Hello,
I have recently signed up for a "virtual private server" which offers
Samba
Share. I am trying to connect to my samba share folder through my Windows
XP Professional PC by mapping a network drive.
I am unable to do this and get the error message, "The network path
"name of
my server and folder" could not be found.
I was told by our hosting provider that they do not support configuring my
smb.conf file, but they feel that something is wrong, as they (the hosting
providers) are able to connect and I am not.
I have attached my smb.conf file and have no idea as to what might be wrong
or what to change as I am not familiar with samba.
I would appreciate any direction you could provide.
Thank you.
Barb Collamore
I presume that as they offer samba they have the correct ports open to
let smb through???
Paul
http://www.farrowhosting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+samba=farrowcomputing.com@lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+samba=farrowcomputing.com@lists.samba.org] On
Behalf Of Barb Collamore
Sent: 07 August 2004 15:02
To: samba@samba.org
Subject: [Samba] please help
Hello,
I have recently signed up for a "virtual private server" which offers
Samba Share. I am trying to connect to my samba share folder through my
Windows XP Professional PC by mapping a network drive.
I am unable to do this and get the error message, "The network path
"name of my server and folder" could not be found.
I was told by our hosting provider that they do not support configuring
my smb.conf file, but they feel that something is wrong, as they (the
hosting
providers) are able to connect and I am not.
I have attached my smb.conf file and have no idea as to what might be
wrong or what to change as I am not familiar with samba.
I would appreciate any direction you could provide.
Thank you.
Barb Collamore
Are you going through any consumer grade ISPs here? Most notabe would be your local cable company. Most of them block the 'traditional' smb ports (137 and 139) at their routers. If you're behind a router you also need to do some hacking, but only if the ISP cause above is not applicable to you. Barb Collamore wrote:>Hello, > > > >I have recently signed up for a "virtual private server" which offers Samba >Share. I am trying to connect to my samba share folder through my Windows >XP Professional PC by mapping a network drive. > >I am unable to do this and get the error message, "The network path "name of >my server and folder" could not be found. > >I was told by our hosting provider that they do not support configuring my >smb.conf file, but they feel that something is wrong, as they (the hosting >providers) are able to connect and I am not. > > > >I have attached my smb.conf file and have no idea as to what might be wrong >or what to change as I am not familiar with samba. > > > >I would appreciate any direction you could provide. > > > >Thank you. > > > >Barb Collamore > > > > > > >-- Paul Gienger Office: 701-281-1884 Applied Engineering Inc. Information Systems Consultant Fax: 701-281-1322 URL: www.ae-solutions.com mailto: pgienger@ae-solutions.com