Should I use Samba to share between 2 Arch boxes?

Hey i have a few questions as i am a complete beginner when it comes to networking/filesharing, please bear with me. According to the wiki, Samba can be used to share local files between two unix pcs. I have it working right now and I've read the Samba wiki and i feel it is a bit lacking in information for a beginner, so i have a few questions...
1. I have it installed on both of the pcs i want to share between, with the same username and the same exact password, is this how it should be setup normally?
2. The main reason for attempting this is because i have an 8000 or so song collection and it seems silly to have the music on both cpu's, which is how i've had it set up. I succesfully connected to my laptop through nautilus using the smb://192.x.x.x/sharename method and put in the password and all seems fine, but i want to be sure that the other 3 pc's in my house (all windows) cannot connect to me and see my files. The wiki didn't help me there, and also did not go though the smb.conf settings thoroughly.
3. Exaile doesn't seem to be able to browse smb://xxx directories. If i can't load my music from the other pc to exaile then i have no use for this.
4. I'm listening to music from my laptop on my desktop at the moment (with VLC) and i'm typing this on my laptop and i'm noticing a slight lag every 20 seconds or so which never happened before, is this normal?
thanks for any input, i really have to clue what i'm doing here.

ok, nfs-4 seems like a good choice, but i am having a hard time understanding the wiki. from the wiki:
Exporting directories outside your NFS root
To do this, you'll need to use bind mounts. For example, to bind /home/john to /export/john:
# mount --bind /home/john /export/john
Then, /export/john needs to be added to /etc/exports:
/export 192.168.0.12(rw,fsid=0,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash)
/export/music 192.168.0.12(rw,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash)
/export/john 192.168.12(rw,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash,nohide)
The nohide option is required, because the kernel NFS server automatically hides mounted directories. To add the bind mount to /etc/fstab:
i dont really know what to do, i'm not familiar with exports and i don't think my pc's have the same ip (192.168.1.???) everytime if i reconnect the router or something. what does "nfs-root" mean?
Really all i want to achieve is accessing the home directory of the other pc and vice versa, while limiting access strictly to my pc's.

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I have a WD TV Live in the living room connected to the TV and I have my PC in another room. In this PC I have all my films and series.
I'd like to acces from the WD TV Live to my PC films and reproduce them from the WD.
The solution to this is sharing folders (either Samba or NFS)
I choose Samba because I think there's more info around the web.
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[global]
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server string = Samba file and print server
workgroup = WORK_GROUP
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.0.
interfaces = 127.0.0.1/8 192.168.0.0/24
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remote announce = 192.168.0.255
remote browse sync = 192.168.0.255
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cups options = raw
printing = cups
guest account = smbguest
log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log
max log size = 1000
null passwords = no
username level = 6
password level = 6
encrypt passwords = yes
unix password sync = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
local master = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
domain logons = no
os level = 33
logon drive = m:
logon home = \\%L\homes\%u
logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u
logon script = %G.bat
time server = no
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wins support = no
wins proxy = no
dns proxy = no
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
client use spnego = yes
client signing = yes
client schannel = yes
server signing = yes
server schannel = yes
nt pipe support = yes
nt status support = yes
allow trusted domains = no
obey pam restrictions = yes
enable spoolss = yes
client plaintext auth = no
disable netbios = no
follow symlinks = no
update encrypted = yes
pam password change = no
passwd chat timeout = 120
hostname lookups = no
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
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passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u'
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n
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add user to group script=/usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u'
add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g'
delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u'
delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g'
delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g'
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u'
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idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
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winbind cache time = 360
winbind trusted domains only = yes
winbind nested groups = no
winbind nss info = no
winbind refresh tickets = no
winbind offline logon = no
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /home
valid users = %U
read only = yes
available = no
browseable = no
writable = no
guest ok = no
printable = no
locking = no
strict locking = no
[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
read only = no
available = yes
browseable = yes
writable = no
guest ok = no
printable = no
locking = no
strict locking = no
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read only = no
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browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = no
printable = no
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strict locking = no
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writable = no
guest ok = no
printable = yes
locking = no
strict locking = no
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available = yes
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
locking = no
strict locking = no
[pdf-printer]
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guest ok = yes
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[Descargas]
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read only = no
writeable = yes
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valid users = emilio
I just need to share /home/emilio/Descargas/ and /media/HDD/ I don't need to share the whole /home# Unix_name = SMB_Name1 SMB_Name2 ...
I also edited the /etc/samba/smbusers file:
root = administrator
nobody = guest smbguest pcguest
emilio = "emilio"
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sudo rc.d start samba
:: Starting Samba Server [DONE]
But from the WD my PC doesn't appear. I'm also sure it's not a WD's problem because I can see other computers.
Maybe something is not correctly configured? The ips or something like that? The workgroup is correct
Would it be easier to use NFS? Could someone explain me how to do it?
Here I leave the ifconfig output (part of it) if it's usefull:
inet 192.168.1.35 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
If something more is needed please ask me for it
Thanks to everybody
Last edited by eherranzr (2012-11-18 20:42:15)

dschrute wrote:
1st, you have possibly way too much in your [global] section. Most of that likely isn't needed, and at best it just clutters things up, at worst it can cause issues. For example that windbind stuff...Are you integrating with AD ? If not it's completely uneeded. Also the "name resolve order" line is telling Samba to use WINS first. Do you have a WINS server ?
Your best bet is to start with a very basic smb.conf and add to it. The wiki has a decent overview of getting started. I'd use that as a base, and mod as needed.
2nd, is basic name resolution working ? Can you ping your Samba machine by name from the client ? If not you'll have problems even if Samba is set up correctly.
In short, start with the basics and a simple config, then add to it.
I've followed your advice and modified the basic smb.conf.default
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# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
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# For a step to step guide on installing, configuring and using samba,
# read the Samba-HOWTO-Collection. This may be obtained from:
# http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
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# http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf
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; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765
[Descargas]
comment = Descargas
path = /home/emilio/Descargas/
valid users = emilio
public = no
writable = yes
[HDD]
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path = /media/HDD/
valid users = emilio
public = no
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I've tried to acces from the WD TV Live and my Samba machine is found, but when I try to access it, I'm asked for an user and a password.
I've created the emilio user by:
sudo useradd -s emilio
and added a password:
sudo smbpasswd -a emilio
but when I try to acces with this user and password it says they're incorrect.
This is my smbusers file:
# Unix_name = SMB_Name1 SMB_Name2 ...
root = administrator
anonymous = guest smbguest pcguest
emilio = emilio
My linux user is emilio and it has a password, do I have to do something else?
Thanks
Regards
Last edited by eherranzr (2012-11-17 17:23:38)

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