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Katherine Chan

2003-Dec-01 04:18 UTC

[Samba] Can't access Samba public directory from MS Windows

My Linux XP (hostname "isat", IP 192.168.1.8) is in the same workgroup
as my Microsoft PC running Windows 2003 (IP 192.168.1.7).
On my Linux host, I have a [public] section in the smb.conf file, as shown
at the end of this message.

When I typed the command
   smbclient '\\isat\public'
the following message was displayed:
added interface ip=192.168.1.8 bcast=192.168.1.15 nmask=255.255.255.240
password:

I typed in the password for the owner of directory /home/public.
The following text was displayed:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] Os=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
Smb:\>

This shows that I can connect to a file service.

I then go to the DOS command screen on my Windows PC and
typed the following to map network drive g: to directory /home/public on my
Linux XP
   net use g: \\isat\public

The following error message was displayed:
System error 53 has occurred
The network path was not found

I also tried the following:
>From the Windows PCMy Network Places --> Computers Near Me

I can see "isat" under the "Name" column with 
comment "Samba server"

But when I clicked on entry "isat", the following error message
was displayed:
\\isat is not accessible
The Network path was not found
I can ping the Linux IP 192.168.1.8 from my Windows PC 
and I can also ping my Windows PC IP 192.168.1.7 from the Linux XP
but I cannot ping the Linux hostname "isat" from the Windows PC.

My /home/public directory on the Linux XP has mode 0777 (rwxrwxrwx).
Do you know what could be causing this problem?

Thanks!

Katherine


====================================================Some of the relevant lines
in my smb.conf file are shown below:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.240  127.
security = user
  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
  max log size = 0
  dns proxy = no

[homes]
  comment = Home Directories
  browseable = no
  writable = yes
  valid users = %S
  create mode = 0664
  directory mode = 0775

[public]
  path = /home/public
  public = yes
  only guest = yes
  writable = yes
printable = no

Joel Hammer

2003-Dec-01 04:45 UTC

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[Samba] Can't access Samba public directory from MS Windows

The best advice is to walk through DIAGNOSIS.txt.
To find it, 
locate DIAGNOSIS.txt
This sounds like name resolution isn't working or you have a firewall
problem.

Joel


On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 11:18:51PM -0500, Katherine Chan
wrote:> 
> My Linux XP (hostname "isat", IP 192.168.1.8) is in the same
workgroup
> as my Microsoft PC running Windows 2003 (IP 192.168.1.7).
> On my Linux host, I have a [public] section in the smb.conf file, as shown
> at the end of this message.
> 
> When I typed the command
>    smbclient '\\isat\public'
> the following message was displayed:
> added interface ip=192.168.1.8 bcast=192.168.1.15 nmask=255.255.255.240
> password:
> 
> I typed in the password for the owner of directory /home/public.
> The following text was displayed:
> Domain=[WORKGROUP] Os=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
> Smb:\>
> 
> This shows that I can connect to a file service.
> 
> I then go to the DOS command screen on my Windows PC and
> typed the following to map network drive g: to directory /home/public on my
Linux XP
>    net use g: \\isat\public
> 
> The following error message was displayed:
> System error 53 has occurred
> The network path was not found
> 
> I also tried the following:
> 
> >From the Windows PC
> My Network Places --> Computers Near Me
> 
> I can see "isat" under the "Name" column with 
> comment "Samba server"
> 
> But when I clicked on entry "isat", the following error message
> was displayed:
> \\isat is not accessible
> The Network path was not found
> I can ping the Linux IP 192.168.1.8 from my Windows PC 
> and I can also ping my Windows PC IP 192.168.1.7 from the Linux XP
> but I cannot ping the Linux hostname "isat" from the Windows PC.
> 
> My /home/public directory on the Linux XP has mode 0777 (rwxrwxrwx).
> Do you know what could be causing this problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Katherine
> 
> 
> ====================================================> Some of the
relevant lines in my smb.conf file are shown below:
> 
> [global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.240  127.
> security = user
>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>   max log size = 0
>   dns proxy = no
> 
> [homes]
>   comment = Home Directories
>   browseable = no
>   writable = yes
>   valid users = %S
>   create mode = 0664
>   directory mode = 0775
> 
> [public]
>   path = /home/public
>   public = yes
>   only guest = yes
>   writable = yes
> printable = no
> 
> 
> 
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Mark

2003-Dec-01 04:53 UTC

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[Samba] Can't access Samba public directory from MS Windows

Katherine Chan wrote:> My Linux XP (hostname "isat", IP 192.168.1.8) is in the same
workgroup
> as my Microsoft PC running Windows 2003 (IP 192.168.1.7).
> On my Linux host, I have a [public] section in the smb.conf file, as shown
> at the end of this message.
> 
> When I typed the command
>    smbclient '\\isat\public'
> the following message was displayed:
> added interface ip=192.168.1.8 bcast=192.168.1.15 nmask=255.255.255.240
> password:
> 
> I typed in the password for the owner of directory /home/public.
> The following text was displayed:
> Domain=[WORKGROUP] Os=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
> Smb:\>
> 
> This shows that I can connect to a file service.
> 
> I then go to the DOS command screen on my Windows PC and
> typed the following to map network drive g: to directory /home/public on my
Linux XP
>    net use g: \\isat\public
> 
> The following error message was displayed:
> System error 53 has occurred
> The network path was not found
> 
> I also tried the following:
> 
>>From the Windows PC
> My Network Places --> Computers Near Me
> 
> I can see "isat" under the "Name" column with 
> comment "Samba server"
> 
> But when I clicked on entry "isat", the following error message
> was displayed:
> \\isat is not accessible
> The Network path was not found
> I can ping the Linux IP 192.168.1.8 from my Windows PC 
> and I can also ping my Windows PC IP 192.168.1.7 from the Linux XP
> but I cannot ping the Linux hostname "isat" from the Windows PC.
> 
> My /home/public directory on the Linux XP has mode 0777 (rwxrwxrwx).
> Do you know what could be causing this problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Katherine
"The Network path was not found"

If you are using Redhat Linux, this error message is very common if the 
firewall is running. You will need to either shutdown the firewall or 
open ports 137-139.

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