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:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/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:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/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
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