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thebassist
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Joined: 31 May 2003
Posts: 12
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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:26 am Post subject: slitght samba problems |
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Hey all, I've got a little problem running samba, in that it doesn't work.
I've got one machine setup with gentoo, and it's acting as a file server I can connect to it from my powerbook (OSX) and the desktop (WinXP). I've just installed gentoo on the desktop (duel boot with XP). Problem is that I can't see the samba shares, won't even connect to samba server.
Here's the smb.conf from the server THOR
| Code: | [global]
security = user
workgroup = SHAQ
netbios name = THOR
wins support = yes
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
encrypt passwords = Yes
syslog = 0
max log size = 1000
log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log.%m
log level = 2
invalid users = root
hosts allow = 192.168.1.
interfaces = eth0
guest account = guest
[music]
comment = Music
path = /mnt/files/music
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
[muvids]
comment = Music videos
path = /mnt/files/muvids
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
[download]
comment = downloaded files
path = /mnt/files/downloads
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
[school]
comment = school work
path = /mnt/files/school
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
[backup]
comment = backups
path = /mnt/files/backup
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0777
[documents]
comment = documents
path = /mnt/files/documents
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0777
[pictures]
comment = documents/pictures
path = /mnt/files/documents/pictures
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0777
[media]
comment = documents/media
path = /mnt/files/documents/media
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
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Here's the smb.conf from the desktop DESKTOP
| Code: | [global]
security = user
workgroup = SHAQ
netbios name = DESKTOP
wins support = yes
server string = %n desktop (Samba %v)
encrypt passwords = Yes
syslog = 0
max log size = 1000
log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log.%n
log level = 2
invalid users = root
hosts allow = 192.168.1.
interfaces = eth0
guest account = guest
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when I try and connect to the server THOR
I do the following, from the gnome main menu chooose "Network Servers" from there I choose "New Server" I then enter the ip address of the server 192.168.1.100 I'll work on the hostnames later. and this is the message that I get
| Code: | Couldn't connect to URI smb://192.168.1.100
Please make sure that the address is correct and alternatively, type in this address in the file manager directly |
I tried entering it within the address bar, but then it gives a much less informative message
| Code: | | "smb://192.168.1.100" is not a valid location. Please check the spelling and try again. |
Any obvious things that I might be doing wrong.
Thanks in advance
L8er |
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rwallace
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 107
Location: Phoenix, AZ US
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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One thing you should do, but probably won't help, is disable wins support on the desktop. You probably don't need/want that acting as a wins server.
Instead of using the gnome "Network Server" interface, try using smbclient. On the server look at what is being server using "smbclient -L localhost". On the desktop do "smbclient -L 192.168.1.100". When smbclient prompts you for a password just hit enter. that should give a list of shares.
From the client try and connect using "smbclient \\\\DESKTOP\\share -U username". That should provide you with an ftp like interface. If that doesn't work, you might also try specifying the ip address instead of the netbios name.
For the record, I've never had much luck getting the "Network servers" stuff to work from the gnome desktop. |
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