[OpenIndiana-discuss] Accessing smb shares from windows

[Geoff Nordli]

On 13-09-25 06:03 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Rich <rercola at acm.jhu.edu> writes:
>
>> You don't _need_ an AD domain for it, but you probably need a method
>> of mapping users between your Windows host and your Solaris host.
>>
>> The errors in your log say that you have guest access disabled - what
>> account are you attempting to use to access the shares? Is it one
>> local to the OI host, a Windows account, or something else entirely?
> Yes, I saw that but:
>
> No guest access is involved, far as I know. My user doing the
> accessing is logged in with a psswrd on windows host, I open the
> windows explorer, navigate to the share I see being offered by the OI
> machine, click it, and am offered an authentication dialog.  I fill it
> in with my OI users name and passwd but it is rejected.
>
> That username also owns the directory that makes up the share.
>
> I did reset my OI passwds with the regular unix passwd command, once I
> had installed the critical line in /etc/pam.conf:
>    other password required pam_smb_passwd.so.1 nowarn
>
> After googling a little
> about AD and idmap, I see that idmap only comes into play if you are
> using AD.
>
> I also saw where one should either have AD setup or Workgroups setup.
> In my case I have joined a work group that my windows host is also a
> member of.
>
> Apparently I'm missing something important but darned if I'm seeing
> what it is.
>
> Is there not a set of commands that will reveal where the problem is?
>
> To summarize the steps I have taken:
>
>
> 1)
>    Set the smb/service running with svcsadm enable -r
> 2)
>    Created several zfs filesystems with the sharesmb option turned on.
> 3)
>    Joined a workgroup with the same name as my windows OS is in.
> 4)
>    Added the line posted up above to /etc/pam.conf
> 5)
>    Reset my users passwd on OI with standard Unix passwd tool.
>
> There have been several reboots during this time... and yet another
> within the last hour, just in case that would help.
>
> So far all attempts for my windows user to attempt to connect to a
> share offered by OI have failed.
>
> Can anyone see what I'm leaving out?
>

Hi Harry.

The format of your username should be host_name\user_name

One thing you can try is enable guest access:

https://blogs.oracle.com/afshinsa/entry/how_to_enable_guest_access

When setting up ACLs on the shares this page is pretty good:

http://jeroen92.nl/?p=150

Geoff