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need help with samba-windoz network

I just installed fedora 8 (had fc7)
now I cant connect to my windoz machines it worked fine with fedora 7

Make sure smb and nmb are started in system services.

What do these get you? (press enter when prompted for password)
smbclient -L <nameofwindowscomputer>
Mine:
[glenn@toshiba ~]$ smbclient -L dad
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[JOHNSON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.27a-0.fc8]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
homes Disk Home Directories
temp Disk Public Stuff
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.0.27a-0.fc8)
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[JOHNSON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.27a-0.fc8]

Server Comment
--------- -------
DAD Samba Server Version 3.0.27a-0.fc8
LONGBOTTOM Neville's Old Computer
TOSHIBA Samba Server Version 3.0.28-0.fc8

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
JOHNSON DAD
smbtree
Mine:
[glenn@toshiba ~]$ smbtree
Password:
JOHNSON
\\TOSHIBA Samba Server Version 3.0.28-0.fc8
\\TOSHIBA\IPC$ IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.0.28-0.fc8)
\\TOSHIBA\temp Public Stuff
\\LONGBOTTOM Neville's Old Computer
\\LONGBOTTOM\C$ Default share
\\LONGBOTTOM\ADMIN$ Remote Admin
\\LONGBOTTOM\temp
\\LONGBOTTOM\My Pictures
\\LONGBOTTOM\D
\\LONGBOTTOM\C
\\LONGBOTTOM\D$ Default share
\\LONGBOTTOM\IPC$ Remote IPC
\\LONGBOTTOM\My Documents
\\DAD Samba Server Version 3.0.27a-0.fc8
\\DAD\IPC$ IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.0.27a-0.fc8)
\\DAD\temp Public Stuff
\\DAD\homes Home Directories

[cuda@localhost ~]$ smbclient -L cyclone
Connection to cyclone failed (Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME)
[cuda@localhost ~]$

[cuda@localhost ~]$ smbtree
Password:
[cuda@localhost ~]$

I get a whole bunch of nothing

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuda (Post 2989383)

I assume that cyclone is the Windows box? Please post the output of rpm -q samba, chkconfig --list smb and chkconfig --list nmb . Also, have you done any editing to /etc/samba/smb.conf? Are you positive that the Windows folder is shared?

[cuda@localhost ~]$ rpm -q samba, chkconfig --list smb
package samba, is not installed
/etc/alternatives
/etc/init.d
/etc/rc.d/init.d
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d
/etc/rc.d/rc1.d
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d
/etc/rc.d/rc4.d
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d
/etc/rc.d/rc6.d
/etc/rc0.d
/etc/rc1.d
/etc/rc2.d
/etc/rc3.d
/etc/rc4.d
/etc/rc5.d
/etc/rc6.d
/sbin/chkconfig
/usr/sbin/alternatives
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives
/usr/share/doc/chkconfig-1.3.36
/usr/share/doc/chkconfig-1.3.36/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/alternatives.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/chkconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/update-alternatives.8.gz
/var/lib/alternatives
package smb is not installed
[cuda@localhost ~]$ chkconfig --list nmb
bash: chkconfig: command not found
[cuda@localhost ~]$

smbd (pid 2349 2334) is running...
so ho could it be running if it isnt installed

samba is installed i didnt change samba in any way an I have 2 windoz boxes and both have shared files they talk to each
other and fc7 did to

Check the "workgroup = " line in your smb.conf file. You may not have changed it from the default.
Also, check the samba log. It may give a non-generic error message pinpointing the problem.

You might also want to look at this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...pgrade-335899/

Each one of those commands were meant to be run one at a time. If samba is not installed then install it with yum install samba. Afterwards, as jschiwal says, edit the workgroup line in /etc/samba/smb.conf. It needs to reflect the name of your workgroup. Then chkconfig --level 35 smb on and chkconfig --level 35 nmb on. Now browse for your windows share. smbtree should also show cyclone.

I did do them one at a time
and the workgroup matches windows
and chkconfig: command not found

[root@localhost cuda]# yum install samba
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package samba - 3.0.28-0.fc8.i386 is already installed.
Nothing to do
under system/services/smb and/nmb are running

and smbtree
[cuda@localhost ~]$ smbtree
Password:
WORKGROUP
MYGROUP
\\LOCALHOST Samba Server Version 3.0.28-0.fc8
\\LOCALHOST\IPC$ IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.0.28-0.fc8)
\\LOCALHOST\Music
\\CYCLONE
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to CYCLONE<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

OK, change /etc/samba/smb.conf so the workgroup says whatever your workgroup is. Mine is JOHNSON, my last name. Here's my smb.conf:

Code:

[glenn@toshiba ~]$ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf

#======================= Global Settings =====================================

[global]

        workgroup = JOHNSON

        server string = Samba Server Version %v

        netbios name = TOSHIBA

        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

        max log size = 50

        security = user



#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[homes]

        Comment = Home Directories

        browseable = no

        writable = yes



[temp]

        Comment = Public Stuff

        path = /tmp

        public = yes

        writable = yes

        printable = no

        browseable = yes

After you make the change restart smb and nmb. Since you can't seem to use chkconfig try /sbin/service smb restart and /sbin/service nmb restart. Next time, with chkconfig, use the full path /sbin/chkconfig. /sbin/chkconfg --list smb for example.

my windows workgroup is MYGROUP
they match
do you think could be the same reason the chkconfig isnt working
if I go to my network I can see my windows box and in windows I can see my linux box just cant access them
the windows error message is cant access might not have permission in linux Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of "Windows Network: cyclone".

Try /sbin/chkconfig. If that doesn't work try it as root.