localgroup,\
file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770

~/.samba/auth holds the user and password which you have set with smbpasswd on the router, in the following format (so I don't have to type it manually):

Code:

username=smbuser
password=smbpass

Take care to chmod 600 ~/.samba/auth.

**duvik** · 02-06-2013, 20:58

I have Asus Wl-500gp router with Samba 2 built in the firmware (Oleg version WL500gp-1.9.2.7-10). This Samba was working well. The installation of Samba 3.6

Code:

ipkg install samba36

was without problems and smbd and nmbd are automatically started after reboot:

Code:

  151 admin      1976 S   /opt/sbin/nmbd -D
  153 admin      3600 S   /opt/sbin/smbd -D
  165 admin      3480 S   /opt/sbin/smbd -D

Here is also the log from /opt/var/samba/log.nmbd file after rebooting the router:

Code:

[2013/06/01 13:23:09,  0] nmbd/nmbd.c:861(main)
  nmbd version 3.6.15 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
[2013/06/01 13:23:09,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated
[2013/06/01 13:23:09,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated

and log.smbd file:

Code:

[2013/06/01 13:23:10,  0] smbd/server.c:1072(main)
  smbd version 3.6.15 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
[2013/06/01 13:23:10,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated
[2013/06/01 13:23:10.290456,  1] param/loadparm.c:9670(lp_load_ex)
  WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated

I also tried the option

Code:

security = user

to suppress the warning message but the result was the same - in Windows XP or 7 no connection to Samba share is established. The same connection which was working with Samba 2.
Here is my smb.conf file:

Code:

[global]
        workgroup = WORKGROUP
        guest account = admin
        security = share
        map to guest = Bad User
        browseable = yes
        guest ok = yes
        guest only = yes
        log level = 1
        max log size = 100
        encrypt passwords = no
        preserve case = yes
        short preserve case = yes
        dns proxy = no
        netbios name = ASUS_SAMBA
        server string = Asus WL-500W
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_SNDBUF=8192
        bind interfaces only = yes
        interfaces = 192.168.1.2/24
        hosts allow = 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0
        printcap name = /dev/null
        load printers = no
        printing = bsd

[z]
        path = /tmp/mnt/disc1_3
        writeable = yes
        browseable = yes
        force user = admin

Would you have an idea why it is not working? What can I try or check? I have no more ideas.

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