Accessing Linux Samba Shares

[DavidLeblond]

I have a share on my Linux server /storage. In Panther (10.3.3) I can open a terminal window and type "smbclient //server/storage" and then my password and get into the share. However when I try to connect under the Network icon it prompts me for domain (I think its set at MSHOME), user (I tried my smb user as set up in /etc/smbusers on my linux server) and password. It won't let me in. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Westside guy]

No good ideas, but a couple possible suggestions.

Is this a Linux box you have total control over? If so you can look up the domain for sure inside of /etc/samba/smb.conf (Red Hat) or /etc/smb.conf (many others). Also you can restart the daemon from the command line running in verbose mode - often that'll let you see clearly where the connection is going wrong (it's my favorite trick for diagnosing ssh connection errors, but it should help with smb as well).

 

[DavidLeblond]

No good ideas, but a couple possible suggestions.

Is this a Linux box you have total control over? If so you can look up the domain for sure inside of /etc/samba/smb.conf (Red Hat) or /etc/smb.conf (many others). Also you can restart the daemon from the command line running in verbose mode - often that'll let you see clearly where the connection is going wrong (it's my favorite trick for diagnosing ssh connection errors, but it should help with smb as well).

Well I fixed it for now by turning off encrypted passwords (my Windows box doesn't have a need to connect to it anymore, seeing that I don't use that crusty old thing now. )

 

[MisterMe]

I have a share on my Linux server /storage. In Panther (10.3.3) I can open a terminal window and type "smbclient //server/storage" and then my password and get into the share. However when I try to connect under the Network icon it prompts me for domain (I think its set at MSHOME), user (I tried my smb user as set up in /etc/smbusers on my linux server) and password. It won't let me in. What am I doing wrong?

Shouldn't you type "smb://server/storage/"?

 

[DavidLeblond]

Shouldn't type "smb://server/storage/"?

Typing smb://server/storage/ is the same thing as browsing it in Finder. smbclient is the Samba client you can run in the terminal window.

 

[Westside guy]

Well I fixed it for now by turning off encrypted passwords (my Windows box doesn't have a need to connect to it anymore, seeing that I don't use that crusty old thing now. )

Hmm... we're using encrypted passwords, and like I said things work for me. This probably isn't a good idea long-term.

 

[DavidLeblond]

Hmm... we're using encrypted passwords, and like I said things work for me. This probably isn't a good idea long-term.

I don't share with my linux box often (mostly I do by FTP actually.) I also never share with it unless I'm at home in which I have other means of security.