connect W7 to OS11.4 Samba

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I try to connect a W7-64 box to a OS11.4 with samba.
I configured the samba server to the same workgroup and added (with
smbpasswd -a) the same user and password like my w7 pc.
i am not able to see or connect the samba server. an xp pc with the same
workgroup and user credentials works fine.
i did not make any changes to the default share settings.
on the w7 pc i activated ntlm and disabled 128bit-encryption in the
local security policy.

is a howto for w7 and samba available ?

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Update :

The problem is only the connection via explorer.
\ip_of_server\ replies an error :

\ip_of_server is not accessible. You might not have permissions …

in cmd: net view \ip_of_server shows all shares and with net use i can
map a drive.

On 21.07.2011 15:22, maxx wrote:
> I try to connect a W7-64 box to a OS11.4 with samba.
> I configured the samba server to the same workgroup and added (with
> smbpasswd -a) the same user and password like my w7 pc.
> i am not able to see or connect the samba server. an xp pc with the same
> workgroup and user credentials works fine.
> i did not make any changes to the default share settings.
> on the w7 pc i activated ntlm and disabled 128bit-encryption in the
> local security policy.
>
> is a howto for w7 and samba available ?

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On Thu July 21 2011 01:55 pm, maxx wrote:

> Update :
>
> The problem is only the connection via explorer.
> \ip_of_server\ replies an error :
>
> \ip_of_server is not accessible. You might not have permissions …
>
> in cmd: net view \ip_of_server shows all shares and with net use i can
> map a drive.
>
>
>
> On 21.07.2011 15:22, maxx wrote:
>> I try to connect a W7-64 box to a OS11.4 with samba.
>> I configured the samba server to the same workgroup and added (with
>> smbpasswd -a) the same user and password like my w7 pc.
>> i am not able to see or connect the samba server. an xp pc with the same
>> workgroup and user credentials works fine.
>> i did not make any changes to the default share settings.
>> on the w7 pc i activated ntlm and disabled 128bit-encryption in the
>> local security policy.
>>
>> is a howto for w7 and samba available ?
maxx;

These two HowTos should help:

http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susesambawin7.html
and also
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/suselanprimer.html

If after going over these you are still having problems, please post the
contents of /etc/samba/smb.conf. You can use substitute values for and
sensitive data such as a public IP or Domain.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

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Maybe AppArmor smb profiles bug is the problem ?
Did You try changing smbd and nmbd AppArmor profiles to complain mode ?

Here’s some read on the topic :
samba issues Opensuse 11.4

Best regards,
Greg

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Thanks @ all. For me the problem is solved because i can connect via
cmd. It looks like an Windows Explorer problem. When i am connected i
can can use the explorer to browse the samba shares. It is only the
login procedure when i enter \ip_address\ in which does not work.

FYI

For the tests AppArmor and Firewall are disabled

I will test some other path conventions like \ip_address\home or
\ip_address\user_name in the next time and post the results.

On 22.07.2011 08:06, glistwan wrote:
>
> Maybe AppArmor smb profiles bug is the problem ?
> Did You try changing smbd and nmbd AppArmor profiles to complain mode ?
>
> Here’s some read on the topic :
> ‘samba issues Opensuse 11.4’ (http://tinyurl.com/3tqlfj8)
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
>