samba issue

hobz · 01-25-2013, 06:13 AM

Hi Guys
My box is fedora 17 , I have some issue trying to connect to a public share on a western digital media hub with no passwords
When I try to do with smb4k it asks for username and password (its an open share)
same when i try to mount through through command line , but connects fine when I try through the file manager by typing smb://10.0.0.3 (its ip adress) any help ??

Ser Olmy · 01-25-2013, 07:26 AM

Does mounting from the command line work if you specify a dummy username and password? If so, you could just add the "username" and "password" parameters (mount -t cifs -o username=foo,password=bar //server/share /mnt/whatever).

As for smb4k I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that application.

hobz · 01-25-2013, 09:49 AM

No it does not work it prompts for username and password which are not known specially i connect from windows 7 with no prompt for uname and pw

Ser Olmy · 01-25-2013, 09:56 AM

So no matter which username or password you enter, you cannot access the share?

You say it works when you type "smb://10.0.0.3" in the file manager. Do you mean it works when you use the IP address but not if you use the hostname?

michaelk · 01-25-2013, 10:01 AM

What happens when you try

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mount -t cifs -o guest //server/share /mnt/whatever)

hobz · 01-25-2013, 10:15 AM

@Sir Olmy
with the file manager it works wether I type server name or ip address no problem, my issue is prompting for uname and pw while from windows 7 I can connect like charm

@michaelk

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mount -t cifs -o guest //server/share /mnt/whatever

does not wrk i guess guest is disabled in smb.conf