can't access samba shares

[valicon]

Hi all,

I have Red Hat 8 and i set up Samba. I can see the linux box in network neighborhood in XP Pro, but when I double click on it I get the error:

\\Samba server not accessible
The network path was not found.

Here is the smb.conf file:

[global]
workgroup = TECHSUPPORT247
netbios name = SAMBA SERVER
server string = Samba Server on PIII
hosts allow = 10.10.10.
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
printing = lprng
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd: *all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
pam password change = yes
obey pam restrictions = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = no

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes

Now I even added the samba users via smbusers and still nothing! What am I doing wrong?

 

[valicon]

oops wrong forum! I didn't realize there was a samba forum. I will repost it there, sorry!

 

[flugh]

Not sure, but maybe the NETBIOS NAME shouldn't have a space in it? The error says "\\Samba server not accessible", not "\\Samba Server server not accessible". Maybe try a more sane name?


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JBR

 

[valicon]

I originally used Linux...same issue

 

[flugh]

Maybe it's a 'server unreachable' kind of thing. Your computer names may not be resolving properly. I have editted my lmhosts file on the linux box, so it maps 'frodo', 'bilbo', and 'golem' to the correct ip addresses.

How about change the name to something without a space, then make sure you set up your lmhosts?

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JBR

 

[cyoung]

There are some issues with the way XP Pro handles networking when it comes to Samba.

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html

has some really good info to solve these issues.

Good Luck!

 

[clonny2]

type testparm and see if you get any errors. But I would also change the space in the netbios name to an underscore.

Testparm will read the smb.conf and check its validity.

>---------------------------------------Lawrence Feldman
SR. QA. Engineer SNAP Appliance
lfeldman@snapappliance.com

 

[clonny2]

Also, i forgot to say, when you are getting these errors, type pidof nmbd on the server, make sure the name process daemon is running.

You can also look at the logs /var/log/samba/log.nmbd and log.smbd They might be of some help as to why you can not connect.

>---------------------------------------Lawrence Feldman
SR. QA. Engineer SNAP Appliance
lfeldman@snapappliance.com