I'm trying to use Samba to share files between Windows XP and Ubuntu.
I edited the smb.conf and added the workgroup name and netbios name. This is the part that has problems:
[Myshare]
comment = Myshare
path = /myshare
read only = no
guest ok = yes
When I do sudo samba restart
I get the following output:
Unknown parameter encountered: "max log size"
Ignoring unknown parameter "max log size"
Unknown parameter encountered: "syslog"
Ignoring unknown parameter "syslog"
Unknown parameter encountered: "passdb backend"
Ignoring unknown parameter "passdb backend"
Unknown parameter encountered: "unix password sync"
Ignoring unknown parameter "unix password sync"
Unknown parameter encountered: "passwd program"
Ignoring unknown parameter "passwd program"
Unknown parameter encountered: "pam password change"
Ignoring unknown parameter "pam password change"
Unknown parameter encountered: "map to guest"
Ignoring unknown parameter "map to guest"
Unknown parameter encountered: "usershare allow guests"
Ignoring unknown parameter "usershare allow guests"
Unknown parameter encountered: "read_only"
Ignoring unknown parameter "read_only"
Unknown parameter encountered: "guest_ok"
Ignoring unknown parameter "guest_ok"
Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
From my Windows XP machine, I can see the share, but when I try to access it, it says it's not available and I might not have permission to use it. I already changed the permissions of the directory.
When I installed samba, I did sudo apt-get install samba4
I think these problems might be because I'm using a newer version of samba and it doesn't recognize the old syntax from the smb.conf file.
When I try to run smbpasswd it says cli_pipe_validate_current_pdu: RPC fault code DCERPC_FAULT_OP_RNG_ERROR received from host 127.0.0.1! machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : NT code 0x1c010002.
Best Answer
That's really quite interesting. I'm using a lot of the same configuration options for my Samba34.
That being said, hit up
man 5 smb.conf
- this will list all the acceptable clauses you can use. Don't forget, also, to make sure each thing is in the correct section. For example, don't haveserver string = UBUNTU
under [Myshare]. By convention, each section should start with a lower case letter. I'd expect Samba to be a little bit more robust, but perhaps it isn't being recognised as a share?Also, I don't believe
read_only
andguest_ok
are valid entries. The rest of them are valid, so they're most likely not being recognised as applying to any share; they're sitting loose and are hence being ignored.Start with a light configuration and slowly work your way up. Comment out lines with
#
and add them back until you find out what's doing it. I don't think[Myshare]
is the bit with the issues; I think you've used[global]
-only fields under different shares or something like that. The man page should explain where each can be used.