How do I let Linux see Windows Shared Dirctories

Wolfy · 07-24-2004, 12:55 AM

Within my test bed arena, WIN2000 pro can see the Linux shared folder, but I can't figure out how to view the Windows shared folders from Linux.
Can anybody help?

Vincent_Vega · 07-24-2004, 01:13 AM

What are you using to see linux, samba?
You can always use the smbclient command. Look at man smbclient or smbclient --help for options.

ppuru · 07-24-2004, 05:09 AM

smbclient -L <win system IP> -U <win system username>

will give you a list of shares

smbmount //winsystemip_or_name/sharename /<mount point> -o username=<win username>

will mount the win share on /<mountpoint>

If you are using RedHat, you should find Network Server menuitem when you clock the gnome button on the toolbar.
LinNeighborhood is another option.

Wolfy · 07-24-2004, 02:53 PM

session request failed (called name not present)

Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

What (called name) is it looking for?
The shared directory is full open access to everybody, so I don't understand access denied.

I read the man pages and took some notes, but I didn't see anything about (called name). Maybe I missed it, tried to specify computer name as -n <NetBIOS name> that didn't work either. Also tried to specify IP via -I <IP Address> nope, nodda, nothing.

Any suggestions????????

arno · 07-24-2004, 03:29 PM

When you make a connection to a w2k machine you need to add the domain name to the user name
eg
mount -t smbfs -o username="UNISYS02\Administrator",passwd=Alpha //comp02/shares /mnt/smb
where UNISYS02 is the domain name

Wolfy · 07-24-2004, 05:27 PM

Tried that with the following result,
1931: tree connect faled: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed

Does that mean Win2k is not allowing access? That's strange I selected the folder to be shared, with total access.

arno · 07-24-2004, 06:08 PM

Try using the ip adres of the w2k box
eg
mount -t smbfs -o username="UNISYS02\Administrator",passwd=Alpha //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/shares /mnt/smb

Wolfy · 07-24-2004, 06:34 PM

I did that as well same error as post#6

First thing that happens is that it tries to start a session;

1970: session request to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX failed (Called name not present)
1970: session request to XXX failed (Called name not present)

Then it asks for a;
Password: [enter]

Then;
Anonymous login successful

Then;
1970: tree connect failure: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess ( Access denied. )

Finally;
SMB connection failed

Does that help any?

arno · 07-25-2004, 06:07 AM

add the ip adress to the /etc/hosts file
eg
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx comp02

now you can use

mount -t smbfs -o username="UNISYS02\Administrator",passwd=Alpha //comp02/shares /mnt/smb

Wolfy · 07-25-2004, 05:09 PM

Actually I figured it out, it was the Win2K box did not recognize the Linux box as a valid user.
So I added a new user to the list, then I was able to mount the shared folder with the new user name I created.

After that I created the linux box as a proxy server. After a little reading and debugging the server is up and running beautifully.

Now I'm moving on to another server package.

This is actually getting easier to work with LINUX, once I started to get the hang of it.

Thanks to everybody for the help and advice.

Vincent_Vega · 07-25-2004, 05:25 PM

What type of security are you running on the Win2k box and how did you set up the proxy server?

Glad you're enjoying linux. I know I do.

Wolfy · 07-25-2004, 08:40 PM

I'm not sure what your asking exactly.
Win2k security is standard... I just needed to add a user and log into the machine as that user.
The Proxy server took some do'in though. I had to do alot of reading on how and why things need to be setup. Even then I had to do alot of trouble shooting to get the damn thing to startup. Once I did that though it purrs like a kitten, and everyone on the LAN gets HTTP service. Overall security is handled by the firewall on the proxy server to protect the LAN.

Is that what you were asking?

inc0gs · 07-26-2004, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ppuru
smbclient -L <win system IP> -U <win system username>

will give you a list of shares

smbmount //winsystemip_or_name/sharename /<mount point> -o username=<win username>

will mount the win share on /<mountpoint>

If you are using RedHat, you should find Network Server menuitem when you clock the gnome button on the toolbar.
LinNeighborhood is another option.

how do I add a space in the sharename?

like the share name is All Photos, if I type it in like that, I get "Could not resolve mount point Photos", if I try using %20 for space, I get no such share. is there a way I can do this without renaming the shared folder in windows?

Vincent_Vega · 07-26-2004, 07:27 PM

Well, first try using the -L option to list the shares. Then just copy what it shows you as the share name and you should be good. I want to say it eliminates the spaces but I can't remember for sure and I can't test it right now to verify it.
So, smbclient -L <ip_address or machine_name>
give password and view the list.
Then, smbclient //machine/share -U <username>%<password> or whatever format you prefer. I think that will help you.

inc0gs · 07-26-2004, 07:47 PM

Well it shows it with a space, so it'll say "All Photos", so I still have the same problem.