Hi,
I know that XP Home edition is supposed to work with Samba.
However, my experiences over the past 2 weeks have left me with a
real doubt. All I want is a simple share from my Linux box to the XP
Home machine with no password. I have set guest ok = yes, enabled
cleartext password in both Samba and XP. I have a common account in
both XP and Linux and nothing seems to work.
Initially XP client would start using port 80 for communicating with
the server after some kind folks suggsted in this list, I disabled
the XP webclient service and now atleast XP client tries to use the
netbios port when I do a net use from the XP command shell.
I have the following problems
1)XP Home will not show the Linux server in Network Neighbourhood (if
it is Local Master browser) and shows nothing if it losses election.
2)Since I know the IP address of the Samba server doing a net use with
the IP address like net use b: \\192.168.0.4\Apache results in a
System error 1 on the XP box.
3)I see lot of UDP inquiry messages and responses and I see an
incoming reuest handled by NMB and it response in the log. However, I
do not see any activity in the SMB log.
If XP Home cannot really interoperate with Samba then I will just drop
this and use SFTP :( .
Thanks,
-Venkata.
On Mar 15, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Venkata Avasarala wrote:> Hi, > I know that XP Home edition is supposed to work with Samba. > However, my experiences over the past 2 weeks have left me with a > real doubt. All I want is a simple share from my Linux box to the XP > Home machine with no password. I have set guest ok = yes, enabled > cleartext password in both Samba and XP. I have a common account in > both XP and Linux and nothing seems to work. > > Initially XP client would start using port 80 for communicating with > the server after some kind folks suggsted in this list, I disabled > the XP webclient service and now atleast XP client tries to use the > netbios port when I do a net use from the XP command shell. > I have the following problems > 1)XP Home will not show the Linux server in Network Neighbourhood (if > it is Local Master browser) and shows nothing if it losses election. > 2)Since I know the IP address of the Samba server doing a net use with > the IP address like net use b: \\192.168.0.4\Apache results in a > System error 1 on the XP box. > 3)I see lot of UDP inquiry messages and responses and I see an > incoming reuest handled by NMB and it response in the log. However, I > do not see any activity in the SMB log. > If XP Home cannot really interoperate with Samba then I will just drop > this and use SFTP :( . > Thanks, > -Venkata.What are your wins server entries in the XP machine when you do "ipconfig /all"? Prakash
Hi,
Do I need a WINS server in a Workgroup ? I was going through the
Samba Reference and it says that the same Samba installation cannot
funtion as a WINS server. However, if XP home can work as a client and
WINS server I will try it today .
Moreoevr, I am giving the IP address of the server on which the share
is present. I was under the impression that WINS is just for name to
IP resolution.
Thanks,
-Venkata.
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:00:22 -0500, Prakash Velayutham
<prakash.velayutham@cchmc.org> wrote:> On Mar 15, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Venkata Avasarala wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I know that XP Home edition is supposed to work with Samba.
> > However, my experiences over the past 2 weeks have left me with a
> > real doubt. All I want is a simple share from my Linux box to the XP
> > Home machine with no password. I have set guest ok = yes, enabled
> > cleartext password in both Samba and XP. I have a common account in
> > both XP and Linux and nothing seems to work.
> >
> > Initially XP client would start using port 80 for communicating with
> > the server after some kind folks suggsted in this list, I disabled
> > the XP webclient service and now atleast XP client tries to use the
> > netbios port when I do a net use from the XP command shell.
> > I have the following problems
> > 1)XP Home will not show the Linux server in Network Neighbourhood (if
> > it is Local Master browser) and shows nothing if it losses election.
> > 2)Since I know the IP address of the Samba server doing a net use with
> > the IP address like net use b: \\192.168.0.4\Apache results in a
> > System error 1 on the XP box.
> > 3)I see lot of UDP inquiry messages and responses and I see an
> > incoming reuest handled by NMB and it response in the log. However, I
> > do not see any activity in the SMB log.
> > If XP Home cannot really interoperate with Samba then I will just drop
> > this and use SFTP :( .
> > Thanks,
> > -Venkata.
>
> What are your wins server entries in the XP machine when you do
> "ipconfig /all"?
>
> Prakash
>
>
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Hi,
To get around the probelm of Firewall, I disabled firewall on the
WLAN interface and stopped the firewall service. I also stopped the
McAfee firewall service.
On a related issue, I am using ethereal to capture packets. It shows
packets from the Linux box. I want to know whether the packets
captured are before hitting the firewall or are they captured after
passing thourgh the firewall (I am assuming that they are before the
firewall, straight off the interface). I have flushed the iptables on
the Linux box just to be sure.
-Venkata.
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:57:03 +0100, Rainer Bendig aka Ny <lists@moins.de>
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> Venkata Avasarala wrote on Mar 15, 2005 at 09:41AM -0500:
> > 2)Since I know the IP address of the Samba server doing a net use with
> > the IP address like net use b: \\192.168.0.4\Apache results in a
> > System error 1 on the XP box.
> Hmmm on my winxp workstation in an vmware box it works perfectly.
> Everything, mount by net use, browsing etc.
>
> Are you sure that your xp - own "firewall" allows "windows
shares" ?
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Hi,
I guess XP Home can Samba if McAfee allows it. I was able to
access the Samba shares after I completly removed the McAfee firewall.
Exiting the firewall and stopping the services proved to be of no use
and caused me endless grief. I reluctantly gave it a shot since you
expect the firewall to stop poking its nose after it is disabled and
the services stopped and I was not expecting this weird behaviour.
Thanks to all the kind folks who have helped me out with suggestions.
-Venkata.
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:57:03 +0100, Rainer Bendig aka Ny <lists@moins.de>
wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> Moin Moin Venkata Avasarala, *,
>
> Venkata Avasarala wrote on Mar 15, 2005 at 09:41AM -0500:
> > 2)Since I know the IP address of the Samba server doing a net use with
> > the IP address like net use b: \\192.168.0.4\Apache results in a
> > System error 1 on the XP box.
> Hmmm on my winxp workstation in an vmware box it works perfectly.
> Everything, mount by net use, browsing etc.
>
> Are you sure that your xp - own "firewall" allows "windows
shares" ?
> - --
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