Windows machine can not see my samba shared folder.
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Windows machine can not see my samba shared folder.
Hey samba regulars,
quick question from a first time set up for me...
I have everything networked properly, as far as I can tell, both computers see each other... I can use putty to port in and use my Linux machine (Debian 4).
When I go to map network drive on my XP machine, I can see the computer, but not the shared folder. After some googling I found that i have to create my Windows user name ont he Linux machine as a user as well...unforunately, that user is 'Administrator' So I told Linux to force user, and it created it, and did smbpasswd command and added the user to the samba list. Still nothing.
. After some googling I found that i have to create my Windows user name ont he Linux machine as a user as well...
Thanks in advance.
Not really, you can authenticate with your Linux username. If you can't see the share at all after accessing the server, then there is a samba misconfiguration.
Try accessing the server by its IP. In Windows use RUN:
\\Server_IP\
If samba is properly configure you should see your shares.
results from trying to see folders from windows machine
When i typed '\\samba ip address\' in windows explorer, it gave a me a pop up to log in to the apache linux machine.
when i logged in with a user and pass i know exist ont he windows machine, it wouldnt accept it.
when i checked the log file, this is what i saw...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009/04/30 20:41:15, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562)
write_data: write failure in writing to client 0.0.0.0. Error Connection reset by peer
[2009/04/30 20:41:15, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(761)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
[2009/05/06 22:15:17, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562)
write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.1.102. Error Connection reset by peer
[2009/05/06 22:15:17, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(761)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
[2009/05/06 22:24:22, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562)
write_data: write failure in writing to client 0.0.0.0. Error Connection reset by peer
[2009/05/06 22:24:22, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(761)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am at a loss.
I also noticed the many different log files. some listed by ip and some listed by user name. Hopefully that is correct.
[allusers]
comment = All Users
path = /home/shares/allusers
valid users = @users
force group = users
read only = No
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0771
[www]
comment = web root folder
path = /home/me/www/webroot
valid users = me
write list = me
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
---------------------------------------------------------------------
what is wrong with this set up?
I can not see anything from my windows machine when i go to map network drive.
The Good fight is over. It turns out, I over looked the obvious and I am the Ultimate Noobness.
I added a samba user from the command line. Samba was working all a long but had no users. I was under the impression it just used regular user accounts from the OS. Yes I am retarded.
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