Need help on Samba

[michcfr]

Hello,

I have mounted a USB hard drive (Fat32 format) on my WL500G Deluxe router and followed the excellent Samba Tutorial from MacSat.
From my Windows XP computer I can now browse my share "SambaShare"
But it is impossible to copy files from Windows to Sambashare. The system says "specified network name is not longer available"
It is neither possible to delete or open a file on SambaShare from Windows.

Can you please help me.

Regards

Michel

Information on my configuration:
- I have used the Samba package available at : http://downloads.openwrt.org/backports/rc6/samba-server_2.0.10-2_mipsel.ipk
- I have added root as Samba user: smbpasswd -a root
- mount command says:
/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/mtdblock/4 on /jffs type jffs2 (rw)
/jffs on / type mini_fo (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /opt type vfat (rw)

- /etc/samba/smb.conf is:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = OpenWRT Samba Server
wins support = no
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts hosts bcast
log file = /opt/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
security = share
encrypt passwords = true
obey pam restrictions = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
load printers = no

[SambaShare]
comment = /opt/samba
path = /opt/samba
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
force user = root
force group = root

[macsat]

As it is a FAT32 disk, permissions might be a little odd to set, so try to add this :

Code:

force user = root

to the [global] section

[michcfr]

Thank you macsat for your response.

But the "force user = root" is already in the [SambaShare] section.

Do I have to move it in the [global] section?


Thx
Michel

[michcfr]

I put "force user = root" in the [global] section.
But it still doesn't work ...

Another remark: from Windows side, when I connect to the SambaShare, Windows ask for a password.
I do not enter any password, I just do ENTER. Maybe it's the problem?


Michel

[macsat]

You could try to put in your root password - just as a test.

Under all circumstances I really do advice you to consider to use ext2 or ext3 as filesytem, both for real compatibility and for performance. Last time I checked, ext2 gave me about twice the transfer-rate compared to FAT32 using OpenWrt on a ASUS WL-500G Deluxe.

[michcfr]

Doesn't work! 
I have also done: smbpasswd -a root with the same pwd as the root unix account

[michcfr]

ok, I have reformated the disk as ext2 filesystem and used the smb.conf from the macsat tutorial but...

When I try to copy a file from Windows Explorer to my SambaShare, the file is created but is empty (size = 0)
and the system still says "specified network name is not longer available"


MacSat? please!




workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = OpenWRT Samba Server
wins support = no
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts hosts bcast
log file = /opt/var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
security = share
encrypt passwords = true
obey pam restrictions = yes
guest account = nobody
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
load printers = no

[SambaShare]
comment = /opt/samba
path = /opt/samba
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes

[macsat]

Make sure that samba folder is writeable to the user samba uses. Probably "nobody".

You can do this by making the folder "world writable" :

Code:

chmod -R 777 /opt/samba

[michcfr]

I already did it
I do it again but it doesn't work 

The strange thing is when I try to copy a file from the SambaShare to Windows, i've got the same error message.


I'm desperate

[manoooel]

Hi,

I'm familiar with your problem. I also nearly desperated, but I found a solution:

Don't use the samba-server of the rc6 backports! (# mv samba-server /dev/null/  )
Use the samba package of the rc5 backports instead. That's all.

It works here on the WL-500g Deluxe and Premium with the newest Freifunk-Image wich is based on the OpenWRT rc6.