this is probably a simple fix for anyone who's memorized the SAMBA manpages...
according to doc/samba/DIAGNOSIS* -- >In all of the tests I assume you have a Samba server called BIGSERVER >and a PC called ACLIENT. meaning the name of the linux workstation, according to whom? -- smb.conf calls it "workgroup = fileOmatic" -- smb.conf "server string = linuxSamba" -- according to dns, it's "linus". not knowing exactly which to use for 'server called XXX' i tried all three. (this will be sooo cool when it works! aaugh!) "linus" worked best. DIAGNOSIS TEST #1 # testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[tmp]" Processing section "[public]" Loaded services file OK. [global] workgroup = fileOmatic server string = linuxSamba hosts deny = ALL hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127. log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m max log size = 50 security = user socket options = TCP_NODELAY ... [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No guest ok = No [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = No guest ok = No [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /home/samba write list = @staff read only = No guest ok = No DIAGNOSIS TEST #2 ping works fine, both ways (client to server, server to client). DIAGNOSIS TEST #3 $ smbclient -L linus load_client_codepage: filename /etc/samba/codepages/codepage.850 does not exist. added interface ip=192.168.1.1 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip= 11.33.97.5 bcast= 11.33.97.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.) same happens for IP numbers (192.168.1.1 or 127.0.0.1) i.e. $ smbclient -L 192.168.1.1 $ smbclient -L 127.0.0.1 as 'DIAGNOSIS' suggests, i double-check 'hosts' and '*valid users' in smb.conf: hosts deny = ALL hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127. there is no (uncommented) 'users' directive. i'm stuck. # ls -la /etc/samba/codepages/ total 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 1 08:48 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Apr 27 14:56 .. and just to be certain, i re-set my 'smbpasswd' several times so i know i've hit it right at least once. :) 1) how do i munge a codepage 850? or do i need to? 2) how can i keep it from adding interface 11.33.97.5? 3) what's a tree connect and how do i prune it--or do i need to?