On 9 February 2012 12:09, JR van Rensburg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 12:02 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> Just realised - my nfs mounts are fine, but this is my first attempt
>> to mount with samba - so that's where I need to check next.
>>
> Samba has its own username/password list, unless you set it all up to
> use ldap logins.
>

Yes.  I've set up samba several times before, but infrequently.  It's
~5 years since I did it last, so I've probably forgotten something
vital.  I definitely have authentication problems.  I've checked that
my unix users are properly converted to samba users, and that their
passwords are known by samba.

testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[Data 1]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
        workgroup = XXXX.LAN
        netbios aliases = borg
        server string = Samba Server Version %v
        interfaces = lo, eth0, 192.168.0./24, 127.0.0./8
        smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 50
        path = /Data1
        force group = users
        cups options = raw

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No

[Data 1]
        comment = main Data repository
        read only = No

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

The log file shows

[2012/02/09 13:53:40.839234,  0] lib/util_sock.c:474(read_fd_with_timeout)
[2012/02/09 13:53:40.839355,  0] lib/util_sock.c:1441(get_peer_addr_internal)
  getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
  read_fd_with_timeout: client 0.0.0.0 read error = Connection reset by peer.

I don't understand those entries - can you please explain?  And do you
see other problems?

Anne