Keith Hilen
2006-Jan-06 05:24 UTC
[Samba] Network path not found - Windows to Linux connection
I am trying to use Samba to access files on Linux server from a Windows XP client. The server is running RedHat Linux 9 with Samba 3.0.21a installed, and the client is running Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2. After installing the new Samba package on the server, I edited the configuration file, started the service and added a user with smbpasswd. To test that this was all working, I ran smbclient //dellex.net/mydir -U myuser on the server itself. This prompted for a password. Once the password was entered, the smb prompt appeared : "smb: \>" and I was able to access files. So far so good. Over on the Windows side, I opened a DOS box and entered the following: net use q: \\dellex.net\mydir After about a 20 second delay, it prompted for a user name and then a password. I entered these, and received the following message: System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not found. I see from the postings that this is a very common error message, but I have not been able to ferret out a solution from the information posted. One posting suggested that I needed to turn on the "Allow Netbios over TCP/IP" flag - I did this, but it did not solve the problem. In the log file, /var/log/samba/log.smdbd, I found a message showing that the first connection (using smbclient on the server) worked properly. However, there are no error messages or any other indication that the the Windows-initiated connection even happened. This seems to indicate that the connection request is not getting from the client to the server at all. I tried turning off the Windows firewall and the wireless router firewall (briefly) to no avail. Note that the server I am trying to reach is hosted at a remote ISP. I also have a local Linux server with an almost identical configuration. I am able to use Samba on that local server with no problem. Any idea what I should try next? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is /etc/samba/smb.conf: # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too # many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. # #======================= Global Settings ====================================[global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = linux # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx ; printing = bsd # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects # log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log # all log information in one file log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = user # Use password server option only with security = server ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux system password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. ; unix password sync = Yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for # Windows95 workstations. ; domain logons = yes # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or # per user logon script # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) ; logon script = %m.bat # run a specific logon batch file per username ; logon script = %U.bat # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) # %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username # You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses # 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified # the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix # system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR # DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf # and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration # dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups # in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care! # The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT # on the local network segment # - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS. ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server ; wins support = yes # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both ; wins server = w.x.y.z # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. ; wins proxy = yes # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. dns proxy = no # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_ # NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis ; preserve case = no ; short preserve case = no # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files ; default case = lower # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things! ; case sensitive = no #============================ Share Definitions =============================[homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /home/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share # the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /home/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes # This one is useful for people to share files ;[tmp] ; comment = Temporary file space ; path = /tmp ; read only = no ; public = yes # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group ;[public] ; comment = Public Stuff ; path = /home/samba ; public = yes ; read only = yes ; write list = @staff # Other examples. # # A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's # home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory, # wherever it is. ;[fredsprn] ; comment = Fred's Printer ; valid users = fred ; path = /homes/fred ; printer = freds_printer ; public = no ; writable = no ; printable = yes # A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write # access to the directory. ;[fredsdir] ; comment = Fred's Service ; path = /usr/somewhere/private ; valid users = fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no # a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects # this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could # also use the %u option to tailor it by user name. # The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting. ;[pchome] ; comment = PC Directories ; path = /usr/pc/%m ; public = no ; writable = yes # A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files # created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so # any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this # directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course # be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead. ;[public] ; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public ; public = yes ; only guest = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no # The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765 [mydir] comment = My Dir path = / valid users = myuser public = no writable = yes printable = no
Edward Luck
2006-Jan-06 05:57 UTC
Fwd: [Samba] Network path not found - Windows to Linux connection
I reckon that UDP port 137 (NetBIOS name service) is being blocked between you and the remote host. Have you tried creating a local entry in your LMHOSTS file which matches the target servers' NetBIOS name? Give that a shot, I think it might help. On 1/6/06, Keith Hilen <khilen@ix.netcom.com> wrote:> I am trying to use Samba to access files on Linux server from a Windows XP client. The server is running RedHat Linux 9 with Samba 3.0.21a installed, and the client is running Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2. > > After installing the new Samba package on the server, I edited the configuration file, started the service and added a user with smbpasswd. > > To test that this was all working, I ran > smbclient //dellex.net/mydir -U myuser > on the server itself. This prompted for a password. Once the password was entered, the smb prompt appeared : "smb: \>" and I was able to access files. So far so good. > > Over on the Windows side, I opened a DOS box and entered the following: > net use q: \\dellex.net\mydir > After about a 20 second delay, it prompted for a user name and then a password. I entered these, and received the following message: > System error 53 has occurred. > The network path was not found. > > I see from the postings that this is a very common error message, but I have not been able to ferret out a solution from the information posted. One posting suggested that I needed to turn on the "Allow Netbios over TCP/IP" flag - I did this, but it did not solve the problem. > > In the log file, /var/log/samba/log.smdbd, I found a message showing that the first connection (using smbclient on the server) worked properly. However, there are no error messages or any other indication that the the Windows-initiated connection even happened. This seems to indicate that the connection request is not getting from the client to the server at all. I tried turning off the Windows firewall and the wireless router firewall (briefly) to no avail. > > Note that the server I am trying to reach is hosted at a remote ISP. I also have a local Linux server with an almost identical configuration. I am able to use Samba on that local server with no problem. > > Any idea what I should try next? > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Here is /etc/samba/smb.conf: > > # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the > # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed > # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too > # many!) most of which are not shown in this example > # > # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) > # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # > # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you > # may wish to enable > # > # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" > # to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. > # > #======================= Global Settings ====================================> [global] > > # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name > workgroup = linux > > # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field > server string = Samba Server > > # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict > # connections to machines which are on your local network. The > # following example restricts access to two C class networks and > # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see > # the smb.conf man page > ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. > > # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather > # than setting them up individually then you'll need this > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > > # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless > # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: > # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx > ; printing = bsd > > # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd > # otherwise the user "nobody" is used > ; guest account = pcguest > > # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine > # that connects > # log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > # all log information in one file > log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd > > # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). > max log size = 50 > > # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See > # security_level.txt for details. > security = user > # Use password server option only with security = server > ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> > > # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for > # all combinations of upper and lower case. > ; password level = 8 > ; username level = 8 > > # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read > # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. > # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents > encrypt passwords = yes > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to > # update the Linux system password also. > # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. > # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only > # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password > # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. > ; unix password sync = Yes > ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* > > # Unix users can map to different SMB User names > ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > > # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration > # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name > # of the machine that is connecting > ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m > > # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. > # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > > # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces > # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them > # here. See the man page for details. > ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 > > # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here > # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: > # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) > ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 > # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here > ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 > > # Browser Control Options: > # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master > # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply > ; local master = no > > # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser > # elections. The default value should be reasonable > ; os level = 33 > > # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This > # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this > # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job > ; domain master = yes > > # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup > # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election > ; preferred master = yes > > # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for > # Windows95 workstations. > ; domain logons = yes > > # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or > # per user logon script > # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) > ; logon script = %m.bat > # run a specific logon batch file per username > ; logon script = %U.bat > > # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) > # %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username > # You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below > ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U > > # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses > # 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified > # the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix > # system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR > # DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf > # and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration > # dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups > # in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care! > # The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT > # on the local network segment > # - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS. > ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast > > # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: > # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server > ; wins support = yes > > # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client > # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both > ; wins server = w.x.y.z > > # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on > # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be > # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. > ; wins proxy = yes > > # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names > # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, > # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. > dns proxy = no > > # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_ > # NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis > ; preserve case = no > ; short preserve case = no > # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files > ; default case = lower > # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things! > ; case sensitive = no > > #============================ Share Definitions =============================> [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > writable = yes > > # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons > ; [netlogon] > ; comment = Network Logon Service > ; path = /home/netlogon > ; guest ok = yes > ; writable = no > ; share modes = no > > > # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share > # the default is to use the user's home directory > ;[Profiles] > ; path = /home/profiles > ; browseable = no > ; guest ok = yes > > > # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to > # specifically define each individual printer > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print > guest ok = no > writable = no > printable = yes > > # This one is useful for people to share files > ;[tmp] > ; comment = Temporary file space > ; path = /tmp > ; read only = no > ; public = yes > > # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in > # the "staff" group > ;[public] > ; comment = Public Stuff > ; path = /home/samba > ; public = yes > ; read only = yes > ; write list = @staff > > # Other examples. > # > # A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's > # home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory, > # wherever it is. > ;[fredsprn] > ; comment = Fred's Printer > ; valid users = fred > ; path = /homes/fred > ; printer = freds_printer > ; public = no > ; writable = no > ; printable = yes > > # A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write > # access to the directory. > ;[fredsdir] > ; comment = Fred's Service > ; path = /usr/somewhere/private > ; valid users = fred > ; public = no > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > > # a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects > # this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could > # also use the %u option to tailor it by user name. > # The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting. > ;[pchome] > ; comment = PC Directories > ; path = /usr/pc/%m > ; public = no > ; writable = yes > > # A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files > # created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so > # any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this > # directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course > # be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead. > ;[public] > ; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public > ; public = yes > ; only guest = yes > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > > # The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two > # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this > # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the > # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to > # as many users as required. > ;[myshare] > ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff > ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared > ; valid users = mary fred > ; public = no > ; writable = yes > ; printable = no > ; create mask = 0765 > > > [mydir] > comment = My Dir > path = / > valid users = myuser > public = no > writable = yes > printable = no > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >-- Keep flying, and stay shiny. -- Keep flying, and stay shiny.