[Samba] Mac OS X user having problems connecting to samba running on Ubuntu Server

[Amit More]

Hello all,

After spending some time looking into the problem, I have found out that changing the hostname of the machine on which samba was running to be 16(or less) characters long did the trick. With "internalfileserver"(which is 18 characters long) as hostname Mac users were not able to connect to the share via "connect to server"(apple + k) application but could connect via the command line. Changing the hostname to "fileserver"(which is 10 characters long) allowed Mac users to connect to the share via "connect to server" application as well as via the command line. 
 
I am not able to figure this out. I will share it with samba users once i find something useful.

Thanks,
Amit More


On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 18:51 -0700, Amit More wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> I have installed samba version 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 server 32-bit
> following the documentation
> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/serverguide/C/samba-fileserver.html
> 
> 
> Windows and Ubuntu users can see and mount the shares with no problem at
> all. 
> 
> Mac OS 10.6.x users can connect to samba from terminal using smbclient,
> but they are refused connection when they try to connect via finder (ie
> using apple + k). The error Mac users get is “wrong username or
> password”. However, they can connect via finder only when they prefix
> the username with any domain name. They can pass any arbitrary domain
> name before the username to connect to the samba share. 
> 
> 
> To be more clear here is an example
> 
> smb://server.domain.com/File_share
> username: arbitrary-domain-name\username
> 
> 
> Also, Mac OS X users having problem connecting to samba running on
> Ubuntu server are able to mount the shares from Windows Server 2003 via
> finder.
> 
> 
> I have set the following parameters in my /etc/samba/smb.conf file
> 
> workgroup = WORKGROUP 
> 
> server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
> 
> dns proxy = no
> 
> security = user
> 
> encrypt passwords = true
> 
> passdb backend = tdbsam
> 
> obey pam restrictions = yes
> 
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> 
> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*
> \spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
> 
> map to guest = bad user
> 
> usershare allow guests = yes
> 
> [share]
> 
> comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
> 
> path = /srv/samba/share
> 
> browsable = yes
> 
> guest ok = no
> 
> read only = no
> 
> create mask = 0755
> 
> 
> 
> Things that I have tried:
> 
>      1. Adding public = yes in share
>         
>      2. Setting encryption = false
>         
> 
> I am new to samba and have been doing research for a long time to get
> this working. Is there any workaround for the problem that I am facing.
> I would appreciate all your help.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Amit More
> 
> 
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