[Samba] Samba and Windows XP

Thu Sep 16 08:45:09 GMT 2004

That gave me an invalid password error.  Even though my password is correct. 
This is the strangest thing I have ever seen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simone" <simone72 at email.it>
To: "Jason Johnson" <jason at oregonnet.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP


> Hi, it could be a stupid thing to try, but I was thinking you could try to 
> connect using "net use".  This way you provide credential even if you're 
> not prompted.
>
> net use Z: \\ipsambaserver\sharename /USER:jason password:yourpassword
>
> Have a nice day
> Simone
>
> Jason Johnson wrote:
>
>> Samba appears to be up
>>
>> [root at samba samba]# /etc/init.d/smb status
>> smbd (pid 1988) is running...
>> nmbd (pid 1992) is running...
>>
>> Local file permissions on the directory appear to be fine
>>
>> [root at samba home]# ls -al /home/jason
>> total 24
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 jason jason 4096 Aug 31 15:05 .
>> drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  4096 Aug 31 13:20 ..
>> -rw-------  1 jason jason   34 Sep 15 21:07 .bash_history
>> -rw-r--r--  1 jason jason   24 Aug 31 13:20 .bash_logout
>> -rw-r--r--  1 jason jason  191 Aug 31 13:20 .bash_profile
>> -rw-r--r--  1 jason jason  124 Aug 31 13:20 .bashrc
>> [root at samba home]#
>>
>> My Windows XP account name is Jason with the same password that I use for 
>> samba.
>>
>> I do not see anywhere in windows where I can configure anything.  When I 
>> go into "My Network Places" on Windows XP and choose "View Workgroup 
>> Computers".  I see the samba server icon.  When I double click it it does 
>> not give me any prompt for a username and password.  It just pops up that 
>> error message that I pasted in my initial email.   If there is an area in 
>> Windows XP that I need to configure.  Please let me know
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slavisa Popravak" <spop at 4net.co.yu>
>> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP
>>
>>
>>> Jason Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just created the samba user 'jason' now.  However, it never prompts 
>>>> me to enter in a username or password.  Is there some security setting 
>>>> that I need to enable on the samba side to make it prompt me when I 
>>>> double click on the icon in Windows XP?
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slavisa Popravak" <spop at 4net.co.yu>
>>>> To: "Jason" <jason at emt-jason.us>
>>>> Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:48 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Jason wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to setup a samba server on Redhat Fedora 2 and trying to 
>>>>>> connect to it through Windows XP Professional.
>>>>>> This samba server is a standalone server.  I can see it in the 
>>>>>> Network Places.  Every time I try to connect to it I get the 
>>>>>> following error in Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "\\Samba is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use 
>>>>>> this network resource.  Contact the administrator of this server to 
>>>>>> find out if you have access permissions.  The network path was not 
>>>>>> found."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is my smb.conf file that I created using SWAT.  Can anyone help 
>>>>>> me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank You
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Samba config file created using SWAT
>>>>>> # from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2)
>>>>>> # Date: 2004/09/15 23:22:05
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Global parameters
>>>>>> [global]
>>>>>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>>>>> max log size = 50
>>>>>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>>>>> dns proxy = No
>>>>>> ldap ssl = no
>>>>>> idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>>>>>> idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>>>>>> hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [homes]
>>>>>> comment = Home Directories
>>>>>> path = /home
>>>>>> read only = No
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [printers]
>>>>>> comment = All Printers
>>>>>> path = /var/spool/samba
>>>>>> printable = Yes
>>>>>> browseable = No
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [myshare]
>>>>>> comment = Jason Test Share
>>>>>> path = /home/jason
>>>>>> valid users = jason
>>>>>> read only = No
>>>>>> create mask = 0765
>>>>>>
>>>>> Did you create username " jason " on server as a samba user??
>>>>>
>>>>> smbpasswd -a jason
>>>>>
>>>>> Then enter password, and when later try to connect to server suply 
>>>>> that username and password.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Slaviša Popravak
>>>>> inženjer informatike
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I think that samba will allways ask you for username and  password, 
>>>> when try to connect. Maybe you should do some configuration with your 
>>>> windows machine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Try to log on your win box with the same username and pass, as you 
>>> created them on samba server. , and if it works it could be problem with 
>>> win configuration,...
>>> or
>>> Check samba status    /etc/init.d/smb status      /etc/init.d/nmb status
>>> or
>>> Check local file permission on share that you want to access. Samba is 
>>> configured to allow access to share to Jason, but local file permission 
>>> should be configured to allow him access to. When you try to access some 
>>> share, it's chesked local and share permission.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Slaviša Popravak
>>> inženjer informatike
>>>
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>>
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