[Samba] Samba and Windows XP - RESOLVED

Jason Johnson jason at oregonnet.com
Thu Sep 16 09:56:16 GMT 2004 

Thanks to all who gave it their best shot to assist me.  After double 
checking my log files again I noticed in /var/log/messages that nmbd was 
trying to communicate with my Wireless NIC instead of the Ethernet NIC.  I 
disabled the Wireless NIC temporarily and then I double checked the settings 
on the Ethernet NIC.  It turnes out I had mistyped the subnet mask.  I 
corrected this and now I can access Samba from windows.  I reenabled the 
wireless NIC and everything is working wonderfully now.

Looks like the soak in the Jacuzzi really helped clear my head.  :-D  Thanks 
again to all who gave me advice

Jason
----- 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 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP


> Just another easy try, did you install SP2 on XP? Is the firewall on?
> Cheers
> Simone
>
> Jason Johnson wrote:
>
>> 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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