[Fwd: Problems accessing hiden shares]

John Rooke john.rooke at lpsystems.com
Wed Sep 29 15:18:07 GMT 1999


Problem solved:-)

The Linux PDC could not resolve the PC names via WINS as we do not have a WINS server
on our network. I added a wins support = Yes to smb.conf and all works exactly as it
should do.

Thanks everyone for your help in this.

John.

Matthew Miller wrote:

> Not sure if you knew this, but NT has separate permissions on the share level.  If
> the share is on a NT machine, log on as the local administrator and check the
> shared permissions (right click on the shared folder, properties, share tab).
>
> Just a suggestion.
>
> Matt Miller
> Systems Administrator
> Vermeer Mfg
>
> John Rooke wrote:
>
> > John Rooke wrote:
> >
> > > Thaks for the reply.
> > >
> > > It does not seem to be any of the suggestions you made:
> > >
> > > I am trying to access shares on one NTW 4.0 PC from another NTW4.0 PC in a
> > > domain where the PDC is Samba 2.1-prealpha. I try to access a known share
> > > \\neilp\cdrom and this does not work. It also does not work on hidden shares
> > > e.g. \\neilp\c$. I get the same error message each time:-(
> > >
> > > I can, however, see all the shares on both our Samba servers (Linux PDC and
> > > SCO OpenServer ordinary domain member).
> > >
> > > Help!
> > >
> > > John.
> > >
> > > tschweikle at FIDUCIA.de wrote:
> > >
> > > > john.rooke <john.rooke at lpsystems.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Hi
> > > > >
> > > > >We use samba-2.1-prealpha on SuSE Linux 6.0 as a PDC with a network of
> > > > >NT Workstation 4.0 PC's.
> > > > >
> > > > >When I try and access a PC hidden share from my NT Workstation e.g.
> > > > >\\pc1\c$ I get a message 'The network path was not found.". I am set up
> > > > >as a Domain Admins user in User Manager For Domains so it should be OK.
> > > > >
> > > > >What am I missing?
> > > >
> > > > With the error message given, there are three possebilities:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Are you trying to access the mentioned share on your samba
> > > >    box? If, the answer is easy: it doesn't exist there. Samba
> > > >    only shares what is given in 'smb.conf'.
> > > >
> > > > 2. If trying to access this on an other NT box. Have a look
> > > >    if it is realy shared there. One might have made registry
> > > >    entrys to have this box not share these normaly default
> > > >    shares or just stoped sharing these by hand from Server-
> > > >    Manager
> > > >
> > > > 3. If the share you want to access is on a Win9x box --- it
> > > >    might not even be running neccessary services, thus not
> > > >    sharing anything at all.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Rooke
> > > Director
> > > L&P Systems Limited
> > > john.rooke at lpsystems.com
> >
> > --
> > John Rooke
> > Director
> > L&P Systems Limited
> > john.rooke at lpsystems.com

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John Rooke
Director
L&P Systems Limited
john.rooke at lpsystems.com




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