I'm trying to learn Linux and have created a VMWare guest operating system using CentOS 4.8. I expect the next step is to install ssh in order to transfer files to the server but as of yet I haven't figured out how to assign it a host name or how to effect a transfer.
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I have set all the VMware services to manual (like VMware DHCP Service), but starting them manually doesn't help.
In VMware, the network seems to work (there is a green dot beside the network icon) and I have tried both Bridged and NAT settings.
ifconfig doesn't show the eth1 interface, unless I give it as a parameter (or use -a). I think this means that Ubuntu thinks that the network isn't connected at all.
I can't be the first one with this problem. What am I missing?
I have setup Samba servers in the past, just none under SELinux. The last one I configured was a couple years ago, so I wouldn't doubt I'm a bit rusty.
---- Environment summary:
Clean server install of CentOS 5.4 includes SELinux
- lets call this 'server'
- updated samba to 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1
Client1 - Windows XP sp4 - WINS configuration uses 'server' noted above
Client2 - Windows Vista - WINS configuration uses 'server' noted above
---- What works / what doesn't ------
Clients can see the server (XP and vista) in network neighborhood.
The following does not work from windows (xp or vista)
net view
net view \server
net view \server-ip
net view \servershare
This does work on the server
smbclient -L \server
smbclient -L \server --user validuser
smbclient -L \client1 --user validuser
---- What I have configured and tried (config/output below) --------
firewall ports for samba are open
SELinux enforcing or permissive
file context is set on share
samba booleans are set
***firewall
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p udp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
***SELinux mode/booleans
# sestatus
SELinux status: enabled
SELinuxfs mount: /selinux
Current mode: permissive
Mode from config file: enforcing
Policy version: 21
Policy from config file: targeted
# getsebool -a | grep smb
allow_smbd_anon_write --> off
smbd_disable_trans --> on
# getsebool -a | grep samba
samba_domain_controller --> on
samba_enable_home_dirs --> on
samba_export_all_ro --> off
samba_export_all_rw --> off
samba_share_fusefs --> off
samba_share_nfs --> off
use_samba_home_dirs --> on
virt_use_samba --> off
***filesystem
# semanage fcontext -a -t samba_share_t �/share/photos(/.*)?�
# restorecon -R -v /share/photos
***Disks
]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 9920624 2070872 7337684 23% /
/dev/sda1 101086 19146 76721 20% /boot
tmpfs 1846656 0 1846656 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-xen
100791728 202540 95469188 1% /xen
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-photo00
251981556 191716 238989840 1% /share/photos
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-dmsdoc00
100791728 192256 95479472 1% /share/alfresco
none 1846656 104 1846552 1% /var/lib/xenstored
***smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = workgroup
netbios name = server
security = user
name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
encrypt passwords = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.0.
hosts deny = 192.168.122.
interfaces = eth0
passdb backend = tdbsam
oslevel = 222
local master = yes
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
cups options = raw
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
wins support = yes
log level = 4
guest ok = yes
[photo]
comment = Photos
path = /share/photos
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
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i should select NAT for networking between vista and Vmware[fedora]?
then what can i do to see shared drive on linux in vmware? internet shared form vista to vmware but samba do not work. when i select network place on fedora i saw this errror : unable to mount location
Can anyone point me in the direction of setting up shares for windows machines on centos. I have found a few document but never managed to get it up and running correctly. I need to be able to get access to subfolder etc for different users. Is there any way of doing it with some sort of gui?
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Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it for your running kernel by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl".
I tried this command and find the this message
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and it did all the installation correctly.
All I need is Setup 389 Server with SSL.I did went through http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:SSL but no Idea how to proceed.I am confused with the following points:
1. Do I also need to run setup-ds-admin.pl and setup-ds-dsgw too?
I tried running setup-ds-admin.pl and it stucked at :
The server 'ldap://389-ds.sap.com:45474/o=NetscapeRoot' is not reachable. Error: unknown error.
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I have already installed VMWare Server 2.0 I have a few questions: How do I build the virtual machines to exclude the actual mail files and mail logs? Can I use VMware Converter for this purpose, or do I have to use another program? How do I actually do this cloning? Is there a tutorial on how to do this?
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Be it with different options to grub.conf... different options to vmware .vmx file ...
Configuration: host box that have an Intel Quad Core CPU Q8300.
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loaded mptbase from /modules/modules.cgz
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[root@centoshost1 vmware-mui-distrib]# ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
2925 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
22378 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
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1) Download the openSuse iso image (and add-on CD if needed)
2) Download and install the VMWare server
3) Before you try to start the server console, you will need to configure the web access to allow you to log on. go to press Start->Programs->VMware->VMWare web access->Configure Tomcat
4) on the logon tab check logon as: option
5) add your account there and set the password
6) Now in your web browser (I use firefox) access the console via: [url] [url]
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NAT - VMWare server will manage a virtual router, the VM is then connected to this router. On this router, the hosts internet is used as the WAN. Users do not have to have control of the network, but will have to setup port forwarding in VMWare to host server applications
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11) ---- Important Error/Solution ----
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Dell PE R710 with 2x Xeon CPU X5550
kernel 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 #1 SMP x86_64
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Connection Interrupted
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