[Samba] Can't mount Samba share on Linux box, Windows clients OK

Baxter Shepperson baxshep at cox.net
Wed Nov 27 18:58:00 GMT 2002


Baxter Shepperson wrote:

>   Hi all.  I've got most of the Samba config dialed in yet I still 
> cannot get printing or file sharing going from my main desktop (Debian 
> Sarge).  Here's what I tried:
> root at PlanetExpress:/home/bax# mount -t smbfs -o 
> username=planetexpress,password=tigerlily //printserver/homes /mnt/Samba
> Unknown parameter encountered: "passdb backend"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "passdb backend"
>
>
>  Any ideas?  Printing from CUPS on my Linux box to the Samba box 
> doesn't work either.  I hope it's something small or stupid because 
> the Windows clients are running just fine.  I appreciate any 
> ideas/comments/ridicule anyone might offer.
>
> Baxter
> Sgt USMC
>
>
  I forgot to mention connectivity is good, there's an account created 
via useradd and smbpasswd -a.  Should I just add the Linux box as a 
machine account rahter than a user account?  Thanks!





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