[01:03] Good evening all. I want to know what I should use for a network share between Ubuntu Server and Windows? It looks like Samba is the defacto, is this correct? [01:05] shakes808: yes. [01:06] Thank you :) [01:09] I will install it. [01:14] its pretty great. [01:30] Samba is pretty much the protocol for anything Windows [02:48] When setting up the samba, I am trying to get it so that I can access the user's home directory for the specified user logging into the folder. [02:49] either my google-foo isn't the greatest or searching the wrong things [02:49] shakes808: yes, use the smbpasswd command to set the smb password for that user [02:49] jrwren: thank you, will search for that. That hasn't come up in my google searches or youtube results [02:50] shakes808: and [homes] is a special share in samba, just have it in samba [02:50] it will automatically share a homedir with same name as user. [02:50] so \\server\jrwren in jrwren's homedir samba will ask for auth, windows will show a prompt, and I'll type in teh password set for jrwren with smbpasswd [02:51] gotcha, let me try this out :) thank you [02:59] jrwren: I added me and it won't let me because it is mapped to a different user. I am SSH'd into my server and it should be name@server: correct? and when I go to log into the share it should be \\IPADDRESS\user\home and log in with name@server [03:01] no \user there. [03:01] just \\ipaddress\username [03:01] and login with name & password, no @server [03:06] when i try to do that it puts my COMPUTER_NAME\user and gives me access denied [03:07] you sure you set the password for that user using smbpasswd ? [03:07] My Ubuntu Server doesn't have a domainname, that could be it [03:07] yes [03:08] do you have `security = user` and `encrypt passwords = true` in your smb.conf ? [03:08] let me check [03:08] those should be ubuntu default, but honestly, my smb.conf is 10yrs old (or more) [03:09] I do not have [03:09] 'security = user' any where in the conf file [03:09] add those to the [global] section [03:09] and as for encrypt [03:09] i have the following [03:10] then again, they might be defaults and I just have explicit, but this is what has always worked for me. [03:10] unix password sync = yes [03:10] I can add them [03:10] you can ignore that for now. [03:10] security=user is default, so probably save to skip that. [03:11] bah, default is encrypt passwords = yes [03:11] so honestly, it should work. [03:11] you can test with smbclient on linux cmdline [03:12] how can i test that from my windows machine? [03:13] you don't, test the username and password over samba from the linux machine itself [03:13] smbclient //servername/user -U user [03:13] and type password when prompted [03:13] it will test that the smbpasswd is set correctly [03:13] user is not root, right? [03:14] correct [03:15] i got into it that way [03:15] i am in the smb: \> [03:20] just can't map the drive out on my windows machine ;( [03:23] ok, then its something windows side. [03:23] what windows version is it? [03:23] 8.1 [03:23] and what samba version ? [03:24] samba --version says: Version 4.1.6-Ubuntu [03:25] what is that? trusty version? 14.04? [03:25] Correct, LTS [03:26] Just set up the server last weekend, and Samba in the last few hours [03:27] hrm, so I used to use samba3 and so my windows clients all had digital signing off [03:27] but apparently samba 4 supports that now, so now I really don't know. [03:28] ah, but default is disabled. [03:28] you could try setting `server signing = auto` in the global section [03:29] does it matter where or should it go in a specific spot? [03:30] no anywhere in the [global] section. i guess you may not be familiar with ini format files? [03:30] so, after [global] but before any other line that starts with [ [03:32] getting used to them. I need / want to get back into OSS things [03:32] that is why the attempt to set up the dev box as a UBUNTU and try to admin it ;) [03:34] Nope :( [03:39] Do I need to do anything to my host file on my WINDOWS machine? [03:50] jrwren: Thank you for you assistance tonight. I am going to bed. I'll ask some of my buddy's at work to see if they have run across anything like this. [03:52] good night === _stink__ is now known as _stink_