Cannot access Windows Samba Share from openSUSE 11.1

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#1

In openSUSE 11.1/KDE4. When I go to Dolphin>Network>Samba Shares>‘Windows WORKGROUP’>Windows Server it asks me for user name and password. It apparently does not accept the user name and password I created by:

smbpasswd -a 'sameuname as openSUSE login'

and I set it to same password as login just to keep things simple. It won’t accept my user name or password at all it just keeps asking for it repeatedly. I have been using this tutorial:

Samba and Suse: HowTo Set up an openSUSE-Windows Home Office LAN/Network. Versions 10, 11

Here’s contents of my current ‘/etc/samba/smb.conf’:

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
# samba-doc package is installed.
# Date: 2009-01-08
[global]
	workgroup = WORKGROUP
	netbios name = localhost
        name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
	printing = cups
	printcap name = cups
	printcap cache time = 750
	cups options = raw
	map to guest = Bad User
	include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
        #logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile
        #logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile
        #logon drive = P:
	usershare allow guests = Yes
	local master = yes
	preferred master = yes
	os level = 33

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	valid users = %S, %D%w%S
	browseable = No
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes

[profiles]
	comment = Network Profiles Service
	path = %H
	read only = No
	store dos attributes = Yes
	create mask = 0600
	directory mask = 0700

[users]
	comment = All users
	path = /home
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes
	veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/

[groups]
	comment = All groups
	path = /home/groups
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/tmp
	printable = Yes
	create mask = 0600
	browseable = Yes

[print$]
	comment = Printer Drivers
	path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
	write list = @ntadmin root
	force group = ntadmin
	create mask = 0664
	directory mask = 0775

[ashare]
	path = /home/ben/ashare/
	guest ok = yes
	read only = no

Where ‘WORKGROUP’ is name of actual Windows workgroup and ‘localhost’ is actual hostname of openSUSE computer [also tried ‘localhost’ as netBIOS name [same as hostname?] of Windows computer.

What am I doing wrong or what am I not doing? :’(

#2

Try changing the netbios name from localhost. I just now tried out “localhost” as a netbios name (because it is usually used in a different context). I got an error from a windows machine while trying to connect to the Suse machine where I had made the netbios name “localhost”. When I change it back to something more normal, error goes away.

#3

Sorry for not replying sooner. The lines:

       
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = localhost

actually contain the actual workgroup and netbios name of my brother’s Win XP box to which I’m trying to connect through a router. I just put it the way I did so as not to put my brother’s details out over the 'net. Don’t know if I made that clear.

Also worth noting my openSUSE is x86_64 with KDE 4.1.3 and his Win XP is 32 bit. Also, to my knowledge, I have all samba packages including 32 bit installed.

But he doesn’t have internet access after rebooting his box so I can’t do much with Samba till that gets fixed. We are connected through a router and my openSUSE box DOES have ‘net access but his Windows XP box doesn’t. So for now my attempt is borked unless I can connect to his printer via LPD. :’(:open_mouth:

#4

Now my brother has internet back up and has rebooted his Win XP box. Also I can ping his computer. My current ‘/etc/samba/smb.conf’;

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
# samba-doc package is installed.
# Date: 2009-01-08
[global]
	workgroup = MYBROSWORKGROUP
	netbios name = mybrosnetbios
	name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
        server string = ""
        printing = cups
        printcap name = cups
        printcap cache time = 750
        cups options = raw
        use client driver = yes
        map to guest = Bad User
        local master = yes
        preferred master = yes
        os level = 65
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        usershare max shares = 100
        usershare owner only = False
[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	valid users = %S, %D%w%S
	browseable = No
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes
[profiles]
	comment = Network Profiles Service
	path = %H
	read only = No
	store dos attributes = Yes
	create mask = 0600
	directory mask = 0700
[users]
	comment = All users
	path = /home
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes
	veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/

[groups]
	comment = All groups
	path = /home/groups
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes
[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/tmp
	printable = Yes
	create mask = 0600
	browseable = No
[print$]
	comment = Printer Drivers
	path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
	write list = @ntadmin root
	force group = ntadmin
	create mask = 0664
	directory mask = 0775

Also I have:

# /sbin/rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
Shutting down the Firewall                                                                                          done
# rcnmb restart
Shutting down Samba NMB daemon                                                                                      done
Starting Samba NMB daemon                                                                                           done
# rcsmb restart
Shutting down Samba SMB daemon                                                                                      done
Starting Samba SMB daemon

And in Dolphin>Network>Samba Shares it shows the workgroup on my brothers computer and when I click on it it shows my brother’s netbios name and when I click on that it shows my account on my openSUSE box NOT my brothers Win XP box. What am I doing wrong. Gotta be something I don’t understand yet.

#5

You are misinterpreting these two lines:
workgroup = MYBROSWORKGROUP
netbios name = mybrosnetbios

The workgroup is a common network name for every computer on the LAN. Together all computers on the LAN form a common “group” with a common name which is chosen by the group of users on the LAN to bind them together in a fraternity/sorority that works together as a “workgroup”. So it’s really OURMUTUALWORKGROUP, not MYBROSWORKGROUP. That might help you think about it more in terms of the way it actually works.

Your “netbios name” has to be a unique name that you choose to represent your computer on the LAN, not your brother’s computer. Think of it as “netbios name = myown_special_unique_name”.

So you’ve probably got the workgroup name right but you must change the netbios name to something that identifies you e.g. gandalf_linux_wizard

#6

Heh…stop stealing kiwi names :wink: should be a galah_linux_wizard or a
blue_tongue_linux_wizard…

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default
up 2:34, 2 users, load average: 0.50, 0.55, 0.29
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.29

#7

Well I couldn’t use the wizard_of_oz because it’s already taken lol!

#8

I obviously don’t understand how to use Samba. I changed the netBIOS line to a unique name and now in Dolphin I’m getting >Network>Samba Shares>WORKGROUP>smb://workgroup/

in the URL line and at the bottom:

Timeout on server
workgroup

so I obviously haven’t done something or did something wrong but I don’t get it?

#9

I want to check your firewall settings, so: please post the dialogue you get from this console command (maybe paste it into the terminal - it’s pretty complex):

cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | egrep "FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT=|FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=|FW_DEV_EXT="
#10

Many thanks for your help.

# cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | egrep "FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT=|FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=|FW_DEV_EXT="
FW_DEV_EXT="any eth0"
FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT=""
FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=""

Also I have wondered since it is my brothers Win XP computer and his router if there are some settings there that need to be changed.

#11

Your firewall is set up to block Samba communications. Here’s a tutorial on how to open it: Opening the Firewall for Samba

If your brother has the factory-default windows firewall running, it lets Samba through by default. Except in vista you have to “allow sharing” or some such. But if he has other firewalls on windows, that could be another matter; e.g. Zone Alarm blocks Samba by default.

Take this approach: open SuSEfirewall2 for Samba as indicated in the link and try browsing. If still a problem then turn off bro’s windows firewalls as a further test.

It helps stand-offish machines to talk to one another if after major reconfigurations you do this: reboot Suse, pause, reboot windows, pause, reboot Suse, pause, reboot windows. Makes them say howdy to each other.

#12

For what it’s worth both openSUSE and Windows firewalls are currently off. My bro’s windows firewall is Komodo [currently off]. I will go through the Samba and Suse: HowTo Set up an openSUSE-Windows Home Office LAN/Network. Versions 10, 11 tutorial though as I’ll need to do that after I get this working. If I get it working… Right now we’re doing the double reboot with Suse Firewall off though the Komodo Firewall on my brother’s computer will come back on when he reboots. He’s asking “Is samba installed on my machine?” and “what port does Samba use?”

#13

He’s asking “Is samba installed on my machine?” and “what port does Samba use?”

Yes it is installed (they call it windows sharing). the ports are:
TCP: 135, 139, 445
UDP: 137, 138
Reference: SuSEfirewall2: HowTo Firewall a Suse / openSUSE Workstation for LAN Network Traffic

#14

Now the double booting routine did change things and I can see his computer/server from my machine in Dolphin. When I try to open it it asks for authentication. I have tried my smb uname and password, my uname and password on the Windows computer, and my brothers user name which is set up with no password so leaving password entry blank. Still won’t let me see files on his Windows box. Wonder why?

#15

Ok, I’ve now gone through the Firewall tutorial and with my Suse Firewall on I can still see my brothers Windows box on my openSUSE box. I’m so close. If only I knew what to do when I’m asked for ‘Please enter authentication information for mybroscomputer’??? I thought it was supposed to be my smb username and password but that isn’t working. Any one know what the problem is at this point? Is it a permissions issue?

swerdna here’s current results for:

# cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | egrep "FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT=|FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=|FW_DEV_EXT="
FW_DEV_EXT="any eth0"
FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT="netbios-server samba-server"
FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT="192.168.0.0/24,udp,137"
#16

One of the things that may be a hang up is that when I follow the instructions in “Setting up KDE for on-the-fly sharing in Dolphin/Konqueror” when I get towards the end and click OK after Pic F and then click apply and OK in the final instance of Pic B I do not get Pic G. Ever. I’ve been through this at least 6 times and it never changes. What could I be doing wrong here? Before starting each time I have:

# cat /etc/security/fileshare.conf
RESTRICT=yes

after I have:

# cat /etc/security/fileshare.conf
FILESHARING=yes
RESTRICT=no
SHARINGMODE=advanced
FILESHAREGROUP=users
SAMBA=yes
NFS=yes
ROOTPASSNEEDED=no

I never, ever, get Pic G. Dang, what am I doing wrong?

#17

Is it vista or XP, your bro’s computer?

#18

That’s great, well done.

#19

That won’t have a bearing on the issue of you trying to get to the windows computer. I have to go away for two days on business, travelling to here and I only take a laptop with me. So I’ll look at that when I get back.

I assume you can still make the shares, can you, even if you have to supply the root password?

#20

My brother’s computer is Windows XP.