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I've got Fedora 16 running Apache, PHP & MySQL. I want to do 2 things:

1. Share a directory within the www directory over Samba
2. Use CMS systems that have automatic install/configure scripts

I've successfully gotten apache running & serving up webpages while still sharing the www directory over samba on a previous machine running the exact same version of Fedora, but this machine seems to be very stubborn. I had an issue sharing a different directory over Samba and figured out it was an SElinux issue. I had to change the SElinux label to "samba_share_t" in order to get that share to work. But the SElinux context for the www directory and subsequent directories is "read all http scripts and the daemon" so I'm pretty sure if I change that to the Samba Share, http will no longer work properly.

So without the samba share working (and without FTP running) I'm having to place the files on the server through the physical box itself. As my local user I created a directory in www and placed files for a CMS system in there using fedora's file manager no problems. However when I go to run the install script for the CMS in the browser, I get errors saying "cannot create file, check permissions". The first was a CMS I had never used before so I figured it might be an issue with the CMS, however I tried installing another CMS and I get a similar error.

With both tries I manually set the permissions for the www directory and all files enclosed all the way up 777, and set the owner to my own user (instead of root). Everything else required by the CMS (Apache, MySQL, PHP) is running fine and combined with the error I get when trying to access my /var/www samba share "You do not have permission to access \SERVER\share" I'm going with it's a permissions issue. What I don't understand is how I can still have a permissions issue when I've chmod'd the directory recursively all the way to 777?

I'm having trouble getting samba sharing working to access shares.

I have setup a stand-alone box running Fedora 16 to use as a file-sharing and web development server. It needs to be able to share files with a Windows 7 PC and a Mac running OSX Snow Leopard.

I've setup Samba using the Samba configuration GUI tool on Fedora. Added users to Fedora and connected them as Samba users (which are the same as the Windows and Mac usernames and passwords). The workgroup name is the same as the Windows workgroup. Authentication is set to User. I've allowed Samba and Samba client through the firewall and set the ethernet to a trusted port in the firewall.

Both the Windows and Mac machines can connect to the server and view the shares, however when trying to access the shares, Windows throws error:

0x80070035 " Windows cannot access \\SERVERNAME\ShareName." 

Windows user is not prompted for a username or password when accessing the server (found under "Network Places"). This also happens when connecting with the IP rather than the server name.

The Mac can also connect to the server and see the shares but when choosing a share gives the error:

The original item for ShareName cannot be found.

When connecting via IP, the Mac user is prompted for username and password, which when authenticated gives a list of shares, however when choosing a share to connect to, the error is displayed and the user cannot access the share.

Since both machines are acting similarly when trying to access the shares, I assume it is an issue with how Samba is configured.

smb.conf:

[global]

    workgroup = workgroup
    server string = Server
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 50
    security = user
    load printers = yes
    cups options = raw
    printcap name = lpstat
    printing = cups


[homes]
    comment = Home Directories
    browseable = no
    writable = yes


[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    browseable = yes
    printable = yes

[FileServ]
    comment = FileShare
    path = /media/FileServ
    read only = no
    browseable = yes
    valid users = user1, user2

[webdev]
    comment = Web development
    path = /var/www/html/webdev
    read only = no
    browseable = yes
    valid users = user1

How do I get samba sharing working?

UPDATE: I Figured it out, it was because I was sharing a second hard drive. See checked answer below.

Speculation 1: Before this box I had another box with the same version of fedora installed (16) and samba working for these same computers. I started up the old machine and copied the smb.conf file from the old machine to the new one (editing the share definitions for the new shares of course) and I still get the same errors on both client machines. The only difference in environment is the hardware and the router. On the old machine the router received a dynamic public IP and assigned dynamic private IPs to each device on the network while the new machine is connected to a router that has a static public IP (still dynamic internal IPs though.) Could either one of these be affecting Samba?

Speculation 2: As the directory I am trying to share is actually an entire internal disk, I have tried these things:

1.) changing the owner of the mounted disk from root to my user (which is the same username as on the Windows machine)

2.) made a share that only included one of the folders on the disk instead of the entire disk with my user again as the owner.

Both tests failed giving me the same errors regarding the network address.

Speculation 3: Whenever I try to connect to the share on the Windows 7 client I am prompted for my username and password. When I enter the correct credentials I get an access denied message. However I did notice that under the login box "domain: WINDOWS-PC-NAME" is listed. I believe this could very well be the problem.

Speculation 4: So I've completely reinstalled Fedora and Samba now. I've created a share on the first harddrive (one fedora is installed on) and I can access that fine from Windows. However when I try to share any data on the second disk, I am receiving the same error. This I believe is the problem. I think I need to change some things in fstab or fdisk or something.

Speculation 5: So in fstab I mapped the drive to automount in a folder which works correctly. I also added the samba_share_t SElinux label to the mountpoint directory which now allows me to access the shares on the Windows machine, however I cannot see any of the files in the directory on the windows machine. (They are there, I can see them in the fedora file browser locally)

I've been trying to setup a LAMP stack to use as a web development server and it's proving to be very frustrating for a novice like myself.

On a Fedora 16 machine, I've got Apache, MySQL, PHP, cURL, & Bind DNS installed and configured (though probably not quite correctly.) I've managed to get my CMS installed and working for a test site. That tells me Apache, PHP, & MySQL are working correctly.

However I'm running into a problem where the CMS used cURL to access an update server to do automatic updates as well as some other things (auto-installing add-ons.) WHen I try to enable this, I get an error that tells me to check that my server is running cURL (phpinfo tells me it is) and that allow_url_fopen is set to "On" (also true) and otherwise check with my web host to make sure outgoing connections for cURL are allowed.

Since I am the web host, I cannot seem to find the port I need to open up or settings I need to adjust to allow outgoing connections or even how to check what the current settings are. How do I check/allow outgoing connections for cURL?

I see there are many related questions to this one, however the answers given seem to be a little vague for a novice like me.

I've got a dedicated LAMP stack running Fedora 16 locally on my home network. Everything works fine internally. I can access the Apache server from other machines on the network using the internal IP in a browser. I'm using the stack for a local file server as well as a development environment for websites. There are a couple of reasons why I would like the development sites hosted on the machine to be available publicly.

1.) I use a CMS that has paid add-ons which allows you to assign the paid license to a domain. I can't develop with paid add-ons on the closed dev server.

2.) I would occasionally like for clients to be able to view the site dev at late stages before it goes live.

I have a domain (foo.com, and I want to point a ***sub***domain (dev.foo.com) to the local server. I know this is best accomplished with a Static IP, however my IP from my ISP is Dynamic and I don't think there is any way to change that.

From what I have read, services like ZoneEdit & DynDNS are supposed to be able to accomplish this, but I have tried both and found it very confusing.

Also the server is behind a router and I have also read that you need to set up DDNS(?) in your router, that many routers have presets for these services, and I've found that DynDNS is the only one my router seems to support.