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

[gforgcc]

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.. :)

[Squeezer99]

are you using smbpasswd, tdbsam, or ldapsam for authentication?  in
linux can you do mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195/A_Valid_Share" /mnt -o
username=user,password=passwd

what sort of errors are you getting in /var/log/samba/log.smbd

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.. :)
>  

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[gforgcc]

Squeezer99 wrote:

are you using smbpasswd, tdbsam, or ldapsam for authentication?  in
linux can you do mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195/A_Valid_Share" /mnt -o
username=user,password=passwd

what sort of errors are you getting in /var/log/samba/log.smbd

Thanks for the reply.. :)
ya i am using smbpasswd.. but when i tried to mount as you told it is giving something like this..


[root@localhost]# mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195//home/abc" /mnt -o username=abc, password=abc
Usage: mount -V                 : print version
       mount -h                 : print this help
       mount                    : list mounted filesystems
       mount -l                 : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
       mount -a [-t|-O] ...     : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
       mount device             : mount device at the known place
       mount directory          : mount known device here
       mount -t type dev dir    : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
       mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
       mount --move olddir newdir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using  -L label  or by uuid, using  -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say  man 8 mount .


and in the file /var/log/samba/smbd.log... the output is like this...

Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2006
[2008/04/25 10:30:24, 0] smbd/server.c:main(805)
  smbd version 3.0.21b-2 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2006

so what might be the problem ??? :(

[Squeezer99]

take out the space between the , and password=abc and the extra / on
//home/abc

gforgcc wrote:

>
> Squeezer99 wrote:
>  
>> are you using smbpasswd, tdbsam, or ldapsam for authentication?  in
>> linux can you do mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195/A_Valid_Share" /mnt -o
>> username=user,password=passwd
>>
>> what sort of errors are you getting in /var/log/samba/log.smbd
>>
>>
>>    
> Thanks for the reply.. :)
> ya i am using smbpasswd.. but when i tried to mount as you told it is giving
> something like this..
>
>
> [root@localhost]# mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195//home/abc" /mnt -o
> username=abc, password=abc
> Usage: mount -V                 : print version
>        mount -h                 : print this help
>        mount                    : list mounted filesystems
>        mount -l                 : idem, including volume labels
> So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
> The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
> Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
>        mount -a [-t|-O] ...     : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
>        mount device             : mount device at the known place
>        mount directory          : mount known device here
>        mount -t type dev dir    : ordinary mount command
> Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
> a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
> One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
>        mount --bind olddir newdir
> or move a subtree:
>        mount --move olddir newdir
> A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
> or by label, using  -L label  or by uuid, using  -U uuid .
> Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
> For many more details, say  man 8 mount .
>
>
> and in the file /var/log/samba/smbd.log... the output is like this...
>
> Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2006
> [2008/04/25 10:30:24, 0] smbd/server.c:main(805)
>   smbd version 3.0.21b-2 started.
> Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2006
>
> so what might be the problem ??? :(
>
>  

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[gforgcc]

Squeezer99 wrote:

take out the space between the , and password=abc and the extra / on
//home/abc

when i tried mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195/home/abc" /mnt -o username=abc,password=abc
it is giving the following error
mount error 5 = Input/Output error
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page  (e.g man mount.cifs )

[Helmut Hullen]

Hallo, gforgcc,

Du (narendra.ka) meintest am 28.04.08:

>> take out the space between the , and password=abc and the extra / on
>> //home/abc

> when i tried mount -t cifs "//192.168.248.195/home/abc" /mnt -o
> username=abc,password=abc
> it is giving the following error
> mount error 5 = Input/Output error
> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page  (e.g man mount.cifs )

Does the workgroup fit?
Has the username or the password any special character?

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut
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[gforgcc]

Helmut Hullen wrote:

Hallo, gforgcc,

Does the workgroup fit?
Has the username or the password any special character?

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

Hi Viele Gruesse, :)
no there are no special charecters in username or password.. just abc and abc thats it...
and i dint get what is the meaning of Workgroup fit ? you mean to say both the workgroup in windows and Vmware linux need to be same ?
if that is the case i am not specifying workgroup anywhere while configuring samba..and can you please tell where to specify workgroup, and how to find the same in windows that to which workgroup do i belong ?
thanks... :)

[gforgcc]

gforgcc wrote:

Hi Viele Gruesse, :)
no there are no special charecters in username or password.. just abc and abc thats it...
and i dint get what is the meaning of Workgroup fit ? you mean to say both the workgroup in windows and Vmware linux need to be same ?
if that is the case i am not specifying workgroup anywhere while configuring samba..and can you please tell where to specify workgroup, and how to find the same in windows that to which workgroup do i belong ?
thanks... :)

sorry i came to know that i am in my company's domain so there wont be any workgroup probably...

[Napster]

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.. :)

[gforgcc]

Napster wrote:

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

Thanks for the reply Napster,
but i dint get exactly what you are telling..
say in my case i am running Vmware linux running Samba of which the IP address is 192.168.248.195 and hostname is just localhost.localdomain.. so i added an entry to the file you have said above in windows hosts file.. but still it is not working. it is telling the same problem..
and can you please tell me where to check the configuratyion file of the DNS Server ?  

[Napster]

gforgcc wrote:

Napster wrote:

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

Thanks for the reply Napster,
but i dint get exactly what you are telling..
say in my case i am running Vmware linux running Samba of which the IP address is 192.168.248.195 and hostname is just localhost.localdomain.. so i added an entry to the file you have said above in windows hosts file.. but still it is not working. it is telling the same problem..
and can you please tell me where to check the configuratyion file of the DNS Server ?  

Check if u able to access the Samba server using
run==>\\192.168.248.195

And also if u can sent me the file smb.conf and also the hosts file from linux i would be able to tell u wats going wrong...Please not sent the auth part of the smb.conf.....u can reach me at [e-mail]

Napster