[Nelug] Sharing CD-ROM over Samba on Fedora 9

[Daniel Tweedy]

Hi Tim,

That explains a I kinda assumed that was the case but wasn't really sure.

I am using that option on the file shares yes, do I not need to ? it 
would be great if I could just access the box without having to enter in 
the password, my windows user is called Danny and the fedora user is 
called danny.

The statements you mention I did find some information regarding those, 
so I am using

preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom

However in searching for the above statements in the file I notice the 
comment below in the smb.con file, didn't make much sense to me tho.

# If you want to run scripts (preexec/root prexec/print command/...) please
# put them into the /var/lib/samba/scripts directory so that smbd will be
# allowed to run them.

My full config is attached, not sure if the list accepts attachements or 
not tho guess will soon find out :-)

Tim wrote:
> The valid users = %S option is what is causing for a password to be 
> asked for.
>
> Are you using this option on the file shares as well?
>
> On some system you may also need statement similar to below. I do not 
> use Fedora so not sure what vliad mount path would be.
>
> root prexec = /bin/mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
> root postexec = /bin/umount /media/cdrom
>
>
> May help if you posted full config file, if still issues
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From*: Daniel Tweedy <daniel.tweedy at gmail.com>
> *Sent*: 24 May 2008 08:00
> *To*: nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> *Subject*: [Nelug] Sharing CD-ROM over Samba on Fedora 9
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was just wondering if any of you have any experience of sharing a
> cd-rom over samba, i'm not having very much luck in getting it working
> you see, have googled and search a lot and I think I am very close to
> getting it working, but am kinda stuck as to what else I could do from
> where I am, so I am really looking for a few pointers/tips/ideas.
>
> [cdrom]
> comment = CD-ROM
> path = /cdrom
> writable = no
> locking = no
> public = yes
> read only = yes
> valid users = %S
>
> This is what i'm using at the moment and it shows up on the windows pc
> but it asks for a password when I try to connect, but none of the users
> set up on the box or in the smbpasswd file work and root doesn't work
> either, it just keeps poping up asking for the password again no matter
> what I try.
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel.
>
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