connection between 2 computers

SergJ4 · January 11, 2009, 1:05pm

Hello. There are 2 computers. 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2. I’ve connected them. They ping each other. But I can’t mount folder from one to another.
That’s what I do:

mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/home /mnt/test
Password:
mount error 111 = Connection refused

The problem is that where can I find the password??? I’ve tried root password and some else. I’ve tried without password, but the same result. There is no servers and clients. Just 2 PCs.
Please, help!

swerdna · January 11, 2009, 2:03pm

I assume //192.168.1.2 is a Linux machine? A coupe of questions:
Did you consciously adjust that machine’s Samba configurationto share the directory /home? As far as I know, openSUSE defaults don’t serve up a share on /IPaddress/home, so you must have set that up yourself, is that right?

The password for a share that requires no authentication is a null (carriage return). The credentials for a share that requires authentication are set on 192.168.1.2 in tha Samba User database using the command “sudo smbpasswd -a username”.

Check aabout uthentication here: Permission to Access Suse/openSUSE Default Shares

Check more re cifs mounts here:
Samba: HowTo Mount a CIFS Network Share [AKA Map Network Drive] in openSUSE 10 & 11 plus FAQs

LittleRedRooster · January 11, 2009, 2:00pm

SergJ4 wrote:
> Hello. There are 2 computers. 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2. I’ve
> connected them. They ping each other. But I can’t mount folder from one
> to another.
> That’s what I do:
>
> mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/home /mnt/test
> Password:
> mount error 111 = Connection refused

That should tell you there’s nothing (no service) to connect to.

> The problem is that where can I find the password??? I’ve tried root

That’s not the problem.

> password and some else. I’ve tried without password, but the same
> result. There is no servers and clients. Just 2 PCs.

That’s the problem.

To use CiFS from one Linux PC to another, one has to take the role of server.
With e.g. XP Prof there is always a SMB service, so you can simply mount
a Windows drive (if it’s shared of course).

Set-up A Samba server on one of the PCs, or use another sort of service. like
SSH/sFTP that is more readily available on Linux PCs.

erikro · January 11, 2009, 2:17pm

Hi,

No server and no client? So how do you want to connect? Please type as root in a console on the computer 192.168.1.2:



netstat -apn | grep LISTEN | grep smb

It is important that you type “LISTEN” and not “listen” or something else.

The result should be something like this:



buero:~ # netstat -apn | grep "LISTEN" | grep smb
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:139             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      7046/smbd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:445             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      7046/smbd

If the result is empty so your samba server isn’t running (correctly). First make sure with Yast that the samba server is installed. Install it if not.

Then go to Yast “Network Services” and look for the samba server configuration. Also you have to add with smbpasswd a user for the samba server. As root you have to type in a console:



smbpasswd -a username

You will be promted twice for a password. After that you can try this:



mount -t cifs -o user=username,password=password //192.168.1.2/home /mnt/test

The username and password must be that one you created with smbpasswd. You can also use the share with any other program like konqueror typing as address smb://192.168.1.2/home. You will be promted for username and password.

hth

bye

Erik

user · January 11, 2009, 4:03pm

SergJ4 wrote:

>
> Hello. There are 2 computers. 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2. I’ve
> connected them. They ping each other. But I can’t mount folder from one
> to another.
> That’s what I do:
>
> mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/home /mnt/test
> Password:
> mount error 111 = Connection refused
>
> The problem is that where can I find the password??? I’ve tried root
> password and some else. I’ve tried without password, but the same
> result. There is no servers and clients. Just 2 PCs.
> Please, help!
>
>

is Samba actually running on 192.168.1.2? In a console on 192.168.9.2 …
(as root)

rcsmb status

are there any shares at all?
% smbclient -L localhost
are there any shares visible to a user
% smbclient -L localhost -U name_of_a_user

can you see the Samba server from 192.168.9.1? In a console on
192.168.9.1 …
% smbclient -L 192.168.1.2

are there any shares visible to a user
% smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -U name_of_a_user

Alan

–
email =~ s/nospam/fudokai/

SergJ4 · January 12, 2009, 11:35am

Well, I’ve configured Samba server on 192.168.1.2, so it’s running now:

In console of 192.168.1.2:
rcsmb status
Checking for Samba SMB daemon running

smbpasswd -a comp1
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to modify password entry for user comp1

netstat -apn | grep “LISTEN” | grep smb
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4791/smbd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4791/smbd

In console of 192.168.1.1:
smbclient -L 192.168.1.2
Enter root’s password:
Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]

    Sharename       Type      Comment
    ---------       ----      -------
    profiles        Disk      Network Profiles Service
    users           Disk      All users
    groups          Disk      All groups
    print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
    netlogon        Disk      Network Logon Service
    IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0)

Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]

    Server               Comment
    ---------            -------
    COMP2                Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0

    Workgroup            Master
    ---------            -------
    HOME                 COMP2

Why can’t I add new user to server database? When I type smbclient -L localhost in console of 192.168.1.2 the result is the same as smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 in console of 192.168.1.1.
And now, when I’m trying to mount something:

mount -a //192.168.1.2/home /mnt/test -o user=user_name,password=user_password
mount error 6 = No such device or address

I use root password for Samba server as user_password

swerdna · January 12, 2009, 12:40pm

You can only add Linux users to the database. see this:
Permission to Access Suse/openSUSE Default Shares

The share “home” doesn’t exist so the address //192.168.1.2/home doesn’t exist. See this for the correct syntax:
Samba: HowTo Mount a CIFS Network Share [AKA Map Network Drive] in openSUSE 10 & 11 plus FAQs

Which would tell you to use something like this:
mount -t cifs -o etc,etc,etc //192.168.1.2/name_of_a_real_share /mnt/test

user · January 12, 2009, 3:25pm

SergJ4 wrote:

>
> Well, I’ve configured Samba server on 192.168.1.2, so it’s running now:
>
> In console of 192.168.1.2:
> rcsmb status
> Checking for Samba SMB daemon
> running
>
> smbpasswd -a comp1
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> Failed to modify password entry for user comp1

% man smbpasswd
<snip>
This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root
</snip>

>
> netstat -apn | grep “LISTEN” | grep smb
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139
> 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4791/smbd
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139
> 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4791/smbd
>
>
> In console of 192.168.1.1:
> smbclient -L 192.168.1.2
> Enter root’s password:
> Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> profiles Disk Network Profiles Service
> users Disk All users
> groups Disk All groups
> print$ Disk Printer Drivers
> netlogon Disk Network Logon Service
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba
> 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0)
> Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]
>
> Server Comment
> --------- -------
> COMP2 Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0
>
> Workgroup Master
> --------- -------
> HOME COMP2
>
>
>
> Why can’t I add new user to server database? When I type smbclient -L
> localhost in console of 192.168.1.2 the result is the same as smbclient
> -L 192.168.1.2 in console of 192.168.1.1.
> And now, when I’m trying to mount something:
>
> mount -a //192.168.1.2/home /mnt/test -o
> user=user_name,password=user_password
> mount error 6 = No such device or address
>
> I use root password for Samba server as user_password
>
>

It’s worth running …
% smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -U user_name
and giving the user’s password as this’ll show the actual shares for that
user.
As swerdna points out the [home] section is a special in smb.conf where
[home] gets replaced with the user’s id so - in your situation, if you have
a user called fred

% mbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -U fred
should give something like (after you enter fred’s password)
Sharename Type Comment

profiles Disk Network Profiles Service
users Disk All users
groups Disk All groups
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
netlogon Disk Network Logon Service
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0)
fred Disk Personal documents for user: fred
Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]

Server Comment

COMP2 Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0

Workgroup Master

HOME COMP2

As always with these things its best to start off from the simplest
situation and then build up - get the service running, check it works on
the host box, check that user authentication works, try a simple remote
connection …

you may find it useful to run a kwatch or tail -f
on /var/log/samba/log.smb while trying things out to see what messages come
up.

Alan

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email =~ s/nospam/fudokai/

SergJ4 · January 13, 2009, 11:07am

I’ve created user Serg and password for him. That what is happening now (console of 192.168.1.1):

smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -U Serg
Enter Serg’s password:
Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]

    Sharename       Type      Comment
    ---------       ----      -------
    users           Disk      All users
    netlogon        Disk      Network Logon Service
    IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0)

Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]

    Server               Comment
    ---------            -------
    COMP2                Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0

    Workgroup            Master
    ---------            -------
    HOME                 COMP2

mount -t cifs -o username=Serg,password=123 //192.168.1.2/users /mnt/test
mount error 13 = Permission denied

I’ve changed owner and rights for all to /mnt/test, so it is:

Comp1:/mnt # ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan 11 19:16 test

The same result. Permission denied. I found nothing useful in samba’s log files. There just written when it was started and that Server’s role not advised with domain-level security.

erikro · January 13, 2009, 12:10pm

Hi,

Try this:


mount -t cifs -o username=COMP2/Serg,password=123 //COMP2/users /mnt/test

hth

bye

Erik

swerdna · January 13, 2009, 12:31pm

The mount command
mount -t cifs -o username=Serg,password=123 //192.168.1.2/users /mnt/test
looks correct

The error: mount error 13 = Permission denied
will occurr if the credentials (Serg+123) are not correct for the server.

The credentials you use in the mount command are the username and password on the server; i.e. 192.168.1.2. If you added Serg to the Samba user database on the client, that’s the wrong database. You must add Serg to the Samba user database on the server.

SergJ4 · January 13, 2009, 2:46pm

I’ve added this user and password exact on the server. I changed password for this user several times and no result. I tried to create this user without password. No result. Permission denied. I tried to mount it as smbfs, but OpenSuse does not support it.

erikro · January 13, 2009, 3:05pm

Hi,

did you try the mount as I told you:


mount -t cifs -o username=COMP2/Serg,password=123 //COMP2/users /mnt/test

bye

Erik

user · January 13, 2009, 5:02pm

SergJ4 wrote:

>
> I’ve created user Serg and password for him. That what is happening now
> (console of 192.168.1.1):
>
> smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -U Serg
> Enter Serg’s password:
> Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> users Disk All users
> netlogon Disk Network Logon Service
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba
> 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0)
> Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0]
>
> Server Comment
> --------- -------
> COMP2 Samba 3.2.4-4.3-2042-SUSE-SL11.0
>
> Workgroup Master
> --------- -------
> HOME COMP2
<snip>

The only share available here is users.
Try mounting users - at least that exists. If that works then there’s a
problem with the [homes] configuration.

If [homes] is set up correctly then you should see a Sharename of Serg -
until it shows up you won’t be able to mount it

While debugging set up a watch for /var/log/samba/log.smb - this will show
you what’s happening when samba tries to authenticate Serg.

Rather than work across 2 machines work on the one machine (192.168.9.2)
until you can see a share for Serg, then get the mount to work on the local
machine. Then, when that works, try remote mount on another machine.

Alan

email =~ s/nospam/fudokai/

swerdna · January 13, 2009, 9:23pm

Two thoughts regarding the difficulty you’re having adding Serg or changing the smbpasswd:

you can only add users to the database as root user (su to root)
you can only add users who are first normal Linux/openSUSE users

You are getting much good help here, it must be getting confusing, I’ll get out of the way now.

SergJ4 · January 14, 2009, 5:44am

Yes, I did. Permission denied. Even if I try to do it only on Comp2 (Server - 192.168.1.2).
I’ve enabled Sharename “homes”, but when I try to mount with this sharename:

mount -t cifs -o username=Serg,password=1 //192.168.1.2/homes /mnt/test
Mount Error 6 = No such device or address

If:
mount -t cifs -o username=Serg,password=1 //192.168.1.2/users /mnt/test

Then:
Mount Error 13 = Permission denied.

In /var/log/samba there are 2 files: log.smbd and log.nmbd.

And none content some information about why permission denied. Just smbd/server.c started in log.smbd. And almost the same in log.nmbd.

user · January 14, 2009, 6:44am

On Tue January 13 2009 10:46 pm, SergJ4 wrote:

>
> erikro;1926671 Wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> did you try the mount as I told you:
>>
>> >
> Code:
> --------------------
> > >
> > mount -t cifs -o username=COMP2/Serg,password=123 //COMP2/users
> > /mnt/test
> >
> --------------------
>> >
>>
>> bye
>>
>> Erik
> Yes, I did. Permission denied. Even if I try to do it only on Comp2
> (Server - 192.168.1.2).
> I’ve enabled Sharename “homes”, but when I try to mount with this
> sharename:
>
> mount -t cifs -o username=Serg,password=1 //192.168.1.2/homes
> /mnt/test
> Mount Error 6 = No such device or address
>
Serg4J;

[homes] is a special share, the actual file shared is //<server>/<username>
where <username> is the Linux user that authenticates on the Samba server.

> If:
> mount -t cifs -o username=Serg,password=1 //192.168.1.2/users
> /mnt/test
>
> Then:
> Mount Error 13 = Permission denied.
>
<snip>
Serg4J;
Did you execute the mount as root?
It might help a lot if we could see the contents of /etc/samba/smb.conf. If
there is sensitive information (e.g. public IPs) in the smb.conf you can use
dummy values when posting.

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

SergJ4 · January 14, 2009, 11:26am

Did you execute the mount as root?
It might help a lot if we could see the contents of /etc/samba/smb.conf. If
there is sensitive information (e.g. public IPs) in the smb.conf you can use
dummy values when posting.

Yes, as root. on both PCs. Here is my 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 = HOME
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 = No
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$
domain logons = Yes
domain master = Yes
passdb backend = smbpasswd:password
security = user
local master = Yes
os level = 65
preferred master = Yes
idmap gid = 1000-20000
idmap uid = 1000-20000

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

Share disabled by YaST

[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/

Share disabled by YaST

[groups]

comment = All groups

path = /home/groups

read only = No

inherit acls = Yes

Share disabled by YaST

[printers]

comment = All Printers

path = /var/tmp

printable = Yes

create mask = 0600

browseable = No

Share disabled by YaST

[print$]

comment = Printer Drivers

path = /var/lib/samba/drivers

write list = @ntadmin root

force group = ntadmin

create mask = 0664

directory mask = 0775

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
write list = root

I’ve disabled some shares in YaSt.

user · January 14, 2009, 5:28pm

On Wed January 14 2009 04:36 am, SergJ4 wrote:

>
>>
>> Did you execute the mount as root?
>> It might help a lot if we could see the contents of
>> /etc/samba/smb.conf. If
>> there is sensitive information (e.g. public IPs) in the smb.conf you
>> can use
>> dummy values when posting.
>>
>
> Yes, as root. on both PCs. Here is my 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 = HOME
> 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 = No
> add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody
> -s /bin/false %m$
> domain logons = Yes
> domain master = Yes
> passdb backend = smbpasswd:password
> security = user
> local master = Yes
> os level = 65
> preferred master = Yes
> idmap gid = 1000-20000
> idmap uid = 1000-20000
>
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> valid users = %S, %D%w%S
> browseable = No
> read only = No
> inherit acls = Yes
>
> ## Share disabled by YaST
> # [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/
>
> ## Share disabled by YaST
> # [groups]
> #comment = All groups
> #path = /home/groups
> #read only = No
> #inherit acls = Yes
>
> ## Share disabled by YaST
> # [printers]
> #comment = All Printers
> #path = /var/tmp
> #printable = Yes
> #create mask = 0600
> #browseable = No
>
> ## Share disabled by YaST
> # [print$]
> #comment = Printer Drivers
> #path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
> #write list = @ntadmin root
> #force group = ntadmin
> #create mask = 0664
> #directory mask = 0775
>
> [netlogon]
> comment = Network Logon Service
> path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
> write list = root
>
> I’ve disabled some shares in YaSt.
>
>
SergJ4;

You only have two computers. Is this correct? Are they both running
Linux?
Until you answer (1) I’m not sure this applies, but this is what I see.
A)You have set up Samba as a PDC (Primary domain controller), this seems
like overkill for just two computers and unnecessarily increases
complexity of connecting the two.
B)If Samba is configured the same on both, you have two(2)PDCs on the same
domain. This NEVER works.
C) I suggest you scrap this, and configure Samba as shown on Swerdna’s
site: http://www.swerdna.net.au/linhowtosimpleshares.html
D) Read all the relevant HowTo’s on this page:
http://www.swerdna.net.au/linux.html
If you really intended to setup a PDC, or need additional help please post
back. If you change your smb.conf, be sure to post the new configuration.

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

SergJ4 · January 15, 2009, 12:13pm

Great Thanks to all!!!rotfl! IT WORKS!!! I’ve changed smb.conf exact as it written here:
Samba Server and Suse: HowTo Configure Shares on an openSUSE File Server on a SOHO LAN
And it works. Here is smb.conf (I’ve just commented some strings that were unnecessary):
workgroup = HOME
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 = No

add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$

domain logons = No

domain master = No
    local master = Yes
prefered master = Yes
os level = 65

passdb backend = smbpasswd:12345

security = user

idmap gid = 1000-20000

idmap uid = 1000-20000

Share disabled by YaST

[homes]

comment = Home Directories

valid users = %S, %D%w%S

browseable = No

read only = No

inherit acls = Yes

Share disabled by YaST

[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 = /
read only = No
inherit acls = Yes
veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/