Access denied with samba share

[andreasoc]

Hi
i configured a new fc 15 and samba.
I configured a new share in /var/www/site/mail
[newsletters]
valid users = newsletters
path = /var/www/html/site/mail
writable = yes
public = no

but when I go to retrieve the share from windows client \\ipfedora\newsletters
I am asked username and password, I type but I get access denied

i also changed the system permission on the folder with group and owner newsletters but don't work

can you help me please?

thanks

Andrea

[sea]

Have you provided the username and pw from your windows or linux machine?

Probably it requires the fedora username and pw, as samba is located on fedora.
On the other hand, i'm not sure if you may/can create a samba user, which may be required.

[andreasoc]

yes.. I enter user and password for samba but don'work

[sea]

which user name and pw do you enter?
* windows ?
* fedora ?
* special samba account ?

[andreasoc]

samba user newsletters

[jpollard]

Normally, the path /var/www/html/site/mail is owned by apache, and has SELinux labels that would prevent it from being accessed.

So any user, even with a password, would be denied access.

[sea]

Ok.

Can you access the share from fedora, using any browser with \\ipfedora\newsletters ?

EDIT:
Right, did your "setroubleshoot" icon show up in your taskbar?
It probably provides the solution for your issue, by relabeling (other permissions) the path.

[scott32746]

Hello,

How do you have pasword options setup in smb.conf ?


Have you ran command " smbpasswd -a newsletters "
You have "valid users = newsletters" only userid newsletters can sign in

[andreasoc]

Normally, the path /var/www/html/site/mail is owned by apache, and has SELinux labels that would prevent it from being accessed.

So any user, even with a password, would be denied access.

I had forgotten about this particular .. now it works!
thanks to all!!