Trying to get samba to work

[Nick D'Angelo]

All,

HPUX 10.20
Samba 2.07

I have downloaded Samba onto my HPUX server, installed it, and and I run SWAT to see the "java admin page".

I have a couple( ok three) of questions:

1) I have this msg in my syslog:
Oct 5 10:03:19 istatux inetd[7328]: netbios-ns/udp: bind: Address already in use
Oct 5 10:03:19 istatux inetd[7328]: netbios-ns/udp: Service enabled - how do I correct this?

2) How do I actually share a directory with the Windoze world using Samba?

3) What do I have to do on the windows Client side to see the share?

Appreciate your assistance,

[Stefan Schulz · Accepted solution]

Hi,

1.) first of all, there is a really good book on samba which you can download for free. Take a look at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book . Here you will find good answers to your questions.

For the error in syslog: If i remember correctly i happend to have the same error ... and just ignored it. Everything works fine so i saw no need to get rid of this error. I think this has something to do with swat activating after samba is already started.

2.) Use shares / create share. For the first try, share your /tmp directory with guest account set to read/write.

3.) in a command shell use net view //SERVERNAME

where SERVERNAME is the name you gave your samba installation in the swat / global section. Alternatively you can use the IP adress.

Hope this helps

Regards Stefan

[Wodisch]

Hello Nick,

usually you get not only Samba, but also "Swat".
Point you web-browser to "http://YOURSERVER:900"
and get the web-based GUI to configure your Samba!
It is pretty easy that way, and later on you may comment
if out in the "/etc/inetd.conf" not to get into security
problems...

HTH,
Wodisch

[Nick D'Angelo]

Many thanks to you both.

10 Points for Stephan as it lead me directly to my answer.

Thanks again,
Nickd

[Nick D'Angelo]

One more slight problem, after reviewing the documentation regarding SWAT and looking at the options that are presented, I noticed that the globals button is not available for selecting.

Hmmm???

[Sandra Skinner]

Hello Nick,
If you are not logged in as root, you will not see all the swat buttons. Make sure that you are logged in as root to be able to see the Global one.