Samba what am I doing wrong?

BigBoy · 15 Apr 2018 at 02:29

I have a Hyper-V Debian server running my pihole and want to make better use of the server, so I decided to see how well I could share from and to it, so following This guide I installed samba and set it up exactly as per the guide but I get the following error when I do /etc/init.d/samba status

Any Idea what I've done wrong or what I need to change?

Thanks.

memyselfandi · 15 Apr 2018 at 11:02

No because you have no meaningful error messages there other than that the NMBD and SMBD processes haven't started (I would also note that from the messages the system appears to be using systemd so I am surprised you are using init scripts to start the service).

Try running the two commands it mentions on the third line (starting "See") as well as posting your smb.conf file.

pete910 · 15 Apr 2018 at 11:27

Use systemctl for services ect. You can end up with some weird issues when mixing both

Code:

systemctl status nmbd.service
systemctl status smbd.service
journalctl -u nmbd.service
journalctl -u smbd.service

May shine more light on why it's failing

Run testparm to check syntax ect of your smb.conf file too, may have errors.

Sp00n · 17 Apr 2018 at 09:19

testparm smb.conf is your friend, if that doesn't throw up anything, check the logs.

BigBoy · 17 Apr 2018 at 09:45

The SMB.conf is fine checked before starting services and it's all good, started the services independently and they work as they should, but I still cannot access the share, will post my conf in a sec.

pete910 · 17 Apr 2018 at 11:02

BigBoy said:
but I still cannot access the share

Check the perms/owner of the folder , if not set correctly it will prevent access

Sp00n · 17 Apr 2018 at 17:15

What's in the logs?

BigBoy · 17 Apr 2018 at 21:43

smb.conf is as follows

Code:

[global]
workgroup = REGIMENT
server role = standalone server

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browsable = yes
writable = yes

[public]
path = /media/storage/
public = yes
writable = yes
comment = Linux Share
printable = no
only guest = yes

Permissions for /media/storage/ are 777

BigBoy · 17 Apr 2018 at 21:51

BigBoy · 17 Apr 2018 at 22:04

If i try accessing the share from another machine this is what I get

I cannot even mount it within the VM

memyselfandi · 18 Apr 2018 at 08:22

Have you tried commenting the idmap line given that your share settings allow for guest access so you shouldn't need to authenticate so it shouldn't be needed?

You also might want to add some logging lines to the global section to see if any more information is given out

Code:

   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   log level = 3

Buffalo2102 · 18 Apr 2018 at 08:43

Who is the owner of /media/storage?

BigBoy · 18 Apr 2018 at 11:10

Will add the log lines later,

/media/storage was created by user with sudo permissions, then chmod 777 on the folder.

Buffalo2102 · 18 Apr 2018 at 11:19

Do you want to use authentication for the share or just access it freely? I'm not an expert by any means but if you just want open access I think you will need to change the owner of the folder too. I believe that Windows uses nobody:nogroup.

Buffalo2102 · 18 Apr 2018 at 11:23

On my share I have the following:

[storage]
path = /storage
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
force user = raymond
force group = raymond

The shared folder is /storage (obviously) it's owner is raymond:raymond and permissions are 777.

This requires that I enter the credentials for raymond the first time I access the share from Windows but everything just works after that.

BigBoy · 18 Apr 2018 at 11:44

The log file line errors when I testparm

BigBoy · 18 Apr 2018 at 11:45

Buffalo2102 said:
On my share I have the following:

[storage]
path = /storage
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
force user = raymond
force group = raymond

The shared folder is /storage (obviously) it's owner is raymond:raymond and permissions are 777.

This requires that I enter the credentials for raymond the first time I access the share from Windows but everything just works after that.

Thanks will try similar conf later off to work now.

BigBoy · 19 Apr 2018 at 00:32

Ok so I removed samba and reinstalled via apt-get and built a new conf using the advice here and it works straight away! dunno what was going on before tbh, just need a cron now to activate samba every time it boots.

Buffalo2102 · 19 Apr 2018 at 07:29

If you installed via apt, you shouldn't need a cron. It should already be enabled in systemd -
sudo systemctl status smbd
sudo systemctl status nmbd

If they aren't enabled then -
sudo systemctl enable smbd
sudo systemctl enable nmbd

Then reboot and samba should be running.

PaulCa · 4 May 2018 at 13:52

BigBoy said:
then chmod 777 on the folder.

No, no, no, no.

Nor this:
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

It's lazy, dumb and insecure.

775, mask 775 is what you want. Really it should be 664 for files, 775 for directories. Not making files world executable is exactly how Linux has avoid viruses for so many years.