On Tuesday 09 Mar 2004 03:15, David Sexton wrote: > can any one tell me why I cant access my samba server I keep getting the > following error below. I also will put in my smb.conf file. thanks > > David > > > \\testserver is not accessible You might not have permission access this > network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if > you have access permissions. > > The network path was not found. >
First of all. Are you running a firewall on your Linux box? By default Mandrake sets up the shorewall firewall to block access from the Internet to the Linux server, and *also* block access from the local network to the Linux server. If you want to run Samba on a firewalled box you must open up ports 137,138,139 from the local network to the server. > # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to > /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used > ; guest account = pcguest > # Allow users to map to guest: > map to guest = Bad User You have a linux account called 'Bad User' do you? If so then you ought to put quotes around the name in this statement since Linux regards a space as delineating parameters. I would have thought using spaces in user names would have all sorts of nasty implications. > > #============================ Share Definitions > ============================== [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browsable = yes > available = yes > read only = no > In order for Windows users to see their home directory on the Linux server you must open a root terminal in Lux and enter smbpasswd -a user_name where user_name is the name of a user with a Linux AND a Windows identity when prompted give the **Windows** password for that user. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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