DDWRT - smb shares

[Nem]

I've had this problem for a while and I haven't been able to find a solution.

 

The problem is that when I create SMB shares in ubuntu (tried in both 14.04 and 15.04), the shares are not browseable on any of my windows clients (yes, browseable has been set to yes for the shares). However, I can access the shares directly via IP

 

I'm wondering if there might be any settings on my ddwrt router that may be preventing them from being browseable on windows?

 

 

I ask because a number of months ago, my NAS was running openmediavault (http://www.openmediavault.org/) and SMB shares were working fine, everything was browseable

 

A few months after that I decided to try out ubuntu on the NAS instead, and then I ran into this browseable issue

 

At that point I tried reinstalling OMV on the NAS and nothing was working anymore

 

The only thing I can think of between having everything work on OMV, to nothing being browseable (on either ubuntu or OMV), is I flashed my router with ddwrt firmware

 

So could there be router related issues that can cause this? Maybe dhcp related? I'm completely new to networking so really have no idea what may be the problem

[Altecice]

I know this wont solve your issue but once you brows via IP to a share you can right click it and select ' map to network drive' and it will appear in your Computer window as a network drive. 

[Nem]

I know this wont solve your issue but once you brows via IP to a share you can right click it and select ' map to network drive' and it will appear in your Computer window as a network drive. 

 

I know, but there are some shares on the NAS which I don't want to map otherwise I'd be mapping a whole bunch of stuff I rarely use

[techguru]

its unlikely its anything in ddwrt

more likely its some kinda firewall problem

 

so maybe the ports aren't open on the router

or the firewall in ubuntu

[Nem]

well when the NAS is running windows 8 I can browse all the shares OK. Which means, both the client and router firewalls must be opening the correct ports. And when I tried running ubuntu on the NAS, well, I thought ubuntu comes with firewall off by default...

[Neil]

What do you mean by them not being browsable?

[Nem]

What do you mean by them not being browsable?

 

when I open up explorer and click on network, any computer that has a network share available shows up in the list. But with ubuntu, even though the shares are enabled and I can access them directly via IP, they do not show up in this network list

[Neil]

when I open up explorer and click on network, any computer that has a network share available shows up in the list. But with ubuntu, even though the shares are enabled and I can access them directly via IP, they do not show up in this network list

 

Can you post your smb.conf ?

[Nem]

Can you post your smb.conf ?

 

it looks something like this:

 

## Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.### This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which # are not shown in this example## Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as# commented-out examples in this file.#  - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting#    differs from the default Samba behaviour#  - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default#    behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important#    enough to be mentioned here## NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command# "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic # errors. #======================= Global Settings =======================[global]## Browsing/Identification #### Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of   workgroup = WORKGROUPname resolve order = bcast lmhosts host wins# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description fieldserver string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server#   wins support = no# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both;   wins server = w.x.y.z# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.   dns proxy = no#### Networking ##### The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;# interface names are normally preferred;   interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the# 'interfaces' option above to use this.# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself.  However, this# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.;   bind interfaces only = yes#### Debugging/Accounting ##### This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine# that connects   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).   max log size = 1000# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following# parameter to 'yes'.#   syslog only = no# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.   syslog = 0# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d####### Authentication ######## Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible# values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary# domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active# directory domain controller". ## Most people will want "standalone sever" or "member server".# Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first# running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a# new domain.   server role = standalone server# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what# password database type you are using.     passdb backend = tdbsam   obey pam restrictions = yes# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the# passdb is changed.   unix password sync = yes# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.   pam password change = yes# This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped# to anonymous connections   map to guest = bad user########## Domains ############# The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary# classic domain controller', 'server role = backup domain controller'# or 'domain logons' is set ## It specifies the location of the user's# profile directory from the client point of view) The following# required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see# below);   logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory# (this is Samba's default)#   logon path = \\%N\%U\profile# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client# point of view);   logon drive = H:#   logon home = \\%N\%U# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored# in the [netlogon] share# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention;   logon script = logon.cmd# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR# RPC pipe.  The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix# password; please adapt to your needs; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u# This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the # SAMR RPC pipe.  # The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system; add machine script  = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u# This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR# RPC pipe.  ; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g############ Misc ############# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name# of the machine that is connecting;   include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges# for something else.);   idmap uid = 10000-20000;   idmap gid = 10000-20000;   template shell = /bin/bash# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders# with the net usershare command.# Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.;   usershare max shares = 100# Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create# public shares, not just authenticated ones   usershare allow guests = yes#======================= Share Definitions =======================# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each# user's home directory as \\server\username;[homes];   comment = Home Directories   browseable = yes# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.;   read only = yes# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.;   create mask = 0700# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.;   directory mask = 0700# By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone# with access to the samba server.# Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username"# can connect to \\server\username# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes;   valid users = %S# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.);[netlogon];   comment = Network Logon Service;   path = /home/samba/netlogon;   guest ok = yes;   read only = yes# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)# The path below should be writable by all users so that their# profile directory may be created the first time they log on;[profiles];   comment = Users profiles;   path = /home/samba/profiles;   guest ok = no   browseable = yes;   create mask = 0600;   directory mask = 0700[printers]   comment = All Printers   browseable = yes   path = /var/spool/samba   printable = yes   guest ok = no   read only = yes   create mask = 0700# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable# printer drivers[print$]   comment = Printer Drivers   path = /var/lib/samba/printers   browseable = yes   read only = yes   guest ok = no# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.# You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your# admin users are members of.# Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions# to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it;   write list = root, @lpadmin[storage]path = /mnt/storageavailable = yesvalid users = simonread only = nobrowseable = yespublic = yeswritable = yes

I'm expecting to see the storage share in the network places list on my windows clients, but the machine doesnt show up there at all

 

but again, when I go to \\192.168.1.100 I can see the storage share

[Neil]

Try to simplify your config down to something like this:

 

[global]    workgroup = WORKGROUP   netbios name = fileserver   dns proxy = no;   name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins   interfaces = eth0   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m   max log size = 1000   syslog = 0   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d   security = user   encrypt passwords = true   passdb backend = tdbsam   obey pam restrictions = yes   unix password sync = yes   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .   pam password change = yes   map to guest = bad user

 

Add your shares below that, and also make sure that your workgroup is set correctly for your NT Workgroup on the computers.

[Nem]

here is the condensed:

[global]   workgroup = WORKGROUPname resolve order = bcast lmhosts host winsserver string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)   dns proxy = no   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m   max log size = 1000   syslog = 0   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d   server role = standalone server   passdb backend = tdbsam   obey pam restrictions = yes   unix password sync = yes   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .   pam password change = yes   map to guest = bad user   usershare allow guests = yes;[homes];   comment = Home Directories   browseable = yes;   read only = yes;   create mask = 0700;   directory mask = 0700;   valid users = %S[printers]   comment = All Printers   browseable = yes   path = /var/spool/samba   printable = yes   guest ok = no   read only = yes   create mask = 0700[print$]   comment = Printer Drivers   path = /var/lib/samba/printers   browseable = yes   read only = yes   guest ok = no[storage]path = /mnt/storageavailable = yesvalid users = simonread only = nobrowseable = yespublic = yeswritable = yes

[Neil]

You've not specified a NETBIOS name.

 

 

-snip-

[Nem]

You've not specified a NETBIOS name.

 

I thought netbios name would automatically be the machine name if not manually specified? either way, I added this line to smb.conf and it still doesnt show up in the network locations list on windows

netbios name = nastest