After upgrading from Sled10 to Opensuse11.2 I have smb share problems (to a known good server).
1: The Gui’s, Dolphin & KDE, show the available shares using “smb://serverip”, but do not prompt for login when accessed.
The absence of authentication causes error msg “share - does not exist” to an empty window. (I reckon??)
2; smbclient does not allow login (ie no smb prompt).
A review of installed software revealed that “pam-smb” was not installed.
After installing “pam-smb” both gui’s failed as before. BUT…
“smbclient //192.168.101.65/DATA_SHARE -U bobb”
actually worked.
BUT reported that
"session request to 192.168.101.65 failed
(Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed
(Called name not present)
Luckily I noticed the “smb: >” prompt, (never having seen it before). My konsole tests, cd , ls, etc worked fine.
The service “pamsmbd” was not running – but starting it has brought no change.
But if you are in a hole you can at least use konsole commands to access your shares.
“mount -t cifs //192.168.101.65/DATA_SHARE /mnt/smb -o user=bobb” works fine, (you will be prompted for your pw).
Your mount directory, “/mnt/smb” in my case, is now available to root:root. Oo-er missus.
The share is now available to your normal gui’s, use “su” or “super-dolphin” to change permissions, so that your normal user account can access it.
I found
SDB:Access to Windows Shares - openSUSE
to be a good source of info.
I reckon that the lack of an authentication prompt in gui’s, (using previous 10.2 userless convention and with user@server) is causing the hassle.
Please advise (I hope that this helps someone. Be kind - I’ve just moved from newbie to stumbler).
Migrating from kmail 3 to 4 is a kerfuffle anyway.
But if you use kwallet you can’t connect, another security related issue (???) so don’t.
regards