Re: Unable to access linux files from windows using samba configured in linux Vmware

Hi

I had thw same issue with my network....check if the DNS translation for the Ip address of the system thats running Samba server.Or there is a work around to get this working...
Check if u\you are able to access the files by going to the run option and then entering the ip address
start->Run->\\192.168.0.143

Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ there you would find a file by the name hosts add the ip address and also the host name for the server there.
The file would look like this

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.0.143   napster-server1


Where 192.168.0.143 is the ip address of the system thats running Samba and napter-Server1 the hostname.

If you are running DNS server then check the configuration file of the server.




Napster

gforgcc wrote:

Hi friends,
i have a weird problem, i am running a Fedora Linux OS on Vmware installed from Windows XP
i have configured samba inside VMware linux (BRIDGED NETWORKING), but when i tried to access the same from the windows it is telling "cannot be accessible", i have tried almost all the ways...
My Windows IP is say 192.168.248.29 and i have taken a free IP from system admin for my VMware linux running on windows say its IP is 192.168.248.195 and from windows i am trying to access like this
Go to Start menu -> run and type \\192.168.248.195, now it will show the list of the samba folders but when i double click on the folder it prompts for username and passwd and when i enter the samba username and passwd it will popup a message "Cannot be accessed u might now have permissions to access this" !! :(
but i have given all the permissions to that folder chmod 777 /home/user -R and also while configuring samba i have given writable and browsable permissions , i am using samba version 3.0.21b-2, and i tried stopping iptables also but even that yielded same result
Please help me to solve this problem thanks.. :)