topic Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server in Operating System - Linux

Can not Access Share on Samba Server

george_114 — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:43:01 GMT

I have configured my samba server with share type = share and when i run smbclient -L rhlsvr, i can login to my samba server but why my share directory can not be accessed via Windows 98 client that informed that share name not found.

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

Huc_1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:52:12 GMT

Georges,

It much more easy to answer that question if you include your smb.conf as attachement.

J-P

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

U.SivaKumar_2 — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:04:02 GMT

Hi,

In smb.conf , ensure that

encrypt passwords = yes

and restart samba

regards,

U.SivaKumar

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

george_114 — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:41:40 GMT

this is my smb.conf file

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

Huc_1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:18:07 GMT

First do you see your printer share from W98, also is your W98 in WORKGROUP also

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In your share section

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
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If you see printer share then make Home browseable = Yes

Do the above if your are in a safe/secure environment.

Dont forget to run

# service smb restart

after each change to smb.conf

When and if you see your share try make this more secure by resticting share to specific user/nodes

also have a look at following link for more detailed info

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-samba-configuring.html

Hope this get you rolling

J-P

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

Alexander Chuzhoy — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:19:57 GMT

can you access the server with ping command?
if the answer is yes?
then in run command type this:
\\IP_address
where IP addres is the ip of your samba server.
tell us what's happening

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

Jerome Henry — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:25:35 GMT

Hi,

When using security = share, you compell samba to guess username for each share.
Tha's no problem using smbclient, as user is linux login for your user, and then you access to your public share or your home directory if any.
But it's harder from win98. In this case, you should link specifically a right for each share, and for each user (say /tmp/toto should belong to user toto, which is the login you used to log to your windows box. no one else will be able to get tot this share).
So it's generally a better idea to use security = user, and add these users to your samba server with smbpasswd tool.
Of course, your smb.conf should then contain the shares you want to show !
A good tool to prepare all that is swat... do you know it ?

J

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:55:54 GMT

I'd be thinking about user level share and smbpasswd -a or doing authentication on your primary domain controller.

I think this problem is being caused by share authenitcation.

Have you checked the samba log file defined in smb.conf? It might give you some clues.

SEP

Re: Can not Access Share on Samba Server

charlie_21 — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:11:19 GMT

Yo George,
Try this
1 same password on client as server.
Username + password = the same.
(so reset both)
Then check dir rights , see smb.conf and check the atributes of the home dir or other share's , make it 777 for now.

Then see in the reg of windows if the password is send in clear text or encrypted,
Make it the same on the client and the server.

OO , don't forget to make some share's browsable in the smb.conf

Or check my config on ftp://81.204.73.15/pub/smb.conf
Ba BAM - Dance the samba....., and your win client = fooled ....no licences...Good Luck..