Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-05-02 Thread Larry Alkoff
The problem is solved. My grateful thanks to Guenter Kukkukk and Am Mittwoch who so diligently tried to help with this vexing problem. Well it was the usual dumb thing so I have egg on my face. I did this and thought I was done: -- Setup the allowed settings

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-05-01 Thread Larry Alkoff
Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-04-30 Thread Larry Alkoff
Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: I am unable to find my Windows XP share (winpro) in Linneighborhood which runs on my desktop Kubuntu Linux box. When I try to mount that Windows XP share I get the error message: 2139: session request to WINPRO failed

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-04-30 Thread Larry Alkoff
Kai Blin wrote: On Wednesday 30 April 2008 11:02:34 Larry Alkoff wrote: I am unable to find my Windows XP share (winpro) in Linneighborhood which runs on my desktop Kubuntu Linux box. When I try to mount that Windows XP share I get the error message: 2139: session request to WINPRO failed

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-04-30 Thread Larry Alkoff
Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: I am unable to find my Windows XP share (winpro) in Linneighborhood which runs on my desktop Kubuntu Linux box. When I try to mount that Windows

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-04-30 Thread Larry Alkoff
Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: I am unable to find my Windows XP share (winpro) in Linneighborhood

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-04-30 Thread Larry Alkoff
Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff: Guenter Kukkukk wrote: Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Larry Alkoff

Re: [Samba] XP share not listed in Linneighborhood

2008-04-30 Thread Larry Alkoff
Kai Blin wrote: On Wednesday 30 April 2008 11:02:34 Larry Alkoff wrote: I am unable to find my Windows XP share (winpro) in Linneighborhood which runs on my desktop Kubuntu Linux box. When I try to mount that Windows XP share I get the error message: 2139: session request to WINPRO failed

Re: [Samba] net view produces error 5

2008-04-29 Thread Larry Alkoff
Larry Alkoff wrote: I am debbuging my Kubuntu Linux to Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 and 2 connection using Andrew Tridgell's excellent diagnosis.txt. The test fails on test 5 which should return a list of available shares from the server. From the XP command prompt: net view

[Samba] Samba fails diagnosis.txt test #5 nmblookup

2008-04-28 Thread Larry Alkoff
I am using diagnosis.txt on a connection between Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and a Windows XP machine with service pack 1 and 2 installed. !== DIAGNOSIS.txt for Samba release 2.0.7 26 Apr 2000 Contributor:Andrew Tridgell Updated:November 1, 1999 Subject:DIAGNOSING YOUR SAMBA SERVER diagnosis.txt

[Samba] Samba no longer connect to XP Pro

2006-12-12 Thread Larry Alkoff
/log/samba. Does Windows XP have logs? Security is share. Any ideas what's going on? I've searched the net and back messages from this group for several hours but am mystified. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go

Re: [Samba] Missing 'smbmount' on Ubuntu?

2006-07-16 Thread Larry Alkoff
Edmundo Valle Neto wrote: Adam Williams escreveu: i know on fedora core 5 you use mount -t cifs \\server\share /mnt/point -o username=validuser not sure about what kubuntu has but you should try that. Larry Alkoff wrote: I have just started running Kubuntu Badger version 6.06. Although

[Samba] Missing 'smbmount' on Ubuntu?

2006-07-14 Thread Larry Alkoff
I have just started running Kubuntu Badger version 6.06. Although Samba seems to be installed, there is no smbmount program. What would I use to mount a samba share? Plain old 'mount -t smbfs'? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [Samba] Cannot write over root owned file

2006-05-04 Thread Larry Alkoff
david rankin wrote: From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] david rankin wrote: From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] david rankin wrote: From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have security = share it looks to me like everyone would see the samba icon but could not access it since

[Samba] How to access a 'guest ok' share from Windows without password?

2006-05-03 Thread Larry Alkoff
Windows demands a password, thus making it impossible to access. Is there any way to get around this? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman

Re: [Samba] How to access a 'guest ok' share from Windows withoutpassword?

2006-05-03 Thread Larry Alkoff
file. Kirk - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: samba@lists.samba.org Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: [Samba] How to access a 'guest ok' share from Windows withoutpassword? I have a Slackware Linux box called Tillie with three shares. All

Re: [Samba] Cannot write over root owned file

2006-05-03 Thread Larry Alkoff
david rankin wrote: From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, when I tried to copy over a root owned file, first as su and then as su -, the operation failed. Why can't I copy over a root owned file when I'm root? I also noticed that, when I touched as su or su -, I could create

Re: [Samba] Cannot write over root owned file

2006-05-03 Thread Larry Alkoff
david rankin wrote: From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] david rankin wrote: From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which leads to the question, how do I act as root on a samba share? Or perhaps the question is how do I become root on the share? Is sharing as root okay or is it bad practice

[Samba] Cannot write over root owned file

2006-05-02 Thread Larry Alkoff
allow = 192.168.0., 127. [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [all] comment = Entire disk from / path = / read only = No -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [Samba] Cannot write over root owned file

2006-05-02 Thread Larry Alkoff
practice? Why? I appreciate your helping me very much. You can see I'm a little confused how to take over my little network and bend it to my will g. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read

[Samba] Can Samba write to NTFS disk on separate machine?

2006-04-28 Thread Larry Alkoff
and FAT32 partition on the XP machine. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

[Samba] Smbmount syntax for two users?

2006-02-11 Thread Larry Alkoff
I want to allow two users to mount a share. Would the syntax be: smbmount //computername/share /mnt/computername -o username=user1,user2 ?? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read

Re: [Samba] Smbmount syntax for two users?

2006-02-11 Thread Larry Alkoff
Stéphane Purnelle wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry Alkoff a écrit : I want to allow two users to mount a share. Would the syntax be: smbmount //computername/share /mnt/computername -o username=user1,user2 ?? Larry No, -o username=xxx it's for specify

[Samba] How to create a linux to linux Samba share?

2006-02-04 Thread Larry Alkoff
] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [share1] path = /my_shared guest ok = Yes browseable = yes Any idea what's going wrong? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from

[Samba] Trying to mount with minimalist smb.conf

2006-02-03 Thread Larry Alkoff
= No browseable = No [lba] path = /home/lba -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

[Samba] Why does Samba try both 445 and 130 to mount Windows share

2005-06-29 Thread Larry Alkoff
445 the 445 connection is still refused. What can I do to eliminate this error? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

[Samba] Password issue with Windows 98SE

2005-06-05 Thread Larry Alkoff
for the user_name share? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

Re: [Samba] Password issue with Windows 98SE

2005-06-05 Thread Larry Alkoff
Larry Alkoff wrote: I have two Windows 98SE computers. Wanda can connect to Slackware Linux 10.1 with no trouble. Ham cannot connect when I type in the password because the The password is incorrect. The Samba version is 3.0.10. Slackware with the user_name and Public share shows up

[Samba] How to access a Linux share with NO password

2005-03-14 Thread Larry Alkoff
me some advice? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

[Samba] Reliable Samba just stopped mounting Windows machine

2005-02-01 Thread Larry Alkoff
=wanda, name type = 0 samba.192.168.0.6 byte 142493/142493 (END) Thanks for any help or tips. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux # smb.conf.new # lba: This is the main Samba configuration file. Read smb.conf(5) manual page. # # File begain with Slack 8.1

[Samba] File transfer very slow one way - why?

2005-01-14 Thread Larry Alkoff
I use Samba between a Windows 98SE and a Linux Slackware 10 box. File transfers from Linux to Windows are very slow - about 10% of the quite reasonable speed from Windows to Linux. Any idea why this is so slow? Thanks, Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from

[Samba] How to copy to Windows share as non-root user?

2004-01-07 Thread Larry Alkoff
regular file How can I copy files to the Windows share as a non-root user? Using Slack 9.1 Samba 2.2.8a and Windows 98SE. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?

2003-12-25 Thread Larry Alkoff
at 10:44:03PM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the shares listed. Sharename Type Comment - --- data Disk data drive IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda

[Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?

2003-12-23 Thread Larry Alkoff
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Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?

2003-12-23 Thread Larry Alkoff
this behaviour, you could change security to share, but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with those mysterious password issues. On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly

Re: [Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?

2003-12-23 Thread Larry Alkoff
, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book Using Samba first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. The windows machine uses windows 98SE. The instructions under Server Configuration

[Samba] Rsync - what is max --modify-window number?

2002-10-29 Thread Larry Alkoff
hour. I made an alias to include --modify-window=3666 but it doesn't seem to be working because it still wants to update all the files. The alias is: rsync.hour='rsync -vpogt1D --modify-window=3666' What's the maximum value of --modify-window? Can it be changed? Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA