SAMBA On CentOS

faint545 · 02-26-2011, 05:08 PM

Hello. I have CentOS installed on my computer using VirtualBox so I can get a feel for CentOS before I actually use it on an actual server I have at home.

CentOS (Guest OS)
Windows 7 (Host OS)

First thing I did was install Samba, added a user, allow Samba through the firewall and, added 1 share definition. I tried to view the shared folder from CentOS and an error popped up, saying "The folder contents could not be displayed".

So I tried viewing it on the host OS and it doesn't work either.

Here is my share definition:

Code:

[alex]
	comment = Alex's share
	path = /home/alex
	writeable = yes
;	browseable = yes
	valid users = alex

User "alex" is defined and has been added to Samba. I can't seem to figure out why I can't view the shared folder from within the OS itself. Help anyone?

*Side Note(s):
- I have CentOS set to use bridged network so there's no issue with IP addresses.
- I uncommented the "browseable" line and still didn't work.

fordeck · 02-26-2011, 06:06 PM

Did you add your users in samba using the following:

Code:

smbpasswd -a "username"

Keep in mind that the username has to already exist on the linux box.

Regards,

Fordeck

faint545 · 02-26-2011, 06:09 PM

Yes I did.

faint545 · 02-27-2011, 05:37 PM

I was messing around with it today and noticed one strange thing...

If I setup Samba to share a regular folder, no problems. But as soon as I mount a VirtualBox Shared Folder onto CentOS and try to share that folder via Samba, then it no longer becomes visible/accessible which is why I was getting that error.. What does this mean?