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ECE/CIS SAMBA Mini-Howto

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  1. 1. To change your SAMBA password:
  2. 2. Single User Windows PCs
    1. 2.1 Network Printer:
    2. 2.2 Network Disk:
  3. 3. Single User Mac (OS X 10.4+)
    1. 3.1 Network Printer:
    2. 3.2 Networked Filesystem:
  4. 4. Multi-User PC
    1. 4.1 Windows XP
    2. 4.2 Windows Vista

This document will help you set up your Windows XP or Mac OS X computer to use network printers and filesystems. It assumes you are already familiar with Windows and how to add a printer, or familiar with OS X's System Preferences. Currently, ECE/CIS uses two Samba servers: smb1.eecis for research accounts, and smb1.acad.ece (or equivalently smb1.acad.cis) for academic accounts. As a result, the following instructions vary slightly between research users and academic users. If you are unfamiliar with the differences between ECE/CIS accounts, there is a simple way to test which type of account you have. Try to ssh into stimpy.eecis.udel.edu. If you are able to do so, then you have a research account. If not, you may likely have an acad (academic) account. Please note: laptops that connect to the network via acad wireless should be configured following the acad set of instructions, even if the user has a research account. If you require any more assistance than this document provides, please contact ECE/CIS Labstaff via the Help Request System.

1.  To change your SAMBA password:

  • Go to https://smb1.eecis.udel.edu/ in your browser.
  • Log in using your ECE/CIS UNIX username and password (the same login you use for stimpy or mlb)
  • Type your old password once and your new password (which should be the same as the password used to log into windows) twice, and click submit.
  • Changes will be effective immediately.

NOTE:

  • If you are unable to change your password and or can not remember your password you must visit Labstaff in 113 Evans Hall. You must bring with you your UD Photo ID so that the labstaff can change your password to a temporary one, which you will be forced to change upon next login.
  • You must be on a computer connected to the UDel or EECIS network in order to access the samba password change page. You will not be able to access this off campus.

2.  Single User Windows PCs

To set your PC to directly access home directories, printers

2.1  Network Printer:

  1. Run through the New Printer Wizard, and select Network Printer.
  2. Either add the network printer manually using \\smb1.eecis.udel.edu\PRINTERNAME (For research machines) or \\smb1-acad\PRINTERNAME (For acad machines. This includes users of the acad wireless network).
  3. You can double click any printer to install it locally. Use an "Apple Laserwriter 16/600 PS" as the driver (use the Color Laser Laserwriter 12/660 PS for a color printer)
  • (Note: XP Service Pack 2 users may show "Access Denied" when accessing the network printer, but printing should still work)
  • More detailed printer installation instructions can be found in the printing section

2.2  Network Disk:

  1. Mounting your Samba share
    1. Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Map Network Drive"
    2. Select the Windows drive letter you'd like to use. (The ECE/CIS labs use M: for the software network share, and N: for your personal network share) Check the box if you want the drive to be mounted each time you logon to the network from this PC.
    3. Click the "Browse" button, and navigate down through "Entire Network" -> "Microsoft Windows Network" -> "ECECIS" -> "SMB1", or "Entire Network" -> "Microsoft Windows Network" -> "ECECIS" -> "SMB1-acad" for acad accounts, then select the foldername you would like to mount.
    4. You should see \\smb1.eecis.udel.edu\FOLDERNAME \\smb1.acad.{ece,cis}.udel.edu\FOLDERNAME in the selection window now. Click OK to confirm.
    • The filesystem should be mounted once the login/pw is authenticated.
    • The filesystem is available on Solaris systems at /samba/<username>
  2. Mounting Samba to access your web page
    1. Open any explorer window and type \\smb-www.eecis.udel.edu in the location bar
    2. Locate the share you want to mount, right click it, and select "Map Network Drive"
    3. Select the Windows drive letter you'd like to use. (The ECE/CIS labs use M: for the software network share, and N: for your personal network share) Check the box if you want the drive to be mounted each time you logon to the network from this PC.
    4. You should see \\SMB-WWW.EECIS.UDEL.EDU\FOLDERNAME in the selection window now. Click OK to confirm.
    • The filesystem should be mounted once the login/pw is authenticated.
    • The filesystem is available on Solaris systems at /samba/<username>

3.  Single User Mac (OS X 10.4+)

3.1  Network Printer:

From the Print and Fax dialog which is available under Apple -> System Preferences... (in the upper left hand corner):

  1. Click the + under the printers list to add a printer
  2. Find and select the "advanced" tab:
    • OS X 10.4:
      1. Hold down the Alt/Option key and click More Printers
      2. In the dropdown box, select Advanced
    • OS X 10.5 (note: these steps need only be taken one time, not once for each printer)
      1. Hold down the CTRL key and click in the icon bar.
      2. Select "Customize toolbar" from the context-menu
      3. Drag the "Advanced" button to the toolbar
      4. Click the "Advanced" button. There may be a delay for the
  3. In the Device pulldown box, choose "Windows Printer via SAMBA" (10.4) or "Windows" (10.5)
  4. In the Device Name field, give the device a name (i.e. Office Printer)
  5. In the Device URL field, type: smb://smb1.research.eecis.udel.edu/<printername> (research machines), smb://smb1.acad.cis.udel.edu/<printername> (CIS acad machines, including "acad" wireless), or smb://smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu/<printername> (ECE acad machines, including "acad" wireless).
  6. Select the appropriate printer driver:
    • OS X 10.4: In the model pulldown, select "Apple"
      • For color printers, use Apple LaserWriter 12/660
      • For B/W printers, use Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS v2014.106
    • OS X 10.5: In the "Print Using" pulldown, select "Generic Postscript Printer"
  7. When you attempt to use the printer, you will be asked to "Enter your name and password". Be sure to connect as a "Registered User" and use your EECIS username and password under "Name" and "Password". You can check the "Remember this password in my keychain" checkbox to avoid having to enter the information each time you print. (Note: this needs to be tested under 10.4.)

3.2  Networked Filesystem:

  1. Mounting your Samba share
    1. With Finder open, click Go, then Connect to Server.. (or press Apple-K in Finder)
    2. Type smb://smb1.eecis.udel.edu (research) or smb://smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu (acad) in the address and click okay.
    3. Workgroup or Domain should be ECECIS
    4. Name and password should be your SAMBA username and password
    • Your share can be accessed in the sidebar and from the desktop
  2. Mounting Samba to access your web page
    1. In Finder, click Go then Connect to Server (or press Apple-K)
    2. Type smb://smb-www.eecis.udel.edu (research) or smb://smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu (acad) in the Server Address field. Click connect.
    3. Connect as Registered User with your SAMBA username and password
    • The folder can be accessed in Finder, click Go then Computer

4.  Multi-User PC

To set your PC to login to the samba domain (to access home directories, printers)

You may have to add a WINS server to your PC to join the domain. (Control Panel -> Network -> (right click) interface, select properties -> TCP/IP properties -> Advanced) Use the address of the SAMBA server (currently 128.4.60.16) as the WINS server.

4.1  Windows XP

In order to access printers and home directories, you must first create a local user with the same username/password as you use for SAMBA:

  1. Log onto the system as Administrator
  2. From the Start Menu, choose Settings, and them open the Control Panel.
  3. Choose Administrative Tools, and open the "Computer Management" Utility
  4. From the menu on the left, select "Local Users and Groups" and then "Users"
  5. From the Action menu, select "New User..."
  6. Fill in the "User name" as your SAMBA username, and the password as your SAMBA password.
  7. Uncheck the "User must change password at next logon" check box.
  8. Click "Create" to create the new user.

Next, you must add printers:

  1. Still logged in as Administrator, open "My Network Places" from the desktop.
  2. Double Click "Entire Network" to browse for a printer
  3. Click the blue words "entire contents" on the left
  4. Double click "Microsoft Windows Network" and then "ECECIS" and then "SMB1"
  5. This will display a list of the printers available.
  6. If the browsing doesn't work, try adding the network printer manually using \\smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu\PRINTERNAME
  7. You can double click any printer to install it locally. Use an "Apple Laserwriter 16/600 PS" as the driver (use the Color Laser Laserwriter 12/660 PS for a color printer)
  8. Once you have the printers installed, log out and log in as the user you created. You should now be able to print to any of the printers you installed.

4.2  Windows Vista

In order to access printers and home directories, you must first create a local user with the same username/password as you use for SAMBA:

  1. Log onto the system as an Administrator account
  2. From the Start Menu, open the Control Panel.
  3. Switch to Classic View
  4. Choose "User Accounts"
  5. Select "Manage another account"
  6. Then, "Create a New Account" - fill in the "User name" as your SAMBA username
  7. After user was created, click on the user and add a password - make sure the password is your SAMBA password.
  8. Log out and login as the new user

Next, you must add printers:

  1. Go to the Start Menu and click "My Computer"
  2. Type in the windows explorer prompt \\smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu
  3. This will ask for the username and password, make sure they are both the SAMBA username and password
  4. Right click on the printers your want to connect to and select "Connect"
  5. Click "OK" to get through the warning message
  6. Use the "HP LaserJet 8100 Series PS" printer driver as the printer driver. ("HP Color LaserJet 9500 PS" for color printer)
  7. Click "OK" to accept the printer
  8. You should be able to print to the printers that were installed.

Note to Vista users: To print to duplex printers, you should perform the following steps:

  1. Go to the Control Panel and double click on "Printers".
  2. Look for the printer you want to print duplex (the printer needs to have that feature), right-click on it and go to properties.
  3. Select the "Device Settings" tab, and look for the option "duplex unit". Make sure it says "installed" and click the Apply button.
  4. Now go to the "Advanced" tab and click the "Printing Defaults" button, which will open a new window.
  5. Pick the "Finishing" tab and mark the box "Print Both Sides".
  6. Click "OK" or "Accept" to close those windows.

Note the ECE/CIS policy on printer quotas. When printing through samba, emails generated from the printer quota system will be sent to your acad email account. Therefore, to see these emails you will either need to read your acad email (for example log onto mlb) or forward your email from acad with a .forward file.

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