smbclient problem

[Tonatiuh]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 trying to see shared service of a WinXP SP2 throug samba client.

[root@lab1 samba]# smbclient -L winmachine -U smbuser%smbuser
Domain=[UVRED] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME

[root@lab1 samba]# service smb status
smbd (pid 23953 23949) is running...
nmbd (pid 23954) is running...

Any idea?

[Sung Oh]

Hi Tonatiuh,

You should check your Server path and make sure you have correct path and check smb.conf for dns proxy option. Your DNS entry might had to do with your issue.

Regards,
Sung
Sung

[Asif Sharif]

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/ref-guide/ch-samba.html

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

1) The services you list are for incoming Samba connections. They have nothing to do with an outgoing connection to a Windows Samba server.

2) There is a known issue with The Samba client in RH. You may need to set up a user map to make permissions correct on the remote windows mount.

3) Windows has to be updated on security to permit proper Linux mounts. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
4) The message itself seems to indicate two computers are on the network with the same name. Windows doesn't like that.

Good Luck,

SEP

[Tonatiuh]

Sun Oh: There is no DNS server. I have the name resolution into my local (linux) /etc/hosts.

Steven: You mention something about a "Windows Samba Server". I do not install or configure anything in the windows machine, but only make shared a folder and gave access to the windows local user "smbuser".

How can I do the "user map" that you mention?