[Samba] Unable to access linux files from windows using samba configured in linux Vmware

[Adam Williams]

take out the space between the , and password=abc and the extra / on 
//home/abc

gforgcc wrote:
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> Squeezer99 wrote:
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>> are you using smbpasswd, tdbsam, or ldapsam for authentication?  in 
>> linux can you do mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195/A_Valid_Share" /mnt -o 
>> username=user,password=passwd
>>
>> what sort of errors are you getting in /var/log/samba/log.smbd
>>
>>
>>     
> Thanks for the reply.. :)
> ya i am using smbpasswd.. but when i tried to mount as you told it is giving
> something like this.. 
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>
> [root at localhost]# mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195//home/abc" /mnt -o
> username=abc, password=abc
> Usage: mount -V                 : print version
>        mount -h                 : print this help
>        mount                    : list mounted filesystems
>        mount -l                 : idem, including volume labels
> So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
> The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
> Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
>        mount -a [-t|-O] ...     : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
>        mount device             : mount device at the known place
>        mount directory          : mount known device here
>        mount -t type dev dir    : ordinary mount command
> Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
> a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
> One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
>        mount --bind olddir newdir
> or move a subtree:
>        mount --move olddir newdir
> A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
> or by label, using  -L label  or by uuid, using  -U uuid .
> Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
> For many more details, say  man 8 mount .
>
>
> and in the file /var/log/samba/smbd.log... the output is like this...
>
> Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2006
> [2008/04/25 10:30:24, 0] smbd/server.c:main(805)
>   smbd version 3.0.21b-2 started.
> Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2006
>
> so what might be the problem ??? :(
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