Windows 7 and LMDE shares... [SOLVED]

[Kilhd]

Hi,
I have a home network and wish to share directories across multiple operating systems. I have LMDE on my main desktop and windows 7 on my netbook. I have shared a directory from windows 7 and can see it just fine on my mint box. I have shared folder on my mint box (right-click, sharing properties) and in windows 7 I can see the box listed in "network places" but when I try to connect to it, it asks for user and password but I can NOT get the information to work. I have done this in the past with no problem but I can't recall how exactly I did it. I do remember something about windows 7 being the issue. I have changed the following and doesn't work: (local security policy)
1)Network security: LAN Manager authentication level
Send LM & NTLM responses
2)Minimum session security for NTLM SSP
Disable Require 128-bit encryption

Anyone out there have an idea on what to check? I am sure it's some small option I have forgotten. Again I am trying to open a shared folder in windows 7 FROM linux. Any information is gladly appreciated and thanks for reading!

[altair4]

I have shared folder on my mint box (right-click, sharing properties) and in windows 7 I can see the box listed in "network places" but when I try to connect to it, it asks for user and password but I can NOT get the information to work.

Please post the output of the following commands:

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hostname

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testparm -s

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net usershare info --long

[Kilhd]

hostname : mintdeb

testparm -s :
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
[global]
server string = %h server
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword: * %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers



net usershare info --long :
[Folder1]
path=/some/DIR/Here/thats/Shared
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:R,Unix User\root:F,
guest_ok=n

[downloads]
path=/home/user/Downloads
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:R,Unix User\root:F,
guest_ok=n

[Folder2]
path=/another/DIR/Shared
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:R,Unix User\root:F,
guest_ok=n

[altair4]

** Why are you creating all your shares as root? Is it because you get an error message saying you don't have access to /var/lib/samba/usershares? Your smb.conf has usershare parameters missing which is why you can't click on "Guest Access" .

Samba doesn't work out of the box in LMDE so you need to fix things: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=23169&p=315218#p315218

** If you really meant to create shares that require authentication you need to create local users on the server and add them to the samba database?

You need to create a local user to represent the remote user first.

Then you need to add them to samba:

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sudo smbpasswd -a user-name

[Kilhd]

"Why are you creating all your shares as root? Is it because you get an error message saying you don't have access to /var/lib/samba/usershares? " - Yes

Thank you for the information and pointing me in the right direction. I will change all the settings when I return home later tonight and see if I can fix things the way I want. Much appreciated!

[altair4]

After you make the changes you might want to go back into Nautilus as root and "unshare" those folders. If you don't then when you try to share them as a regular user you'll get an error message since they have already been shared by root.

[Kilhd]

Thanks again for the very helpful information. I thought I had done everything listed, guess I missed a step before.