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Basic Samba Setup, Receiving NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

Howdy,

I had the brilliant idea to share my massive music collection on my tower with my other computers so i dont have to use an external all the time. so i decided to use what i thought i knew, Samba. well, i put in a very basic smb.conf, and when i connect to the server i receive the error,

Code:

NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

So here is my smb.conf. im sure theres something im missing, but i get confused when i read the manual and look at the default configuration.

Code:

[global]

        workgroup = WORKGROUP

        log level = 3

        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

[Fissure Music]

        comment = Fissure_Music

        path = /media/Cassim

        read only = no

        force group = users

I installed Samba by using apt-get install samba. I have used the sudo service smbd restart and sudo service nmbd restart. I also have the user account put into the local machine user database, and i also added the user name to the samba database. gave it the same passwords and all. i also have let the right ports through for UFW. Thanks for any help folks!

Did you check the log files for errors?

/var/log/samba/smbd.log
/var/log/samba/nmbd.log

I figured out what i was doing wrong. if you see up in my smb.conf file, i had the share name as Fissure Music. Well, i was putting in the comment name, instead of the share name. so i changed the [Fissure Music] to [Fissure_Music] and changed the comment so it wouldnt be the same, not that it matters, and then it worked. trust me, i feel really dumb. in my log file for the computer, it stated that the share name didnt exist. so i looked around a bit, and realized that the share name was the words in the brackets. hope this helps someone else in the future.