After installing CentOS 5.2 x64, webmin 1.420, and vmware server 2.0.0, I tried to get samba working.<\/p>\n
Getting samba to work correctly is the easiest via the webmin interface. Webmin actually makes almost everything easier. I like it when computers are made easier. Thank you, webmin. You can find how to install webmin by searching for webmin. Too bad I don’t get paid for the number of times I can type webmin. I’d be rich. Webmin.<\/p>\n
Back to the task at hand… I set samba up to work: Then I set the permissions on a folder (\/var\/lib\/virtual machines\/) which I called vmware. They are\/were setup correctly. But I couldn’t attach from my windows box to the samba share. Permission denied.<\/p>\n So then I tried to chmod -R 777 \/Virtual\\ Machines As a final attempt, I tried to smbpasswd (username) Webmin failed me! It said that it converted the users for me, but obviously it hasn’t. \nsmbpassword -a (username) And then, like magic, samba started working! Whooo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After installing CentOS 5.2 x64, webmin 1.420, and vmware server 2.0.0, I tried to get samba working. Getting samba to work correctly is the easiest via the webmin interface. Webmin actually makes almost everything easier. I like it when computers are made easier. Thank you, webmin. You can find how to install webmin by searching … Continue reading Samba Issues and Fix<\/span>
\nyum install samba<\/code>
\nBut it’s not set to automatically start, so we have to use webmin ($$$) to get it to auto start. Samba requires two services to run:
\n1.) SMB – starts and stops the Samba smbd and nmbd daemons used to provide SMB network services.
\n2.) winbind – starts and stops the Samba winbind daemon.
\nI set both of them to startup when the system starts.<\/p>\n
\nDidn’t work.<\/p>\n
\nTyped in a new password
\nFailed to find entry for user (username)<\/code>
\nFailed to modify password entry for user (username)<\/code><\/p>\n
\nSo here’s the fix:<\/p>\n
\nNew SMB password:
\nRetype new SMB Password
\nAdded user (username)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n