[newbie] Configuring smbfs
Hi, I have a mdk 9.0 box running but I am facing some problems when trying to set up samba file sharing NT servers can be viewed clearly in the Mandrake Control Center under samba mount points option. I can see the online folder (from a Win NT workstation) which I want to access as well. However, when I pressed mount, it always tells me failed. I have chosen user mode in the mount options. I doubt that this has to do with my smb.conf file, as I did not do any configuaration for it. But I am not so sure how to carry on from here as there are so many options in the smb.conf file. I appreciate any advice! Many thanks! Shan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Configuring smbfs
Shan, have you tried to use LinNeighborhood to mount the share? It's a very nice tool for getting started. it's on disk two I think. It makes you go through the password authentication process to mount shares and tell you if you are wrong. or that you need a different password , etc. it will even search out the address of a share if you give it the name of the share, and the domain, like : Name: becky Domain : home Ip: ( leave blank ) it will query the network find the address an put it in for you ! also , can you send your /etc/samba/smb.conf file to see how it's setup? It will show if its setup to let you access your nt files or not. how it's setup makes a difference, but it sounds like your close. ;-) it sounds like you don't have password authentication for the share. you will need to do some setup on the smb.conf file to make it run. you can use swat to setup samba if you have it installed, or webmin. more info will help to resolve your problem. the list will be more than happy to help Mike Kou Shan Shan wrote: Hi, I have a mdk 9.0 box running but I am facing some problems when trying to set up samba file sharing NT servers can be viewed clearly in the Mandrake Control Center under samba mount points option. I can see the online folder (from a Win NT workstation) which I want to access as well. However, when I pressed mount, it always tells me failed. I have chosen user mode in the mount options. I doubt that this has to do with my smb.conf file, as I did not do any configuaration for it. But I am not so sure how to carry on from here as there are so many options in the smb.conf file. I appreciate any advice! Many thanks! Shan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mike McNeese Springdale, Arkansas USA == Dual booting 98lite;MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Kde 3.1 Registered Linux User #248955 acqua / Keramik Theme == If obstacles are what you see in your path... Then you have lost sight of your goal! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Configuring smbfs
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 14:53, Kou Shan Shan wrote: Hi, I have a mdk 9.0 box running but I am facing some problems when trying to set up samba file sharing NT servers can be viewed clearly in the Mandrake Control Center under samba mount points option. I can see the online folder (from a Win NT workstation) which I want to access as well. However, when I pressed mount, it always tells me failed. I have chosen user mode in the mount options. I doubt that this has to do with my smb.conf file, as I did not do any configuaration for it. But I am not so sure how to carry on from here as there are so many options in the smb.conf file. I appreciate any advice! Many thanks! Shan You're going to have to dig into your smb.conf - the easiest way to do so is through Webmin and SWAT (which should be installed on your system by default). Everything has to be just right for a Windows network - and you WILL have to make direct modifications to your Samba configuration if you're going to share properly on the network. Take my word for it - I do THAT bit every day...(and it sucks that you have to reboot a Windows box, but for a linux box, you just restart the service...gads...) HTH! -- Fri Mar 14 16:35:00 EST 2003 16:35:00 up 1:39, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.15, 0.16 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, Forty-seven years -- and I find I mind it less and less. -- Louise Andrews Kent Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
