I'm running XBMCBuntu 12.10 on an HTPC with the server hostname 'SCREEN
', and trying to setup Samba to allow access to a share called 'Movies
' by mapping username/password credentials to a unix user account (I don't want to allow guest access.) The name of the user is 'user
'. I am able to log into the samba server from my Windows 7 PC's via the UNC path \\192.168.1.103
or via \\SCREEN
. I am prompted for the the username and password, and when I enter them, it accepts them. (I set this up via smbusers
, mapping the password via passwd
.) I know the security settings are correct because if I use incorrect credentials at the prompt, it gives me an error.
The problem is that I can't see the shared folder that I have defined in smb.conf. I.e. I just get a blank window in Explorer with no error. And if I try browsing directly to the share via \\192.168.1.103\Movies
, it just says "Windows cannot access \192.168.1.103\Movies - Error code: 0x80070035
The network path was not found.". I have a few other observations that might be relevant:
- The config file in /etc/samba/smb.conf is blank. The one that seems to be applicable is in /usr/share/samba/smb.conf.
sudo testparm -s smb.conf > smb.conf.good
fails with-bash: smb.conf.good: Permission denied
- The /var/log/samba/log.smbd doesn't seem to contain any errors:
[2013/12/20 21:35:28, 0] smbd/server.c:1053(main)
smbd version 3.6.6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
[2013/12/20 21:35:28.852983, 0] smbd/server.c:1109(main)
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
My smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
dns proxy = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
security = user
username map = /usr/share/samba/smbusers
usershare prefix deny list = /
encrypt passwords = no
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
map to guest = bad user
[Movies]
path=/home/user/Movies
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
writeable = yes
valid users = user
The problem is that the config file /etc/samba/smb.conf was blank. I overwrote it with the config file from /usr/share/samba/smb.conf and then restarted Samba:
Now I have a different problem (authentication), but I am going to troubleshoot that one separately, and possibly post a new question.