Cannot access linuxmce samba shares from XP machines.

[lightman]

Hello.
I have been reading all I could find about this, and playing with smb.conf but no luck... so I decide to ask for help

I'm trying to access from the XP machines the /home from the linuxmce machine so I can upload content.

I edited smb.conf and added:

Code:

workgroup = HOME
comment = Linux Media Center
security = SHARE
guest ok = yes

Leave the rest as It was, and sometimes I can see the share from the XP machines but when i try to enter it says: you don't have access to this resource.

Now it never asks for password, so I'm not sure if this is the problem.

I have a home network, with a linksys router, and all the machines conected to the lan (Linuxmce included), I even tried to use the IP obtained via DHCP from the router with no sucess. (\\192.168.0.144 for ex, frm the run box in xp).

any ideas?, I am missing something?, maybe a firewall blocking it?, but if there is a firewall why can I see the samba name in the workgroup?.

thanks in advance.
Light

[hari]

why do you want to use share level security?

best regards,
Hari

[agentsmith]

Hey Light,

I was able to get to mine with the following settings:
Firewall Disabled:  from the admin site Advanced > Network > Firewall Rules and check the box that says "Firewall Disabled"
Added the following to my smb.conf under the [public] section

Code:

        public = yes
        guest ok = Yes
        browseable = Yes

I still get the login box but just entered in linuxmce for the username and entered the password I set at setup.
Hope this helps

[lightman]

why do you want to use share level security?

best regards,
Hari

Hello Hari, thanks for answer.

Because It's on a LAN and It's a home network so it's suppose to be secure   (I don't want to have to add users and passwords, just allow everyone on the LAN to access the media files for R/W. mainly because I thought that it would be difficult to do it otherwise) anyway it doesn't work so I can take it out at this point i don't care if I have to use password or not, just want to have access the the /home so I can upload content

Hey Light,

I was able to get to mine with the following settings:
Firewall Disabled:  from the admin site Advanced > Network > Firewall Rules and check the box that says "Firewall Disabled"

Thanks agentsmith!!, that was it!, I didn't know from "where" turn off the firewall.

I can see the shares now, but in Read only, and still doesn't ask for a password so I cannot upload anything.

what could that be?, should I chmod the entire /home for public group?, would that allow me to upload something?.

thanks!
Light

[tschak909]

Why are you people butchering your setups?!

(1) make sure you have the appropriate network setup, two NIC cards, your core is the center of the network, handling firewall, dhcp, gateway.. make sure your other pc's are on the internal NIC card.

(2) when logging into the dcerouter share, use the username and password you use to log into the web admin

very simple, guys.
stop fucking up your setups.

-Thom

[colinjones]

To expand on Thom's comments:

If your PCs are on your "internal" network, then the firewall is NOT relevant, the internal NIC is open access - do not disable your firewall!

If your PCs are on your "external" network, then add a firewall rule to allow access. Port 445/TCP - again, do not disable your firewall - what is the point? This is the sledgehammer approach.

After that, use the credentials as Thom outlined...

[lightman]

Why are you people butchering your setups?!

(1) make sure you have the appropriate network setup, two NIC cards, your core is the center of the network, handling firewall, dhcp, gateway.. make sure your other pc's are on the internal NIC card.

(2) when logging into the dcerouter share, use the username and password you use to log into the web admin

very simple, guys.
stop fucking up your setups.

-Thom

Hi tschak909

You cannot expect that I will modify the way things works in my house because suits the needs of the equipment, it's the other way around, equipment should reflect the need of the user.

I have specially made servers that works from 12VDC, same as the router, swtiches, VOIP interfases and 100% of communication devices in my home because here brownouts are commonday issues, so i cannot use this equipment to act as a router, not to mention the services I'm already hosting that would require to modify LMCE to do what I do today with the router (dyndns, ftp server, VPN server, asterisk with an already working dialplan, etc).

If there is no easy way to make it work without passwords, I'll use username and passwords, that's something I can live with but there is no way that I will put an expensive machine that draws more than 300W, 24hs active, just because the setup was made that way, when I can do better with 10% of that power and operate on batteries when power goes out and leaves LMCE to do what I think it's made to do, a Media center machine, not a server/gateway.

EDIT: Maybe I can disable DHCPd, and modify network settings, so I can operate on the "default LAN side of LMCE" but I would to modify routes anyway so It can connect to the internet using the lan side, thinking about this, maybe it's easier the way I already done it, disabling the firewall, anyway there is no point having a firewall when I already have a very good one, i don't know what of the two options do you think that will make "less mess" to this box hehe
thanks
Light

[tschak909]

but this system ISN'T just a media center, it's a smart home solution. Why don't you either:

(1) use it the way it's meant to be used, or
(2) help us adapt it to other use cases

oh wait, i forgot, you obviously know better than what we're doing, because you're throwing a sledgehammer through the samba installation and setting it to security=share....

-Thom

[golgoj4]

Why are you people butchering your setups?!

(1) make sure you have the appropriate network setup, two NIC cards, your core is the center of the network, handling firewall, dhcp, gateway.. make sure your other pc's are on the internal NIC card.

(2) when logging into the dcerouter share, use the username and password you use to log into the web admin

very simple, guys.
stop fucking up your setups.

-Thom

Hi tschak909

You cannot expect that I will modify the way things works in my house because suits the needs of the equipment, it's the other way around, equipment should reflect the need of the user.

I have specially made servers that works from 12VDC, same as the router, swtiches, VOIP interfases and 100% of communication devices in my home because here brownouts are commonday issues, so i cannot use this equipment to act as a router, not to mention the services I'm already hosting that would require to modify LMCE to do what I do today with the router (dyndns, ftp server, VPN server, asterisk with an already working dialplan, etc).

If there is no easy way to make it work without passwords, I'll use username and passwords, that's something I can live with but there is no way that I will put an expensive machine that draws more than 300W, 24hs active, just because the setup was made that way, when I can do better with 10% of that power and operate on batteries when power goes out and leaves LMCE to do what I think it's made to do, a Media center machine, not a server/gateway.

EDIT: Maybe I can disable DHCPd, and modify network settings, so I can operate on the "default LAN side of LMCE" but I would to modify routes anyway so It can connect to the internet using the lan side, thinking about this, maybe it's easier the way I already done it, disabling the firewall, anyway there is no point having a firewall when I already have a very good one, i don't know what of the two options do you think that will make "less mess" to this box hehe
thanks
Light

wow. did ya see the video? maybe read some docs? Sounds like your using the wrong tool for the job your attempting to do.

Square Peg, Round Hole, you do the math.

[lightman]

but this system ISN'T just a media center, it's a smart home solution. Why don't you either:

(1) use it the way it's meant to be used, or
(2) help us adapt it to other use cases

oh wait, i forgot, you obviously know better than what we're doing, because you're throwing a sledgehammer through the samba installation and setting it to security=share....

-Thom

First off, man, sorry if I offend you, It wasn't my goal at all, just speaking my mind, and maybe a little loud, sorry for that

Option 2 is not a bad idea, I will be glad to help, but I need A LOT of hours with this to be ready to help in some way , but i will love to.

You are right, the difference is that it was meant to be a smart home solution, and I try to have just a Media Center, i don't need the rest, when I saw the video, I just focus on what interested to me, and that was a media center.

I wish I know that much, but not even close, I'm a hardware guy i understand machine code and electronics very well, I can barely handle C, anything more "high level" and I'm completely lost

again sorry if I piss some of you off, it wasn't my intention, just wanna make things work
Light

[tschak909]

then please. Try it our way.

our way actually works, believe it or not.

-Thom

[agentsmith]

Hey Thom,

Thanks for the info.  I didn't mean to suggest an option that would start folks duking it out on the net.  Let me first admit that I'm a noob and have been trying to learn so that I can contribute more than mayhem, not quite there yet.  I don't want to tick anyone off any more, but could you help me understand why it is that it's so important that LinuxMCE be the DHCP server for the whole house?  Is it just because it is a "whole house automation" system?  Don't get mad, I'm not questioning anything, just want to understand and yes if there is a doc I missed feel free to point it out and I'm all over it.

Thanks to all you guys that make this project happen, I Love it and I'm in for life, if ever I can help lemme know.

[totallymaxed]

Hey Thom,

Thanks for the info.  I didn't mean to suggest an option that would start folks duking it out on the net.  Let me first admit that I'm a noob and have been trying to learn so that I can contribute more than mayhem, not quite there yet.  I don't want to tick anyone off any more, but could you help me understand why it is that it's so important that LinuxMCE be the DHCP server for the whole house?  Is it just because it is a "whole house automation" system?  Don't get mad, I'm not questioning anything, just want to understand and yes if there is a doc I missed feel free to point it out and I'm all over it.

Thanks to all you guys that make this project happen, I Love it and I'm in for life, if ever I can help lemme know.

Why not try the Wiki ;-)

Look here; http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/DHCP_Plug_and_Play

This is only the 500'th thread that touches on this stuff... and to Thom has been faithfully responding in most of those threads! LinuxMCE was designed from the ground up to work this way... if you dont like that then you can always re-code it (its open source ;-) ) or use another software solution.

Andrew

[colinjones]

wow andrew, this is the first time I've ever seen you get tetchy

He's (and Thom's) right Mr Smith... the subject is v old so forgive me if I seem abrupt, but been saying the same thing for such a long time, and the wiki and forums do have such a lot of info on this stuff....  there really are so many reasons for it, and whilst it is easy to say "I don't want to do it that way" (although I note that you aren't saying that, you just want to understand) When so much has been put into using the current infrastructure because it allows so many things to work, when others come along and try to re-engineer the system ... that's fine... but at the same time expecting support in the process is a bit much.

My approach is, either accept it the way it was designed to work, or learn how to change it (its open source after all!) It is easy to criticise, but I wouldn't do that with anything at least until I understand the basics of why things were done the way they were. Doesn't mean that they can't be done better, but I don't presume to know that until I understand it better

[agentsmith]

Makes perfect sense, sorry for adding to the frustration but on that note, thanks for taking the time to explain.  I'll be sure to review the docs.