Hey guys i just want to ask i have 2 LINUX box in my network centos and ubuntu. i both installed at the same time and now i want to network them with my windows box. in ubuntu there is no problem, i think samba is enabled by default and configurations works fine, i can view and access all windows box in the network. however in my centos i enabled samba manually and i can view all windows and linux box in my network but i cant access the windows box'es. i thought this could be a problem with the samba configurations so i tried to copy the smb.conf of ubuntu to centos but same problem.

9 times outta 10 it's permissions. Check the logs on Windows and Centos (/var/log/samba?)

I checked the windows security logs and it says that my Centos box cant connect because of bad username and password. In my Centos when i connect to windows it didnt ask for any username or password just an error messaying saying access denied.

But how come in my ubuntu im not presented with this kind of problem....

I don't use Centos, but here's some googled help:
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/De...-programs.html
http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares

I find Ubuntu/Debian to be much better due to the whole DEB vs RPM software management scenario. (Had too many issues with dependency hell on Redhat)

COmbatwombat, that's why you use yum instead - sorts dependencies for you.

It could be an SELinux issue (I don't see quite why, but it's always my starting point in redhat derivatives).

Before trying to connect, typ

setenforce 0

as root and then try.


Long shot, but worth a try.

check your shares are 777 permissions.

What is it that you are doing? Using the windows a a server with Linux as a client or the other way round?

What is the output of smbclient -L //servername/share -Uusername%password? Of testparm?

ok i will try this...


no... my problem is not share permission on linux but i cant access windows from my linux box (centos).


i am trying to let windows and linux be able to share files. so far i have enabled samba on my linux box and my windows can access specified shares in my linux box. but my linux box cant access my windows box... im using nautilus to access my windows box and it says access denied.

Are you sure that your username and password are identical on XP and CentOS?

no they are not identical, although i also have thought about that and since my windows box has an account in my linux box i use it to log on my linux box and access my windows box but still same problem.

What are the permissions on your mountpoint under Linux? Bear in mind that Linux permissions are ADDED to any permissions existing on the windows box. In other words, if your user doesn't have sufficient rights, he won't be able to access windows even if you set its doors wide open.

And of course, you username/password needs to be identical to that on the windows box.

where can i see this?

you can get that information from a terminal. For example, if you have a sambamount directory right under /, you would use:

ls -l /sambamount

check the rwxrwxrwx part; if it says root root and it hasn't got rwxrwxr-x, that should explain your problem.

It may be interesting to make yourself the owner:

chmown -R username.username /sambamount

That will give you full read and write permissions. Or you can simply change the permissions.

oh ok.... actually im not using any mount...

i was just wondering is it possible that samba cant view windows clients because my centos box doesnt support NTFS?

NTFS support hasn't anything to do with it, unfortunately.
Are you share that you have enabled shares on the XP box? Rightclick the folder, choose sharing & security, enable the share and share name, and write access if required.

If you haven't enabled Simple File Sharing in XP then it is trying to enforce strict permissions.

I'm assuming that it's XP; is it? Also, have you turned off it's firewall for File and Printer Sharing from Controll Panel (if it's XP SP2), cos' that blocks SMB packets.