VoyagerDL

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System Spec:
Dell Inspiron 8100
Running RH8
Latest version of SAMBA (as of today)

I want to be able to share files between my WinXP and Linux machine and Later with a Win2K machine; but this will come later as I run the XP machine the most.

I am having troubles mounting a WinXP share to my linux machine: my mount statement is mount -t smbfs //WinXP-Machine/Share /mnt/data and I get this message: Could not resolve mount point /mnt/data

The next problem I have is trying to connect to my linux box. In Network neighborhood I can see my Linux box workgoup but I can't connect to it. I keep getting
Delta is not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of tis server to find out if you have access permisson...The network path was not found.

I have added the WinXP user to both Linux and Samba.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...I'm new to linux but am getting real frustrated with it at this point...I need to be able to share files between the two computers.

Thanks Again.

michaelk

Have you created a directory called /mnt/data?
In a dos propmt box see if you can view the linux shares
net view \\linux_box_name

You can also try to connect to the linux box using windows explorer.

Are the xp permissions set correctly.

If you changed the smb.conf file did you run testparm to verify the syntax is correct.

I have seen other posts on the topic. You might want to search this forum for other ideas.

VoyagerDL

Thanks! no I didn't create /mnt/data (I thought it would be created automatically).
I am using windows explorer

Not sure how to use this...I changed the smb.conf via SWAT

I've bee searching but some of the answers are either to confusing or I see a lot of snide remarks from people...of course some people ask for them too.

I'm very new to linux...4 days old and have a lot to learn so having clear answers always helps out.

Thanks for the replay

michaelk

Since you are using swat syntax should not be a problem.

You did reference network neighborhood. Did you try the command line functions i.e. net view?

So did you try mounting the windows share again?

VoyagerDL

After a lot of searching...pulling teeth/hair I finally got things to work...I was puzzled that I could see my linux machine but couldn't get to it from windows. I turned off my firewall on the linux box and bang I could finally see my linux shares. Then I turend the fire wall back on at lower settings and I could still see them so I left it that way.

During the course of the evening I notieced that some people were using -o uid=###,gid=### in the mount statement so I tried it and it worked.

I found that I couldn't use a generic mount -t smbfs //WinBox/Share /mount/point I also had to place the uid and gid in my statement. to see my XP share

Now I'm looking to see if I can use a variable for the each part of the mount statement:
mount -t smbfs //WinBox/share /home/%username/ThisShare -o gid=%var,gid=%var2,password=%var3,rw. I have found that I don't need the username as it is passed automatically.

thanks for the help folks