FC5 SAMBA security=share [homes] problem

[Robert Locke]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 14:38 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:04, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> > Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > However, if I remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd and /etc/samba/smbusers Samba
> > > behaves exactly the same, so I think it's not using these files.
> >
> > Can you do a:
> >
> > testparm -v >/tmp/panic1
> > <press return>
> >
> > fgrep smbpasswd /tmp/panic1
> >
> > What is the owner and permissions on /etc/samba/smbpasswd ?
> >
> 
> [root at larry2 ~]# testparm -v|grep passwd
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
>         smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>         passdb backend = smbpasswd
>         passwd program =
>         passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
>         passwd chat debug = No
>         passwd chat timeout = 2
>         ldap passwd sync = no
> [root at larry2 ~]# ll -d / /etc/ /etc/samba/ /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root  4096 Oct 12 14:17 /
> drwxr-xr-x 94 root root 12288 Oct 12 14:17 /etc/
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 12 14:31 /etc/samba/
> -rw-------  1 root root   421 Oct 12 13:11 /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> [root at larry2 ~]#  
> 
> I've also tried adding the smb passwd file= as suggested by Anna, but that has 
> not made any difference.
> 
> Gary

Shot in the dark, but could SELinux be getting in your way?  The default
targeted policy in FC5 is blocking Samba sharing of home.  Not sure how
to change it at the command line, but if you look in
system-config-securitylevel there is a boolean under Samba that refers
to allowing home directories to be shared.....

--Rob