Hi guys
I am sure this is not a new thread. But I have looked everywhere and tried every way I could for the last 2 weeks, with no success.
My problem is that I can access my Samba box, I can see my shares on the windows XP box but when I double click on the shared directory I need to access I get this message "\\server\directory_name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the admin of this server. The network path was not found"
Here is my configuration:
Samba Server: Standalone server for samba running FC-5. Samba version is 3.0.23
Clients: Windows XP
Network: 192.168.1.xxx/255.255.255.0 wired and wireless
Here is my samba.conf
[global]
workgroup = workgroup
security = user
browsable = yes
server string = Samba Server
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
printing = cups
log level = 3
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50000
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
encrypt passwords = yes
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
local master = yes
domain master = auto
preferred master = auto
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
guest ok = yes
guest account = owner
dns proxy = no
wins support = yes
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
printable = yes
[MyHome]
path = /home/owner
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
user = owner
I have tried both option security = share or user. No difference.
I used same username on both machines, i tried to use the root password.. no difference
My iptables are set to have ports 137-139 as well as 445 opened.
I can ping the samba box from xp. When I telnet (telnet 139) I get a black screen without any response??
I have tried to change the permissions to the shared directories in every possible way withouut any success
I would appreciate any help in this problem as I am about to give samba up.
Thanks