FC5 SAMBA security=share [homes] problem
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Thu Oct 12 21:23:40 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 15:10 -0400, Robert Locke wrote:
> 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.....
That would be:
# setsebool -P samba_enable_home_dirs 1
See "man samba_selinux"
Paul.
>
> --Rob
>
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