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lucky_chouhan

02-04-2009 03:15 AM

Unable to access Samba server in WinXp

Hi, Using Redhat Linux AS5 Server, sucessfully configure Samba share and able to see this share on my xp machine, remove password security on samba. but when i try to access samba share in xp, its asking for username & password, when i give the root and pass , they deny for access. what i do.:confused:

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rylan76

02-04-2009 03:37 AM

What does your /etc/samba/smb.conf look like?

Mine works perfectly when I access it from an XP machine over the lan. Here's my config that does this.

Code:

[global]



netbios name = development

workgroup = WORKGROUP

security = share

log file = /var/log/samba.log

log level =  1

socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384

wins support = yes

domain logons = no

logon drive = f:

logon home = \\stefan\%U

os level = 99

preferred master = yes

local master = yes

hosts allow = 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4 10.0.0.5 10.0.0.6 10.0.0.7 10.0.0.8 10.0.0.9 10.0.0.10 10.0.0.11 10.0.0.11

encrypt passwords = yes

browseable = yes

lanman auth = yes

lm announce = yes



[shared]

path = /mnt/win/shared

guest ok = yes

writeable = yes

create mode = 0666

directory mode = 0777

browseable = yes

public = yes

I can access the /mnt/win/shared on my Linux box from any of my Windows systems without it prompting for password / usernames...

taylorkh

02-04-2009 11:39 AM

Did you create a Samba account on the Linux box? As root issue the command "smbpasswd -a username" where username is the XP user. If you make the password the same on the Samba server as on the XP machine you should be able to connect without the challenge.

Ken

lucky_chouhan

02-05-2009 02:44 AM

Thanks for your help after i reconf samba when i try to click on icon i'm able to access my 2 share folders w/o asking for username & password and able to open the network location (192.168.1.2) and got my share folders.

but when i click the folder getting message "Network access denied you dont have permission".

taylorkh

02-05-2009 05:56 AM

Have you checked the permissions on the folders and files from the Linux side? If the user(s) cannot access them from Linux they cannot access them with Samba. You also might check the firewall settings on the Windows PCs. I had a Zone Alarm upgrade break my first Samba setup some years ago. I blamed the problems on Samba and it took a looooooong time for me to figure out that the Windows firewall was the source of the problem.

Ken

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