Linux client and NT4.0 server - Reply

[James Jennings]

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:59:43 -0800
From: "Walter, Chris G" <Chris.Walter at JSF.Boeing.com>
To: "'samba at samba.anu.edu.au'" <samba at samba.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Linux client and NT4.0 server
Message-ID:
<c=US%a=_%p=Boeing%l=XCH-JSF-01-980226215943Z-17717 at xch-jsf-01.ds.boeing.com>

>Hi, 
>
>I am running Linux on RedHat 5.0 and Samba 1.9.18p2 to wish to connect
>to an NT 4.0 server running NT LAN Manager 4.0.

>I have gone through the documentation and can still not get
>smbmount nor smbclient to work.

>I cannot get smbclient -L to give me a listing of the shares on the
>server.
>I DO get a browser list, but no shares.  I only have partial access to
>the server and must go thru the system administrator, with thier help, I
>have found out that the shares are listed as D$ ( I assume that means
>the D drive).  This share does not show up on the listing from:

>smbclient -L data-sar-01               (data-sar-01) is the server name)


>smbmount simply complains about an incorrect command to mount and dies,
>so I had hoped to use smbclient to debug it.

>Is it even possible to use samba as a client to NT 4.0?
>Does the server need to be configured to allow samba to communitate with
>it?

>Thanks





Chris,

Have you tried to mount the share as D vice D$.  Microsoft uses the $ to hide
shares from a browse list.

Hope it helps,
James