When I click on Network Browsing --> Samba

Sometimes, i get a message saying that the samba shares are inaccessible. or some error like that.
It tells me to disable my firewall.( It is already disabled) I don't know why does it tell me this!
Any ideas?

Assuming you installed the SAMBA services, one easy way is to just open up Konqueror and type:

smb://ipaddressoftheothernetwork

it will prompt for your username and password.

This is not a home network I am talking about.

This is a local area network, and I don't always know the IP addresses of the other users. I will give that thing a try. But what if there isn't any password for the Share and it is still asking for it?


Moreover, is there a way to install SMB4K under SuSE?

I have used it under distros like Mandrake, MEPIS etc.
Good stuff.


Thank you.

You can find a smb4k rpm in guru's rpm repository: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/9.3
This is a valid YaST source, so you can add the server to your installation sources and install the package with YaST.

Yes, I'm not talking about a home network. I'm talking about viewing contents and files on a Domain on a Windows 2003 server using Active Directory.

I just use:

smb://ipaddress OR use smb://nameofcomputer (netBIOS name)

It will prompt you for the username (of the domain) and password (of the of user of the domain). It doesn't matter if the folder is passworded or not. you just need the account username and password of the domain you are trying to join.

What if it is a Windows XP machine?

My apologies, I'm getting a little confused on threads as there was another one posted about Domains and active directory. But it still makes no difference as it's the same way to access a Windows Xp/2003/2000/ME/98/95 machine.

Are we talking about connecting Linux to Windows, Linux to Linux, Windows to Linux???

*Linux to Windows*

1) Open konqueror
2) smb://ipaddress of Windows computer
As for the folder password,it makes no difference. Just enter the usename and passowrd of the account on the computer you're trying to connect to. If I recall correctly, username's must have passwords. This is a built-in security for Windows in general. This prevents random access to your folders.

*Linux to Linux*
Both computers must have SAMBA services. Do just like Linux to Windows. Remember to set share folders and permissions on the Linux computers.

*Windows to Linux*
Linux computer must have SAMBA services running. Set your folders to share and give permission to view file contents to everyone. When that is done, in your Windows XP machine, open MY COMPUTER. at the address bar, just type \\ipaddress\sharefoldrename

Hope this helps? Sorry for the confusion. I need to slow down, but I'm bored at work.

SAMBA is a protocol for accessing Linux files on a Windows computer (or accessing Windows files from Linux on a remote computer).

For Linux to Linux you need something like NFS .

If you can use SAMBA on both machines for Linux to Linux I'd be very interested in what files you can access.

Cheers

-K

Thanks for the correction.

You need NFS to access Linux to Linux

LOL...

Thanks for the information provided.(But I already knew that "stuff")


Referring to my original post, which says:
When I try to access Samba Shares, sometimes it says that it can't connect to the Network due to Enabled Firewall.
I get this message (only occassionally ) even if the Firewall is disabled.




Thank you.

Are the firewalls disabled on both computers? Check router settings? Is shorewall running? Other than those, I'm stumped!

1. Yes. Firewalls on both the computers are disabled.

2. No Routers here. We have a connection over a Switch.

3. I will try to find out what is this Shorewall thing on Google and let you know if it is running!!



Thanks.

I'm not sure if Shorewall was installed by Default and is running on my system.

Where do I find that thing out?

I have disabled the SuSE Firewall and that is it.


I am cleanly stumped out of this mess.
The Network inaccessible message come only occassionally.

I believe shorewall is not installed by default so that should be okay.

You can ping Windows/Linux computers, right?

Have you tried the command line version? Just do as root

Wait like 10 seconds and if all worked, the command line will change to:

Try that and see if it works.

OH yeah. I will try the command line thing out. It did not click in my mind at that moment.

I will give it a try and let you guys know. (Again mentioning that the problem is not frequent.)