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Old 08-23-2001, 07:22 PM   #1
MichaelRoma
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Unhappy Windows2000 Network Path Not Found :-\


I have a computer with windows 2000 running and another comp running redhat7.1. I can see the linux comp in my network neighborhood, but when i double the icon of the linux box, it say "The Network Path was not found",

why is this???


-Michael Roma
 
Old 08-24-2001, 11:36 AM   #2
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I believe that unless you have samba installed and properly configured you won't be abale to see anything through network neighborhood.
 
Old 08-24-2001, 03:58 PM   #3
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Could you submit your smb.conf file, and the output of:
Code:
#ps aux |grep mbd
 
Old 08-24-2001, 04:10 PM   #4
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Should be 'ps -aux | grep smbd'?


Just because you have Samba running, doesn't mean it's doing anything useful yet. If you are set up as 'security = user'you will need to add users with 'smbpasswd' and ensure that the linux permissions are set correctly for those shares. Plus you have to actually share something in order to be useful.
 
Old 08-24-2001, 04:14 PM   #5
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Code:
#ps aux |grep mbd
will actually show the output of whether smbd and nmbd are running. The minus is optional.

It would be helpful to see the entire smb.conf to check for the following, at least: security =, encrypt passwords =, workgroup =, users allow/users deny, etc....
 
Old 08-24-2001, 04:22 PM   #6
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Gotcha. My Bad.

"Sancho5 is smart. He makes things go."
 
Old 08-24-2001, 04:26 PM   #7
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lol.. no worries. given the number of postings i've seen your solutions in,

"mcleodnine is smart. He makes things go, and fast too."
 
Old 08-24-2001, 04:49 PM   #8
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This is my smb.conf. I am getting the same problem as Roma

Code:
[03:51:21] [jason@gs2 /etc/samba]$ cat smb.conf 
[global]
; Uncomment this if you want a guest account
   guest account = pcguest
   log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
   lock directory = /var/lock/samba
   share modes = yes
   encrypt passwords = no
   mangle case = yes
   preserve case = yes
   case sensitive = no
   default case = lower
   workgroup = TAELONET
   server string = FILE BITCH
   hosts allow = 192.168.1.
   load printers = no
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   local master = no
   os level = 33
   domain master = no
   wins support = no
   wins proxy = no
   dns proxy = no 
   status = yes

[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   read only = no
   create mode = 0750

[tmp]
   comment = Temporary file space
   path = /tmp
   read only = no
   public = yes

[public]
   comment = test ftp
   path = /home/ftp
   public = yes
   writable = yes
   printable = no
 
Old 08-24-2001, 04:59 PM   #9
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The only thing *I* could pick out immediately was the following:

on your "hosts allow =", good practice dictates adding 127.0.0.1 to the list. SMB may need to access the server as loopback functions

What client OS are you accessing the server from? If they are Win98, NT 4sp3+, or 2000, you will need to set the global otion "encrypt passwords = yes". I'm not sure about win95 passwords...
If you do this, you will need to setup encrypted SMB passwords for the SMB users by using
Code:
#smbpasswd -a <username>
, since samba will be recieving hashed passwds from the client.

I didn't notice a security = line in your global conf. This *may* need to be set for your config. security = user is the common config.

Again, try connecting to the shared resource with a UNC address from Windows' Start > Run. (\\servername\sharename)
if you can connect, things are good, but you're not advertising for some reason. Also, what does
Code:
#ps aux |grep mbd
show you?
 
Old 08-24-2001, 05:01 PM   #10
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The space in your 'server string' directive is my first guess. Or your W2K box is female and you've offended her. You may have to spring for a nice dinner and a sweater or someting.

I'm not sure if it's changed in samba2.2, but your hosts allow looks malformed to me. I thought you had to use either a full class/mask statement (192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0) or the shortened (192.168.0 /24).

Last edited by mcleodnine; 08-24-2001 at 05:30 PM.
 
Old 08-24-2001, 05:09 PM   #11
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[04:12:53] [root@gs2 /etc/samba]# ps -aux | grep mbd
root 1101 0.0 0.2 2948 1168 ? S 16:12 0:00 smbd -D
root 1106 0.0 0.2 2308 1148 ? S 16:12 0:00 nmbd -D

I tried the things you have listed but to no avail any other thoughts?
 
Old 08-24-2001, 05:29 PM   #12
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'Aight. The samba servers are running correctly - Can you run
Code:
#testparm
to see if that gives any notification of errors in config? I don't think it should.
Also, what client OS are you accessing it from?
 
Old 08-24-2001, 05:52 PM   #13
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[04:56:48] [root@gs2 /etc/samba]# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[tmp]"
Processing section "[public]"
Loaded services file OK.


sorry,...the server is a redhat 7.1 server and my client is a win2k pro OS
 
Old 08-24-2001, 05:58 PM   #14
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Do you have a linux directory /home/ftp and how are the permissions set?
 
Old 08-24-2001, 06:02 PM   #15
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root.ftp are the ownership 755 are the permissions
 
  


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