CANT SEE SMB SERVER FROM W98 - W2K

[tutia]

I mount samba server in RH Linux 8.0
In the same work group, from w98 I can see W2k, and from W2K I can see w98.
I can never see the Linux machine.
I ping all of them and in all directions, I've got response.

What can be wrong?

 

[danielhozac]

Is Samba running? Is Samba setup correctly? //Daniel

 

[Murugs]

Pls provide the error messages that samba log file shows so that we can have a better understanding of the problem.

regards
MP

 

[John Lewis]

Are all computers on the same subnet?

As danielhozac asked, is Samba running ('ps -eaf | grep samba') ?

Define 'can't see'. Do you mean the Samba server doesn't show up in network neighborhood? Have you tried:

From a command prompt on one of the windows machines, type 'net view' and press return.

If the Samba server doesn't show up on that list, try 'net view \\SAMBASERVER', replacing SAMBASERVER with the computer name you assigned to the Samba server.

If you get an error there, try 'net view \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', replacing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP of the Samba server.

Finally, type 'nbtstat -c'. Does the Samba server show up there? Is the IP correct.

Report your results. Be as specific when reporting error messages as possible.

 

[tutia]

To
//Daniel
I think is running well. I set up it with swat.

To
MP
Unfortunatly there is no error message.

To
Mhkwood
Yes, they are in the same subnet
they are:

W2K xxx.yyy.zzz.1
W98 xxx.yyy.zzz.2
Linux eth0 xxx.yyy.zzz.3
Linux eth1 xxx.yyy.zzz.4 (this temporary - will be in the future in a diferent segment for firewall)

'ps -eaf | grep smb' is OK:
root 806 1 0 20:23 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D

Yes, I mean the Samba server doesn't show up in network neighborhood

net view:

\\MyW2K
\\MyW98


IN W2K
if net view \\SambaServer or net view IPAdress

SYSTEM ERROR 5.
Access denied


IN W98:
net view \\SambaServer
ERROR 86: The net password is not correct...

(Sorry, but this is a translation. Is a Spanish sys)


If I do:
nbtstat -c
before net view \\SambaServer
on the list, I only have the W servers
after, I have also the SambaServer and IP OK

 

[danielhozac]

Is the workgroup/domain the same on the Samba server and the Windows clients? Are there any users setup on the server? //Daniel

 

[tutia]

The workgroup/domain is the same.

Yes 2 users on the server:
root
myself

 

[smah]

Are you sure these are Samba users? - not the same as Linux users.

 

[bluegroper]

Just follow the steps in

http://au1.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/Samba24Hc13.pdf

 

[tutia]

It becames working. The 1st mistake was that I had no smb users.
I get Samba 24Hc13 and...

with
nmblookup -A IPadress

Now I can see users and machines

with
nbtstat -A IPadress

I also can see all

with
net view \\SambaServer

I can see Shared Disk -- Home directory

With
net use P: \\SambaServer\MyDir

I can see /home/MyDir


Anyway, if I try to mount a shared part on W2K or W98 (they are shared)

smbclient //W2K/C

I get

Connection to W2K failed


AND in network neighborhood I still can't see SambaServer

 

[tutia]

More,

In Samba24Hc13.pdf
On Level 4: Network Browsing

They talk about H18 , 19 and 20

Where can I find it?

http://au1.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/Samba24Hc18.pdf

doesn't exist on the net?

 

[jakess]

I have a similar problem and enjoyed reading this thread. However how do i create a Samba users??

 

[smah]

smbpasswd [options] [username] [password]

For more info about the options, look in the documentation for smbpassword.