pyNeighborhood not working in mint 17 and home network issues (Resloved)

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I am running mint 17 64bit mate which is a new install replacing mint 13…

I now find that pyNeighborhood is not working in mint 17 but was working just fine in mint 13.

I checked that it is not a computer problem by installing it on my laptop also running mint17 and there is the same problem.

Any help would be appreciated…

2

Can you define the problem ?

What happens if you try to start it from the command line:

pyNeighborhood
3

I think that Python transitioned from 2 to 3 at some point between Mint 13 & 17 - is pyNeighborhood Python 3 compatible?

4

The program starts OK but can not find the network… SAMBA is installed…

There dose seem to be other network issues like my desktop can not see my laptop but my laptop can see the desktop.

As far as I can tell the networking is set up the same on both machines…

Both machines can see the network printer, my wife’s Win7 laptop and the network storage.

5

Hi Tramlink

I know this is not any help with pyNeighborhood as such but I used to use it and always found it problematic, I now use Gigolo and find it much more stable and easy to use so if you don’t find an answer to your problem it might be worth giving Gigolo a try

Good luck

Graeme

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Gigolo works very well and is a good replacement so now only have the issues with the other networking issues -

network issues like my desktop can not see my laptop but my laptop can see the desktop.

As far as I can tell the networking is set up the same on both machines…

Both machines can see the network printer, my wife’s Win7 laptop and the network storage.

strange things happen when I click on the windows network icon. The networking window closes and I am returned to the desktop…

7

Have you actually shared anything on the laptop ?

8

There is a list of shared folders in networking…

9

On the laptop, can you post the contents of

gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

and the output from

sudo iptables -L

and

sudo ufw status

What OS is on the desktop ? … are they both Mint ?

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Hi, operating system the same mint 17 64bit mate.

The program gedit is not installed in this version of mint. They now use pluma Text Editor so change the command line.

[spoiler]#

Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.

This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the

smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed

here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which

are not shown in this example

Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as

commented-out examples in this file.

- When such options are commented with “;”, the proposed setting

differs from the default Samba behaviour

- When commented with “#”, the proposed setting is the default

behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important

enough to be mentioned here

NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command

“testparm” to check that you have not made any basic syntactic

errors.

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

Browsing/Identification

Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of

workgroup = 000D0B6DA3C4

server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

server string = %h server (Samba, Linux Mint)

Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server

wins support = no

WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

; wins server = w.x.y.z

This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.

dns proxy = no

Networking

The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to

This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;

interface names are normally preferred

; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the

‘interfaces’ option above to use this.

It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is

not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this

option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.

; bind interfaces only = yes

Debugging/Accounting

This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

that connects

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).

max log size = 1000

If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following

parameter to ‘yes’.

syslog only = no

We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything

should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log

through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.

syslog = 0

Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace

panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######

Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible

values are “standalone server”, “member server”, "classic primary

domain controller", “classic backup domain controller”, "active

directory domain controller".

Most people will want “standalone sever” or “member server”.

Running as “active directory domain controller” will require first

running “samba-tool domain provision” to wipe databases and create a

new domain.

server role = standalone server

If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what

password database type you are using.

passdb backend = tdbsam

obey pam restrictions = yes

This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix

password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the

passdb is changed.

unix password sync = yes

For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following

parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <[email protected] for

sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = Enter\snew\s\spassword:* %n\n Retype\snew\s\spassword:* %n\n password\supdated\ssuccessfully .

This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes

when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in

‘passwd program’. The default is ‘no’.

pam password change = yes

This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped

to anonymous connections

map to guest = bad user

########## Domains ###########

The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary

classic domain controller’, ‘server role = backup domain controller’

or ‘domain logons’ is set

It specifies the location of the user’s

profile directory from the client point of view) The following

required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see

below)

; logon path = \%N\profiles%U

Another common choice is storing the profile in the user’s home directory

(this is Samba’s default)

logon path = \%N%U\profile

The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

It specifies the location of a user’s home directory (from the client

point of view)

; logon drive = H:

logon home = \%N%U

The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored

in the [netlogon] share

NOTE: Must be store in ‘DOS’ file format convention

; logon script = logon.cmd

This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR

RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix

password; please adapt to your needs

; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos “” %u

This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the

SAMR RPC pipe.

The following assumes a “machines” group exists on the system

; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c “%u machine account” -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR

RPC pipe.

; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

############ Misc ############

Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

of the machine that is connecting

; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

Some defaults for winbind (make sure you’re not using the ranges

for something else.)

; idmap uid = 10000-20000
; idmap gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash

Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders

with the net usershare command.

Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.

; usershare max shares = 100

Allow users who’ve been granted usershare privileges to create

public shares, not just authenticated ones

usershare allow guests = yes

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)

to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each

user’s home directory as \server\username

;[homes]
; comment = Home Directories
; browseable = no

By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the

next parameter to ‘no’ if you want to be able to write to them.

; read only = yes

File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to

create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.

; create mask = 0700

Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to

create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.

; directory mask = 0700

By default, \server\username shares can be connected to by anyone

with access to the samba server.

Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only “username”

can connect to \server\username

This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes

; valid users = %S

Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

(you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; read only = yes

Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store

users profiles (see the “logon path” option above)

(you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

The path below should be writable by all users so that their

profile directory may be created the first time they log on

;[profiles]
; comment = Users profiles
; path = /home/samba/profiles
; guest ok = no
; browseable = no
; create mask = 0600
; directory mask = 0700

wins support = no
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700

Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable

printer drivers

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no

Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.

You may need to replace ‘lpadmin’ with the name of the group your

admin users are members of.

Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions

to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it

; write list = root, @lpadmin

[Desktop]
path = /home/usertwo/Desktop
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Documents]
path = /home/usertwo/Documents
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Downloads]
path = /home/usertwo/Downloads
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Public]
path = /home/usertwo/Public
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[usertwo]
path = /home/usertwo
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[home]
path = /home
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = no

usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ sudo iptables -L
[sudo] password for usertwo:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $

usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ sudo ufw status
Status: inactive
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ [/spoiler]

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can we see the smb.conf from the working (visible on the network) machine for comparison.

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Here is the file from the Desktop machine.

[spoiler]#

Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.

This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the

smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed

here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which

are not shown in this example

Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as

commented-out examples in this file.

- When such options are commented with “;”, the proposed setting

differs from the default Samba behaviour

- When commented with “#”, the proposed setting is the default

behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important

enough to be mentioned here

NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command

“testparm” to check that you have not made any basic syntactic

errors.

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

Browsing/Identification

Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of

workgroup = 000D0B6DA3C4

server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

server string = %h server (Samba, Linux Mint)

Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server

wins support = no

WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

; wins server = w.x.y.z

This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.

dns proxy = no

Networking

The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to

This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;

interface names are normally preferred

; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the

‘interfaces’ option above to use this.

It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is

not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this

option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.

; bind interfaces only = yes

Debugging/Accounting

This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

that connects

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).

max log size = 1000

If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following

parameter to ‘yes’.

syslog only = no

We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything

should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log

through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.

syslog = 0

Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace

panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######

Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible

values are “standalone server”, “member server”, "classic primary

domain controller", “classic backup domain controller”, "active

directory domain controller".

Most people will want “standalone sever” or “member server”.

Running as “active directory domain controller” will require first

running “samba-tool domain provision” to wipe databases and create a

new domain.

server role = standalone server

If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what

password database type you are using.

passdb backend = tdbsam

obey pam restrictions = yes

This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix

password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the

passdb is changed.

unix password sync = yes

For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following

parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <[email protected] for

sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = Enter\snew\s\spassword:* %n\n Retype\snew\s\spassword:* %n\n password\supdated\ssuccessfully .

This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes

when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in

‘passwd program’. The default is ‘no’.

pam password change = yes

This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped

to anonymous connections

map to guest = bad user

########## Domains ###########

The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary

classic domain controller’, ‘server role = backup domain controller’

or ‘domain logons’ is set

It specifies the location of the user’s

profile directory from the client point of view) The following

required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see

below)

; logon path = \%N\profiles%U

Another common choice is storing the profile in the user’s home directory

(this is Samba’s default)

logon path = \%N%U\profile

The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

It specifies the location of a user’s home directory (from the client

point of view)

; logon drive = H:

logon home = \%N%U

The following setting only takes effect if ‘domain logons’ is set

It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored

in the [netlogon] share

NOTE: Must be store in ‘DOS’ file format convention

; logon script = logon.cmd

This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR

RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix

password; please adapt to your needs

; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos “” %u

This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the

SAMR RPC pipe.

The following assumes a “machines” group exists on the system

; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c “%u machine account” -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR

RPC pipe.

; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

############ Misc ############

Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

of the machine that is connecting

; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

Some defaults for winbind (make sure you’re not using the ranges

for something else.)

; idmap uid = 10000-20000
; idmap gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash

Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders

with the net usershare command.

Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.

; usershare max shares = 100

Allow users who’ve been granted usershare privileges to create

public shares, not just authenticated ones

usershare allow guests = yes

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)

to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each

user’s home directory as \server\username

;[homes]
; comment = Home Directories
; browseable = no

By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the

next parameter to ‘no’ if you want to be able to write to them.

; read only = yes

File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to

create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.

; create mask = 0700

Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to

create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.

; directory mask = 0700

By default, \server\username shares can be connected to by anyone

with access to the samba server.

Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only “username”

can connect to \server\username

This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes

; valid users = %S

Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

(you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; read only = yes

Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store

users profiles (see the “logon path” option above)

(you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

The path below should be writable by all users so that their

profile directory may be created the first time they log on

;[profiles]
; comment = Users profiles
; path = /home/samba/profiles
; guest ok = no
; browseable = no
; create mask = 0600
; directory mask = 0700

wins support = no
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700

Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable

printer drivers

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no

Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.

You may need to replace ‘lpadmin’ with the name of the group your

admin users are members of.

Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions

to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it

; write list = root, @lpadmin

[userone]
path = /home/userone
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Documents]
path = /home/userone/Documents
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Desktop]
path = /home/userone/Desktop
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Downloads]
path = /home/userone/Downloads
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Music]
path = /home/userone/Music
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

[Public]
path = /home/userone/Public
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes[/spoiler]

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OK, are the network settings the same fr both PC’s (obvioulsy not the IP address), but the DNS server(s)

Have both PC’s got static or dynamic IP’s ?

Can you access the laptop shares from the desktop by IP address ? … eg. if you enter:-
smb://192.168.0.7
in the file manager address bar.

obviously replacing the 192.168.0.7 with the IP address of the laptop

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Yes I can access the laptop shares using the I P address from firefox and see the contents.

Can also access them via the file manager.

Both PC’s have dynamic IP’s which has never been a problem in the past.

As far as I can tell both PC’s are set up the same for networks.

The only difference is in “control centre” -internet and network the laptop has an extra icon (personal file sharing) which is enabled with no password required.

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just as a matter of interest, what happens if you add a netbios name in smb.conf on the laptop

as in:-

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = 000D0B6DA3C4
   netbios name = laptop

then reboot ?

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Hi get this response…

usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ workgroup = 000D0B6DA3C4
workgroup: command not found
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ netbios name = usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P
netbios: command not found
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $

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You need to edit the smb.conf file.

sudo pluma /etc/samba/smb.conf

then add / edit the lines Mark suggested
save and reboot

18

I’m not sure if a “-” is a valid character in a Windows netbios name, so just add either

netbios name = laptop

or

netbios name = usertwo

Hint -

Running:

testparm

should tell you if there are any syntax errors in your smb.conf

19

I also put netbios on the desktop had a gut feeling and everything on the home network is now OK.

pyNeighborhood is still not working but have found a replacement (see above) via this post.

Thanks as always for your assistance.

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For my part, you’re welcome :slight_smile: