I using Slackware 9.0 and it has samba 2.2.8.

Currently I have two boxes, one is my linux box, and one is a box running WinXP pro

I can ping the WinXP box, print to it with CUPS, and connect to it with the smbclient command:

# smbclient //winbox/c -U"user name"

as well as listing the general workgroup info
smbclient -L //winbox -U"user name"

The output lists both boxes as part of the workgroup and everything else looks fine, but if I try to connect to the linux box from windows it comes back as inaccessable.

I can´tconnect to it´s shares:from linux either

# smbclient //linuxbox/c -U"user name"

...after I enter my pasword. I get:
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

What am I doing wrong here?

Here the output from testparm:


# Global parameters
[global]
coding system =
client code page = 850
code page directory = /etc/codepages
workgroup = group
netbios name = linuxbox
netbios aliases =
netbios scope =
server string = Samba 2.2.8
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = USER
encrypt passwords = No
update encrypted = No
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd
root directory =
pam password change = No
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
passwd chat debug = No
username map = /etc/samba/user.map
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
restrict anonymous = No
lanman auth = Yes
use rhosts = No
ssl = No
ssl hosts =
ssl hosts resign =
ssl CA certDir =
ssl CA certFile =
ssl server cert =
ssl server key =
ssl client cert =
ssl client key =
ssl egd socket =
ssl entropy file =
ssl entropy bytes = 256
ssl require clientcert = No
ssl require servercert = No
ssl ciphers =
ssl version = ssl2or3
ssl compatibility = No
admin log = No
log level = 0
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file =
max log size = 5000
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
large readwrite = Yes
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
acl compatibility =
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt status support = Yes
announce version = 4.9
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 16644
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
unix extensions = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max smbd processes = 0
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
name cache timeout = 660
read size = 16384
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
stat cache size = 50
use mmap = Yes
total print jobs = 0
load printers = Yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
disable spoolss = No
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
strip dot = No
mangling method = hash
character set =
mangled stack = 50
stat cache = Yes
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = Yes
os level = 20
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = No
local master = Yes
domain master = Auto
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = Yes
dns proxy = Yes
wins proxy = No
wins server =
wins support = No
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = Yes
lock spin count = 3
lock spin time = 10
oplock break wait time = 0
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /var/cache/samba
pid directory = /var/run/samba
utmp directory =
wtmp directory =
utmp = No
default service = global
message command =
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map =
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
source environment =
panic action =
hide local users = No
host msdfs = No
winbind uid =
winbind gid =
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 15
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
winbind use default domain = No
comment =
path =
alternate permissions = No
username =
guest account = nobody
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users =
read list =
write list =
printer admin =
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
force unknown acl user = 00
inherit permissions = No
inherit acls = No
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow =
hosts deny =
status = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
profile acls = No
block size = 1024
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict allocate = No
strict sync = No
sync always = No
write cache size = 0
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
postscript = No
printing = bsd
print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
lpq command = lpq -P%p
lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command =
queueresume command =
printer name =
use client driver = No
default devmode = No
printer driver =
printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide unreadable = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
csc policy = manual
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = Yes
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs object =
vfs options =
msdfs root = No

[c]
path = /mnt/hd
read only = No

Check the security level (fire wall) on the linux-box,if its high you wont be able to access the linux-box

I don't run a firewall on my Linux box, and I got it figured out, although I did several things, and can't quite tell which thing (or things) I did to fix it.

maybe try:

smbclient \\\\linuxbox\\c -U"user name"

that format works for me while the forward slashes do not

please try

smbclinet //ip address/c -U "user name"