Acessing samba server from win98 client

[fisdba]

Is there any necessary setting needed in smb.conf for win98 client. Keep prompting wrong password even entered correctly. There is no issue on accessing from win95 client.

 

[fisdba]

when issue a command "./smbclient -L hostname",
below error occur
"session request to HOSTNAME failed (Called name not present)
session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)"

Anyone can help????

thkz

 

[urgl]

Win98 uses encrypted passwords - use the regkey supplied with samba to set Win98 to cleartext passwords.

Set wins support = yes in your smb.conf to resolve the name service problems.

 

[fisdba]

urgl

I have alreay set the encrypte passwords = yes & also the win support = yes.
Besides, also used the smbpasswd to create the password.
Now the problem is when i do a "./smbclient -L localhosts",
i can see all the share path information. However, when i do a "./smbclient -L HOSTNAME", it shows mean the above mentioned error. I'm running the samba on a solaris server.
Could it be the NetBIOS stuff causing this error.

thks

 

[urgl]

If it's a name service problem try nmblookup -A ip-of-host to see if you can resolve the name.
Please post your smb.conf and the output of smbclient -L localhost

 

[fisdba]

ok thks urgl, i'll post them on 20 May because i'll only be back office on that day.

 

[fisdba]

hi urgl, when i did a "nmblookup -A ip-of-host", it shows that the host is ACTIVE. Anyway, below is the smb.conf & o/p
of "smbclient -L localhost"

[global]
sercurity = share
workgroup = workgroup
encrpyt passwords = yes
users = bbuser
hosts allow = 134.6.154.92
[bbuser]
comment = BB software
path = /sabackup/BB
hosts allow = 134.6.154.92
valid users = bbuser
ready only = no
public = yes

output of "smbclient -L localhost"
Sharename Type Comment
bbuser Disk IPC Services (Samba 2.0.7)
Server Comment
SNOOPY Samba 2.0.7
Workgroup Master
WORKGROUP

 

[urgl]

I can think of 2 possiblities:
.) no file / print sharing on the Win98 box
.) hosts allow - try to remove the host allow lines
Try too look at:

http://www.gouldfamily.org/oreilly/samba/ch11.htm

Hans (aka Urgl)

 

[TGrimace]

http://www.gouldfamily.org/oreilly/samba/ch11.htm

asks for a username and password. Is there another place with the smae info?

 

[fisdba]

urgl, even i remove the hosts allow and
i also try to add the interface parameter still same.
i thk i'm giving up.

 

[geokor]

Don't give up! I'm new to all this but with the help of a few friends on these forums I was able to get it to work. This is what I did (based mainly on the excellent book "Using Samba" by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown and Peter Kelly - O'Reilly press):
1- Make sure Windows 98 has a seperate user profile for the users you want to be able to access Samba. CONTROL PANEL-> PASSWORDS -> USER PROFILES. Make sure the second radio ("Users can customize...&quot is checked and BOTH checkboxes on the bottom are checked.
2- Select the CHANGE PASSWORDS tab -> CHANGE WINDOWS PASSWORD tab -> change the password. Remember it has to be the same as the password on Samba. In my case it already was and wouldn't work. BUT I then went in here and changed it to itself (simply enter the old password back in again when it asks for the new password and then it worked!)
3- I had to tweak my Network protocols. What I wound up with was my NIC card listing, TCP/IP, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Check you TCP/IP settings. NOTE: I'm assuming from your post that you have a lot more admin experience than I so I am not going to list all the details. If I'm wrong let me know and I can give you all the settings I used to get it to work.

One note: you can not mix a Samba WINS server and a Windows server as the primary/backup combination in the WINS dialog. Evidently they don't really work the same and it messes up the name resolution.

4-Check for bindings under TCP/IP Properties -> Bindings. Both CLient for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer sharing for Microsoft Networks should be checked.

5- Go into you Network Configuration screen and set the computer name using the NetBIOS name not your DNS hostname and domain. Set your workgroup name.

6- REBOOT

For me that worked. The Samba share showed up and I can put files into it from my windoz box and read them from the Linux server.

Hope this helps rather than confuses!

George K
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[fisdba]

hi george, i guess the problem is not with the win98 client side but the samba server side. cos when i did a "smblient -L hostname" on the samba server itself, it shows the error mentioned above. i guess some setting on the TCP/IP protocol on the samba server, just can't figure out.