[Sussex] Samba strikes again!

[John D.]

Hi list,

I'm trying to get Samba working again, this time under gentoo.

Now I've tried to follow gentoos howto for Samba (which also seems to 
cover cups and clamav). Also I found a thread that was about Samba and 
printing. Neither of which proved very helpful - as following the 
instructions seemed to generate unexplicable errors.

OK thinks me, I've got webmin installed. I should be able to get "it" 
doing something with that.

Wrong! - Initially, it wouldn't let me log in as either user or root. It 
also kept throwing up something called kwallet manager. So OK, I read 
the help file from kwallet manager. That was as clear as mud!

After a bit of meddling, I think I succeeded in stoping kwallet manager 
from giving me the weird (and to me, undecypherable) dialogues.

Plus, after unmerging and re-emerging webmin, it seems to let me in as 
root, but I can't find anyway of using it to create samba users.

I'm not even sure if I actually need any users, other than root (and 
trying #smbpasswd -a john just gives me errors).

If I try running webmin>servers>samba>swat I just get told
*Quote:*
You cannot run SWAT through Webmin, as your Samba configuration has the 
Only allow:... (allow hosts) option set.


So any advice on what I need to do to get this PITA working is much 
appreciated.

Oh and my smb.conf looks like this (I presume that it's been 
auto-generated during the install or something like that)...
*Quote:*

#======================= Global Settings 
=====================================
[global]
dns proxy = no
log file = /var/log/samba3/log.%m
netbios name = samba server
load printers = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd
printing = cups
server string = Samba Server %v
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
workgroup = mybloodyworkgroup
os level = 20
map to guest = bad user
printcap name = cups
encrypt passwords = yes
security = share
printer admin = @adm
max log size = 50
allow hosts = ***.***.***.***

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
writeable = yes

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# to allow user 'guest account' to print.
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
create mode = 0700
# =====================================
# print command: see above for details.
# =====================================
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer 
drivers.
; print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use 
generic PostScript on clients).
# The following two commands are the samba defaults for printing=cups
# change them only if you need different options:
; lpq command = lpq -P %p
; lprm command = cancel %p-%j

# This share is used for Windows NT-style point-and-print support.
# To be able to install drivers, you need to be either root, or listed
# in the printer admin parameter above. Note that you also need write 
access
# to the directory and share definition to be able to upload the drivers.
# For more information on this, please see the Printing Support Section of
# /usr/share/doc/samba-<version>/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
write list = @adm root
guest ok = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files
;[tmp]
; comment = Temporary file space
; path = /tmp
; read only = no
; public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba/public
; public = yes
; writable = no
; write list = @staff
# Audited directory through experimental VFS audit.so module:
# Uncomment next line.
; vfs object = /usr/lib/samba/vfs/audit.so

# Other examples.
#
# A private printer, usable only by Fred. Spool data will be placed in 
Fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool 
directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /homes/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = no
; writable = no
; printable = yes

# A private directory, usable only by Fred. Note that Fred requires write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
; comment = PC Directories
; path = /usr/pc/%m
; public = no
; writable = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that 
all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of 
course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user 
instead.
;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that 
two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. 
In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be 
extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765



Plus, as far as I can work out, SWAT would have been installed with 
Samba, but if I try that directly in a browser, it just errors me out 
i.e. no login window or anything.

I don't think that I need an smb.conf anywhere near as complicated as 
the one above - but I can't locate anything that will explain what I 
actually do need.

Perhaps someone could point me in the right direction???

regards

John D.