File server, need to share files but can't

[gurutech]

I just set up a Linux server (running Centos, but it's RPM-based, similar to Fedora), and I have a second drive installed (currently NTFS partition, but that shouldn't matter, right?) I can access the drive locally, as it is mounted via /etc/fstab.

I want to share a folder called "allshared" on this drive (not the / folder). I need to share this via NFS (for my Fedora box) and via Samba for my Windows box.

I can see this computer via the network, and have opened all appropriate ports on the firewall, however whenever I try to mount (NFS) or map (Samba) this share, I am asked for a username and password, none of which work. I have tried server\username, username, "root", etc... but nothing seems to work.

I have verified that the user I would like to add is in the smbusers file, but I'm not having any luck actually sharing the content.

Is there something I am missing?

[smr54]

Firstly, one of the mods will almost certainly move this to Linux chat, as it's actually CentOS, not Fedora. This confuses many people, and they often don't explain why they did it, but that's why--if it isn't Fedora, even if it's RedHat (or a RedHat clone), it gets moved.

With both NFS and Samba, SELinux can sometimes be the culprit. I have a page for some common RH/Fedora samba errors at http://home.roadrunner.com/~computer...u/rhsamba.html although from your post, it looks like you've covered most of them. (However, my page also has a link to the very useful samba troubleshooting page).

I would start by running setenforce 0 (which temporarily stops SELinux) and see if that's the issue. If so, then you know where to look. If not, it's still possible that there's a firewall issue.

[gurutech]

I actually did that between the time I posted and your response. Well, I went into the selinux.conf file and disabled it there. I don't really need it.

But then I got a kernel panic, so I booted without the "quiet" option, and found it was selinux causing that, so I added "selinux=0" to the boot line and was able to boot up again, but still getting the same issue. So I know it's not selinux causing the problem.

I even tried disabling the NFS, since I am able to accomplish the same thing (over Samba) from my Fedora 17 box. The only difference is that my Fedora 17 box uses IDE drives, and this one uses SATA, but I know that can't be the issue.