On 24/07/2019 14:54, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 14:25:58 +0200, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>
>> On 24/07/2019 12:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 24/07/2019 08:32, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>>> On 23/07/2019 22:52, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>>
>>>>> For what it's worth, you can use the smb.conf(5) "username map"
>>>>> option (see
>>>>> https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smb.conf.
> 5.html#USERNAMEMAP)
>>>>>
>>>>> to map specific Linux usernames to specific Windows usernames. With
>>>>> this,
>>>>> you can have "Fokke Nauta" as your Windows username, and
>>>>> "fokke_nauta" (or any other acceptable Unix username) as your Linux
>>>>> username.
>>>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> But I already have a Linux username: pi.
>>>> I thought I should be able to use this account to log in.
>>>
>>> You should, but windows wont let you.
>>>
>>> What you need to do is map 'Fokke Nauta' in smb land to 'pi' in linux
>>> land.
>>>
>>> i.e. in smb.conf under [global] add a line like
>>>
>>> [global]
>>>       username map = /usr/local/samba/private/usermap.txt
>>>
>>>
>>> and create that file (as root) and put in it...
>>>
>>>
>>> pi = "Fokke Nauta"
>>>
>>>
>> OK.
>> I thought I'll first create the text file.
>> I used sudo nano /usr/local/samba/private/usermap.txt And inserted the
>> text pi = "Fokke Nauta"
>> When I tried to save it, it says Error: file or folder doesn't exist.
>> When I looked, I found there was no folder called samba in /usr/local. I
>> wasn't able to create it as I did not have the rights to do so.
>> So I thought I'll do it differently: created a folder samba in /home/pi.
>> Then: sudo nano /home/pi/samba/usermap.txt and inserted pi = "Fokke
>> Nauta". Saved it.
>> Then in smb.conf under [global]: username map =
>> /home/pi/samba/usermap.txt Restarted samba
>>   From my Win 10 pc I tried to log is as pi with the password: No way.
>> Then logging in as Fokke Nauta with the password: No way.
>>
>> Tough job ...
>
> Two questions:
>
> (1) Is there anything in /var/log/messages for the exact date and time
>      when you tried that login?

No. The only lines that show up are the (dis)connecting from the realnvc
server and Voltage normalised (0x00000000).


> (2) what are file ownership and access permissions for:
>      /home/pi/samba

Owner: pi
Group: pi
Look into: everyone
Change: owner
Access: everyone

>      /home/pi/samba/usermap.txt
>

Owner: root
Group: root
Look: everyone
Change: owner
Execute: no one

Does this make sense?

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