can't mount a samba share I made from Ubuntu

mongoosecage · 07-10-2008, 09:22 PM

ok...
I would like to mount my samba share from my Ubuntu laptop so that I could access my shared files like the rest of my Windows computers.Read the manuals, looked at the millions of options and did a series of steps to no avail. I have tried to make this clear and will make it clearer if suggested, any updates or information needed I will edit this post accordingly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanking in advance.

After this sentence the series of significant steps I took follow:

The first thing I did was to check if samba could find my share

Code:

findsmb
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it

                                *=DMB
                                +=LMB
IP ADDR         NETBIOS NAME     WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
1xx.xxx.1.xx    THE-HERON     +[WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.28a]
bash-3.1$

second thing was to attempt to mount the drive Anyone knows this enough well to do it please help me here dont exactly know what i am doing

So I went to http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Filesys...rmanently.html

I learnt: or more like just tried to subsitute

Code:

mount -t smbfs //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername,password=mywindowspassword

so then I tried:

Code:

bash-3.1# mount -t smbfs //THE-HERON/stuff /mnt/mongoose -o username=mongoose,password=thatpassword

I resulted in:

Code:

bash-3.1# mount -t smbfs //THE-HERON
/stuff /mnt/mongoose -o username=mongoose,password=thatpassword
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
	No such file or directory
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
3729: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed

In windows and probably from another ubuntu installation(didnt try), I would require no password but I just had it in there just incase.

Indeed, if I didnt need any password I would do:

Code:

bash-3.1# mount -t smbfs //THE-HERON/stuff /mnt/mongoose -o username=guest

resulted in:

Code:

bash-3.1# mount -t smbfs //THE-HERON/stuff /mnt/mongoose -o username=guest     
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
	No such file or directory
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
Password: 
3732: tree connect failed: ERRDOS - ERRnosuchshare (You specified an invalid share name)
SMB connection failed
bash-3.1#

So, according to this result, I needed a password, a password that I don't know of.

So I assumed, that if I had a Graphical User Interface for browsing all the Samba shares. I would be able to access it like my Windows and Ubuntu computers.

I downloaded xSMBrowser

I dug through its directory and found three files

Code:

bash-3.1# cd xsmbrowser-3.4.0
bash-3.1# ls
INSTALL  pixmaps  xsmbrowser
bash-3.1#

the INSTALL file stated

Quote:

Before you read the rest of this, just try executing "xsmbrowser" to see
if it works. Since xsmbrowser is an expectk script, there is nothing to
compile. If you run into any problems, read on ...

So I did run the xsmbrowser

clicked on Samba Config, pulled all the bells and whistles. I couldn't find any shares.

So I referred to the INSTALL.

Quote:

If you have Redhat or another respectable distribution of Unix, then Samba
may already be setup. One way to check is to issue "ps -A" (as root), and
if the programs "smbd" and "nmbd" are running, then you're okay.

So I ran ps -A

Code:

    1 ?        00:00:01 init
    2 ?        00:00:00 kthreadd
    3 ?        00:00:00 migration/0
    4 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
    5 ?        00:00:00 migration/1
    6 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
    7 ?        00:00:00 events/0
    8 ?        00:00:00 events/1
    9 ?        00:00:00 khelper
  102 ?        00:00:00 kblockd/0
  103 ?        00:00:00 kblockd/1
  106 ?        00:00:00 kacpid
  107 ?        00:00:00 kacpi_notify
  198 ?        00:00:00 ata/0
  199 ?        00:00:00 ata/1
  200 ?        00:00:00 ata_aux
  201 ?        00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
  207 ?        00:00:00 khubd
  210 ?        00:00:00 kseriod
  252 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  253 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  254 ?        00:00:00 kswapd0
  294 ?        00:00:00 aio/0
  295 ?        00:00:00 aio/1
  317 ?        00:00:00 jfsIO
  318 ?        00:00:00 jfsCommit
  319 ?        00:00:00 jfsCommit
  320 ?        00:00:00 jfsSync
  322 ?        00:00:00 xfslogd/0
  323 ?        00:00:00 xfslogd/1
  324 ?        00:00:00 xfsdatad/0
  325 ?        00:00:00 xfsdatad/1
  329 ?        00:00:00 xfs_mru_cache
  334 ?        00:00:02 gfs2_scand
  335 ?        00:00:00 glock_workqueue
  336 ?        00:00:00 glock_workqueue
 1018 ?        00:00:00 scsi_tgtd/0
 1019 ?        00:00:00 scsi_tgtd/1
 1078 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
 1080 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
 1084 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
 1086 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
 1096 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_6
 1098 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_7
 1116 ?        00:00:00 exec-osm/0
 1117 ?        00:00:00 exec-osm/1
 1123 ?        00:00:00 block-osm/0
 1124 ?        00:00:00 block-osm/1
 1131 ?        00:00:00 khpsbpkt
 1142 ?        00:00:00 knodemgrd_0
 1217 ?        00:00:00 ksnapd
 1225 ?        00:00:00 rpciod/0
 1226 ?        00:00:00 rpciod/1
 1228 ?        00:00:00 kjournald
 1282 ?        00:00:00 udevd
 2524 ?        00:00:00 mount.ntfs-3g
 2672 ?        00:00:00 syslogd
 2676 ?        00:00:00 klogd
 2824 ?        00:00:00 inetd
 2834 ?        00:00:00 sshd
 2841 ?        00:00:00 acpid
 2853 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 2859 ?        00:00:00 hald
 2860 ?        00:00:00 hald-runner
 2866 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
 2870 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
 2872 ?        00:00:01 hald-addon-stor
 2883 ?        00:00:00 crond
 2885 ?        00:00:00 atd
 2930 ?        00:00:00 gpm
 2932 tty1     00:00:00 bash
 2933 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
 2934 tty3     00:00:00 agetty
 2935 tty4     00:00:00 agetty
 2936 tty5     00:00:00 agetty
 2937 tty6     00:00:00 agetty
 2961 tty1     00:00:00 startx
 2977 tty1     00:00:00 xinit
 2978 tty7     00:06:30 X
 2987 tty1     00:00:00 xinitrc
 2992 tty1     00:00:01 xscreensaver
 2995 ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
 3000 tty1     00:00:00 dbus-launch
 3002 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 3004 tty1     00:00:01 xfce4-session
 3007 ?        00:00:01 xfce-mcs-manage
 3008 tty1     00:00:00 Thunar
 3010 ?        00:00:00 gam_server
 3011 tty1     00:00:02 xfdesktop
 3013 ?        00:00:01 Thunar
 3022 tty1     00:00:10 xfce4-panel
 3024 ?        00:00:00 fusion-icon
 3028 tty1     00:00:05 Terminal
 3030 tty1     00:00:11 ccsm
 3033 tty1     00:00:03 orageclock
 3034 tty1     00:00:00 thunar-tpa
 3035 tty1     00:00:01 xfce4-mixer-plu
 3036 tty1     00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
 3037 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 3070 ?        00:09:03 compiz
 3071 ?        00:00:06 emerald
 3074 ?        00:00:06 pidgin
 3107 ?        00:00:00 firefox
 3119 ?        00:00:00 run-mozilla.sh
 3124 ?        00:08:10 firefox-bin
 3128 ?        00:00:00 gconfd-2
 3341 ?        00:02:45 audacious
 3408 pts/1    00:00:00 bash
 3418 pts/1    00:00:00 man
 3421 pts/1    00:00:00 sh
 3422 pts/1    00:00:00 sh
 3428 pts/1    00:00:00 less
 3435 pts/2    00:00:00 bash
 3587 ?        00:00:01 mousepad
 3632 pts/3    00:00:00 bash
 3716 pts/3    00:00:00 bash
 3755 pts/3    00:00:00 xsmbrowser
 3767 pts/2    00:00:00 ps

Couldn't find smbd nor nmbd.

I have actually done more research and investigation over the past 4 hours. I believe they aren't significant.

Side Question:
At first it was named my share so I thought calling it my\ share would be awkward and go against my probability of accessing my samba share.I renamed it from nautilus on my Ubuntu laptop. I didn't mount the share back on. I didnt try to rename the mounted share. Does that change anything? Would it still be called 'my\ share' and the samba is just merely asking for a password because it has to execute it no matter what?

Once again, any help would be appreciated.

Greenfuse · 07-11-2008, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it

Have you run testparm to debug /etc/samba/smb.conf ...?

mongoosecage · 07-11-2008, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenfuse

Have you run testparm to debug /etc/samba/smb.conf ...?

Yes, I have also learnt that, smb.conf is not neccesary for mounting a samba share.

edit: smb.conf is a file that you can create on your own using the example available in the directory it is supposed to sit in.

mongoosecage · 07-11-2008, 08:44 AM

Okay, I am an idiot.

The side note that I mentioned was the major issue. When I actually renamed my drive to 'stuff', it stopped sharing the file! So there was a fairly simple process you would anticipate. Right-click and share as a superuser allow guest access. Then execute some the most simple codes ever.

Code:

mount -t smbfs //THE-HERON/stuff /mnt/mongoose -o username=guest

Voila! I was there! Now I can access all my documents and music that are floating in the air at this moment!!!

Hope this comes to any use. I might post another one to see how it goes as to having the share mount automatically everytime in the etc/fstab or something.

However, there is a problem... I have created links in the drive. Can anyone tell me how to open these links in slackware? Any program suggested?