New install of RH9, trying to get samba up and running.

When I run 'nmblookup SERVER', I get:
name_query failed to find SERVER

When I do: smbclient \\\\SERVER\\user, I get:
adding interface ......
password:
session startup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE


I tried setting the netbios name in smb.conf but that didn't help. Is there some other place to set the hostname?
Why can't I logon to the same machine?

if you don't use wins, then the easiest way to do it is to add your computer to the /etc/hosts file. if you have a master browser and use wins, then....please describe your network.. that will make things much easier. sorry but there is so much needless typing if i have to describe every possible scenario. do you have a smbpasswd for your users?

This is for on a home network. Haven't setup a master browser and probably won't.
How do I check if I have a smbpasswd?

okay, i will give you quick rundown. samba uses separate permissions, so you need smbpasswd, or a samba password to access network resources from windows.

anyway, add to your hosts file, /etc/hosts, any computer name, ip, and aliases in the same format as the localhost entry

such as

192.168.0.1 server.domainname server

with your info of course
and any other computers in your home lan with same format.

then use command smbpasswd -a username
type password same as on nt machines for ease

and try smbclient -l computername now

and to mount directories make a directory.

if have a machine called dummy

make a dir called /mnt/dummy

then type, all as one command with no carriage returns:

mount -t smbfs -o username=ntusername,password=ntuserpassword //computernamefromhostsfile/sharename /mnt/dummy

if no errors,

look at /mnt/dummy dir

ls /mnt/dummy

should see contents of file on dummy shared directory. can help more if need it. let me know what happens please.

When I ran the smbpasswd -a user name, I got this output:
unable to open passdb database.
Added user.

And I still can login using smbclient \\\\HOST\\user or smbclient -L.

What does "unable to open passdb database" mean? (I used the same password as linux passowrd)

Oddly, though I was able to login from my XP box with the same user name that gave me the unable to open passdb database.

here we go - one of my other posts:


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=82837

this should be able to help you out!

unable to open passdb means you haven't added a samba user yet. now if you add another user won't say that.