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

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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Amit More <amore at xetus.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Doing a bit of research on samba and hostname lead me to find the actual
> cause of the problem. If you don't specify the "netbios name = "
> directive in the samba configuration(smb.conf) file, samba uses hostname
> as the netbios name (ref:
> http://www.justlinux.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-126124.html read
> cowanrl's comment) and the maximum length of a netbios name is 16
> characters. However, Microsoft limits the netbios name to 15 characters
> (ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163409).
>
> In my case i had not specified the "netbios name = " directive in
> smb.conf file and the hostname was more than 16 characters. Adding
> "netbios name = " to something less than 15 characters did the trick. My
> hostname is more than 16 characters.
>
> Hope this helps some of you out there.
>
> Thanks,
> Amit More
>
> On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 18:16 -0700, Amit More wrote:
> > 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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