[brlug-general] Help my Ubuntu LAMP server with FTP and Samba

Fri Nov 10 20:33:13 CST 2006

Yes. Anytime you make a change to smb.conf, you have to restart the service, as that configuration file is read when samba starts. That same procedure to most of the configuration files in /etc.

Anybody which services don't need restarting when a change is made to a configuration file somewhere under /etc?

John Hebert

----- Original Message ----
From: Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com>
To: general at brlug.net
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 5:22:12 PM
Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Help my Ubuntu LAMP server with FTP and Samba

I can't believe I didn't read the beginning of the file... I was a bit
confused by the double-character commenting scheme, but it makes sense
to me now.

I don't have vpn access at work, so I'll have to wait to test any of
the settings until Monday. Some of those things i _did_ uncomment,
with no effect. Unless... do I have to restart samba to reload the
smb.conf? Well, of course I do, silly me.

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart should do the trick, right?

On 11/10/06, John Hebert <johnahebert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> There is one thing you will learn about Linux: always read the docs, etc. ;)
>
> # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
> # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
> # for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you
> # may wish to enable
>
> ...
>
> ;[homes]
> ;   comment = Home Directories
> ;   browseable = yes
> ...
> ;   valid users = %S
> ...
> ;   writable = yes
>
> Take out the semi-colons and try again. There are lots of other settings you can enable in that file.
>
> Good luck!
>
> John Hebert
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com>
> To: general at brlug.net
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:31:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Help my Ubuntu LAMP server with FTP and Samba
>
> I'm good for tools... I've been using PuTTY from the get-go for SSH,
> and I've been using WinSCP for SFTP today. I wish I had known about
> that before...
>
> I'm attaching my smb.conf. Like I said, I got the configuration
> instructions from some site, so I don't really know what I did...
>
> On 11/10/06, John Hebert <johnahebert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Good point, Petri.
> >
> > Another great little set of SSH tools is Putty:
> > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
> >
> > It provides the psftp.exe and pscp.exe command line tools, as well as a nice little GUI SSH client. They do a great job, are small and require no install.
> >
> > John Hebert
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Petri Laihonen <pietu at weblizards.net>
> > To: general at brlug.net
> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:45:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Help my Ubuntu LAMP server with FTP and Samba
> >
> > There is no need to install cygwin in order to get unix tools in windows.
> > There are several packages of most needed ones ported to winblows.
> >
> > here is one package.
> > http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > www.sysinternals.com had a very good collection of unix tools. However
> > it seems like they are not as easy to get anymore as microsoft bought
> > the company and spread the collection into multiple single programs.
> > (not convenient to acquire anymore....)
> >
> > Petri
> >
> > John Hebert wrote:
> > > You can also install CygWin (http://www.cygwin.com) to get Unix tools on Windows.
> > >
> > > Send us your smb.conf if it is not too big so we can take a look at it.
> > >
> > > John Hebert
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com>
> > > To: Joe Fruchey <general at brlug.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:45:49 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Help my Ubuntu LAMP server with FTP and Samba
> > >
> > > That's it.
> > >
> > > If you are using Windows at home use WinSCP. Otherwise, use scp or
> > > sftp from the Linux or UNIX command-line.
> > >
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> > >
> > > Friday, November 10, 2006, 8:22:17 AM, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Sorry...
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >> I *did* create a samba user, and I can log in with those credentials,
> > >> I just don't see any shares after doing so.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >> As for ftp, sftp sounds like the way to go. I have ssh running on the
> > >> server, and I can login with it from home... what more do I need for
> > >> sftp?
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On 11/9/06, John Hebert <johnahebert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Joe,
> > >>>
> > >>> I think you are leaving out a few important details.
> > >>>
> > >>> First, I assume you mean you have a Linux server at work, correct? And that you also have a Windows XP workstation at work that you use to connect to your Linux server at work. Do you have Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home. They are different.
> > >>>
> > >>> Finally, you want to get to your Linux server from a PC at your home.
> > >>>
> > >>> Is this all correct?
> > >>>
> > >>> If this is true, then you also need to tell us if you are using a router/firewall in between your work and home computers and your respective Internet connections at each location. If not, you should be.
> > >>>
> > >>> I don't recommend that you use FTP over the Internet, as FTP sends passwords in clear text and can be intercepted. It is more secure to use SFTP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol).
> > >>>
> > >>> Also, concerning your Samba configuration; you probably just need to create the Samba accounts. Samba has its own password database in addition to your local server password database.
> > >>>
> > >>> Do this:
> > >>> 'smbpasswd -a username' where username is your Linux username and is also the same username on your Windows XP workstation. You may need to create a new user on your Linux server to match your Windows XP box. Make sure the passwords match exactly.
> > >>>
> > >>> Then, restart samba, and try accessing your Linux server from your Windows XP box again.
> > >>>
> > >>> Good luck!
> > >>>
> > >>> John Hebert
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ----- Original Message ----
> > >>> From: Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com>
> > >>> To: general at brlug.net
> > >>> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2006 9:14:47 PM
> > >>> Subject: [brlug-general] Help my Ubuntu LAMP server with FTP and Samba
> > >>>
> > >>> okay, I've done the following...
> > >>>
> > >>> aptitude install samba smbfs proftpd
> > >>>
> > >>> I edited the smb.conf like some site told me to to allow access to my
> > >>> home dir, but it didn't work. If I type \\wiki from my XP box at work,
> > >>> I get a login prompt, I log in, but all I see is a 'Printers and
> > >>> Faxes' share. What gives?
> > >>>
> > >>> And while Samba is great for at work, I'd like ftp for when I'm at
> > >>> home. What more do I have to do with proftpd beyond the install? If I
> > >>> try to ftp from work, I get an 'unknown error,' and from home, I
> > >>> get...
> > >>>
> > >>> Connected to wiki.lafourche.k12.la.us.
> > >>> Connection closed by remote host.
> > >>>
> > >>> Any thoughts?
> > >>>
> > >>> Joe
> > >>>
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