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Old 12-31-2011, 01:43 PM   #1
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Debian as a server - cant access shares unless I login?


Hello,
I am using the latest version of debain on my proliant ml110 and am in need of a little help -

I have used ubuntu previously and I could access all the smb shares on the server when ubuntu was just sat at the login screen. (I use a desktop gui on my server for ease of use)

With debian I am unable to access anything untill I login locally? I'm pretty sure I was unable to ping the server either untill logged in.

Aside from configuring samba for my shares I have not changed anything else.

Any ideas?

Many thanks
 
Old 12-31-2011, 02:10 PM   #2
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That seems odd. If you're not able to ping the machine then the remote shares won't work. Is it possible that the system is going to sleep when inactive? If so, you should be able to turn that off. Can you ssh to the server and make sure that smbd is running? If the machine has no network connectivity, though, then this will be a problem. Can you post the contents of /etc/network/interfaces so we can see how the network is supposed to be configured on boot?
 
Old 12-31-2011, 02:30 PM   #3
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Hello,
Thanks for the prompt reply.

The issue happens as soon as I boot so its not that the machine is going to sleep or anything.

I am currently copying a lot of data form the server but once complete I will log out and test the ping again.

here is my interfaces file -

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
#NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp

------

I did make a change earlier on which was in the gui for network connection 1, I ticked the box 'available to all users' I dont think that will have made any difference though would it? I was going to test and untick it after these file transfers have finished.

thanks again for the help, hope you have some more ideas for me!

Last edited by sfxer; 12-31-2011 at 02:33 PM.
 
Old 12-31-2011, 05:49 PM   #4
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the networking if properly setup should not affect access. You still have to have some kind of authentication no matter what. The only thing I can surmise is that credentials were established on the ubuntu box so you did not have to deal with logging in. I run debian squeeze and you do not have to deal with the main console to have access. It pretty much runs headless. But, then I have both openssh-server and ssh installed. Debian is allegedly a bit more secure than ubuntu. It might be interesting to see what your Debian box supports in terms of file access protocol and what the firewall setup is.
 
Old 12-31-2011, 09:23 PM   #5
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I re-did my network file with the proper static address and it seems to be ok now.

seems the gui for network manager didnt apply the settings until after login. (or something like that!)

I re-did it using gedit and now it seems I can connect to shares and ping while debian sits at the login screen.

thanks for the replys

Happy New year
 
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Gui does not look at the "interfaces" file anymore under ubuntu. So much for the tradtional ascii files being the heart of linux. To me that is less than intelligent. XML is crap.
 
  


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