hi just a small issue,
i cant mount shares on my win2k3 box, when i go to the mdk control center, choose samba mount points then search for servers only the xp box shows,

any ideas ?

Hi,

Can you please try with other windows versions? Are you using iptables services on linux box?
If possible copy paste ur smb.conf.

Thanks and Regards,
Ashish Pathak.

Hi Flynn.

Start up a command shell and run the following command.

smbclient -L //<computer name> -U <user logon id> -W <domain>

This is what I get. If your computer name is a domain controler it will list all the other PCs on the domain

[stanlo@TUX overnet]$ smbclient -L //sdns -Uslovisa -W corp
added interface ip=172.30.17.25 bcast=172.30.31.255 nmask=255.255.240.0
Got a positive name query response from 172.30.20.66 ( 172.30.20.66 )
Password:
Domain=[CORP] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
stan Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
D$ Disk Default share
E Disk
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
Shared Disk

Server Comment
--------- -------

Workgroup Master
--------- -------


Hope this helps.

Stan

I decided to bite the bullet and RTFM, heres the answer for any one else with the same prob

[fibremux@localhost fibremux]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost fibremux]# mount -t smbfs -o username=<username>,password=<password> //<server>/<share> /<localdir>

I decided to bite the bullet and RTFM, heres the answer for any one else with the same prob

[fibremux@localhost fibremux]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost fibremux]# mount -t smbfs -o username=<username>,password=<password> //<server>/<share> /<localdir>
I decided to bite the bullet and RTFM, heres the answer for any one else with the same prob

I guess for this u need to compile the kernel using smbfs option in filesystem.
Correct me if I m wrong.

[stanlo@TUX overnet]$ smbclient -L //sdns -Uslovisa -W corp

Create the same user in windows with same login credentials as Linux. (Same password)
Use same command which u used earlier. After machine name give sharename also.
Like //sdns/someshare.

Try this and let us know.

Thanks,
Ashish.

Alternatively, you could add a line like this to /etc/fstab:

//<server>/<share> /<localdir> smbfs noauto,users,rw,username=<username>,password=<password>

(Your web browser might wrap the above, but it is all a single line.)

Then, you can mount and unmount the share as a normal user. I have my laptop setup this way, so that I can access the W2k file server at work. I also put a link to /mnt/docs in my home directory, so I can just type:

[benji@localhost]$ mount docs

and have access to the share. The only hazard is that the username and password can be seen by anyone who types "cat /etc/fstab". For this reason, I created a special account just for my Linux file access - with a password I don't use anywhere else.

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