Hi all, Doing a bit of research on samba and hostname lead me to find the actual cause of the problem. If you don't specify the "netbios name = " directive in the samba configuration(smb.conf) file, samba uses hostname as the netbios name (ref: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-126124.html read cowanrl's comment) and the maximum length of a netbios name is 16 characters. However, Microsoft limits the netbios name to 15 characters (ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163409).
In my case i had not specified the "netbios name = " directive in smb.conf file and the hostname was more than 16 characters. Adding "netbios name = " to something less than 15 characters did the trick. My hostname is more than 16 characters. Hope this helps some of you out there. Thanks, Amit More On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 18:16 -0700, Amit More wrote: > Hello all, > > After spending some time looking into the problem, I have found out that > changing the hostname of the machine on which samba was running to be 16(or > less) characters long did the trick. With "internalfileserver"(which is 18 > characters long) as hostname Mac users were not able to connect to the share > via "connect to server"(apple + k) application but could connect via the > command line. Changing the hostname to "fileserver"(which is 10 characters > long) allowed Mac users to connect to the share via "connect to server" > application as well as via the command line. > > I am not able to figure this out. I will share it with samba users once i > find something useful. > > Thanks, > Amit More > > > On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 18:51 -0700, Amit More wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have installed samba version 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 server 32-bit > > following the documentation > > https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/serverguide/C/samba-fileserver.html > > > > > > Windows and Ubuntu users can see and mount the shares with no problem at > > all. > > > > Mac OS 10.6.x users can connect to samba from terminal using smbclient, > > but they are refused connection when they try to connect via finder (ie > > using apple + k). The error Mac users get is “wrong username or > > password”. However, they can connect via finder only when they prefix > > the username with any domain name. They can pass any arbitrary domain > > name before the username to connect to the samba share. > > > > > > To be more clear here is an example > > > > smb://server.domain.com/File_share > > username: arbitrary-domain-name\username > > > > > > Also, Mac OS X users having problem connecting to samba running on > > Ubuntu server are able to mount the shares from Windows Server 2003 via > > finder. > > > > > > I have set the following parameters in my /etc/samba/smb.conf file > > > > workgroup = WORKGROUP > > > > server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) > > > > dns proxy = no > > > > security = user > > > > encrypt passwords = true > > > > passdb backend = tdbsam > > > > obey pam restrictions = yes > > > > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > > > > passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s* > > \spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . > > > > map to guest = bad user > > > > usershare allow guests = yes > > > > [share] > > > > comment = Ubuntu File Server Share > > > > path = /srv/samba/share > > > > browsable = yes > > > > guest ok = no > > > > read only = no > > > > create mask = 0755 > > > > > > > > Things that I have tried: > > > > 1. Adding public = yes in share > > > > 2. Setting encryption = false > > > > > > I am new to samba and have been doing research for a long time to get > > this working. Is there any workaround for the problem that I am facing. > > I would appreciate all your help. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Amit More > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
