samba - Sep 2006 - "Couldn't find service home"

Greetings,
I'm having a problem with configuring Samba.  I am trying to connect  
to a linux box running Ubuntu with my os x laptop.  When I try and  
connect I get prompted for a username/password.  When I enter them  
apple gives me a weird error and it doesn't work.  I'm pretty the  
problem is with my config on the linux side.  The error log has this  
printed every time I tried to connect:

[2006/09/07 13:09:24, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(851)
   daniel-bakers-c (192.168.1.3) couldn't find service home

Here is all the things I could thing to test and include:

--------------------

dan@Newton:/etc/samba$ smbclient //Newton/home/dan
Password:
Domain=[NEWTON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.22]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME



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Load smb config files from smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[Newton]"
Loaded services file OK.
WARNING: passdb expand explicit = yes is deprecated
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

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[global]
         workgroup = LINUX_SERVER
         server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
         obey pam restrictions = Yes
         passdb backend = tdbsam
         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
         passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew 
\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
         syslog = 0
         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
         max log size = 1000
         dns proxy = No
         panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
         invalid users = root

[printers]
         comment = All Printers
         path = /tmp
         create mask = 0700
         printable = Yes
         browseable = No

[print$]
         comment = Printer Drivers
         path = /var/lib/samba/printers

[Newton]
         path = /home/dan
         read only = No
         guest ok = Yes



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Domain=[NEWTON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.22]

         Sharename       Type      Comment
         ---------       ----      -------
         print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
         IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Newton server (Samba,  
Ubuntu))
         ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (Newton server (Samba,  
Ubuntu))
Domain=[NEWTON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.22]

         Server               Comment
         ---------            -------

         Workgroup            Master
         ---------            -------
         LINUX_SERVER         NEWTON
         SERENITY             ALANNA

Dan Baker wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm having a problem with configuring Samba.  I am trying to connect to
> a linux box running Ubuntu with my os x laptop.  When I try and connect 
> I get prompted for a username/password.  When I enter them apple gives 
> me a weird error and it doesn't work.  I'm pretty the problem is
with my
> config on the linux side.  The error log has this printed every time I 
> tried to connect:
> 
> [2006/09/07 13:09:24, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(851)
>   daniel-bakers-c (192.168.1.3) couldn't find service home
> 
> Here is all the things I could thing to test and include:
> 
> --------------------
> 
> dan@Newton:/etc/samba$ smbclient //Newton/home/dan
> Password:
> Domain=[NEWTON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.22]
> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
[much deletia from smb.conf]
> [global]
>         workgroup = LINUX_SERVER
>         server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
[...]
> [Newton]
>         path = /home/dan
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
You are getting some things mixed up.  Since your smb.conf (I am 
assuming that you posted it in its entirety) doesn't have a "netbios 
name" setting, Samba will use the hostname portion of your machine's
DNS
domain name, which I gather is "Newton.something.or.other".  I would 
rather specify an explicit netbios name (e.g., "netbios name =
newton")
in smb.conf to make things clear -- and also to avoid any problems with 
accessing Samba should you rename your machine for any reason.

When you do this:
 > dan@Newton:/etc/samba$ smbclient //Newton/home/dan

... the UNC you are providing specifies a server name of "Newton",
which
is good, and a share name of "home", which is ungood because Newton 
doesn't have a share by that name (due to not having a [home] section in 
smb.conf).  However, there IS a [Newton] section (which points toward 
your /home/dan directory and gives it a share name of "Newton"), so
the
UNC //Newton/Newton *should* do what I think you're trying to do 
(namely, connect to your home directory).  But there are better ways of 
doing that.

Look at the [homes] section in the smb.conf manpage to see how Samba can 
handle users' home directories... or at the very least rename that 
"Newton" share to "dan" and use a UNC of //Newton/dan to get
to your
home directory.

Hope this helps!

Don Piven