I have opensusu 11.3 on my laptop and windows7 on first desktop, and XP on second desktop. Also, on my opensuse laptop I have installed XP as virtual OS in vmware player.
I have setup samba using this guide that was given to me on this forum.
From opensuse laptop I can see my Win 7 desktop, but cant log in. I enter Win 7 username and password, but it doesn’t let me in.
Now, when I start XP trough vmware I can see win 7 desktop and connect it with username and password and browse my shares.
On laptop, file sharing works both ways between host opensuse ang guest XP.
On second desktop computer with XP, and I can connect to it from opensuse laptop normally.
I can no longer reach Windows 7 shares! despite password requirement turned off in 7, since a recent kernel update - persistently asked for a username and password, all logical entries fail! HP Printer hosted on Win 7 also unreachable … any ideas anyone?
Opensuse 11.2 (x86_64)
KDE 4.5.2 (Factory repos)
samba 3.4.3-3.6.1
samba-client (64&32bit) 3.4.3-3.6.1
samba-winbind (64&32bit) 3.4.3-3.6.1
The fix by miroslavmarecic is about having Samba as a domain server for a windows 7 client, so don’t use that fix for normal workgroup style operations.
So are you running Samba to imitate a domain server or as a member of a workgroup?
Trying to attach as a member of the workgroup. The shares and the printer hosted on Windows 7 were accessible until some recent updates on Suse 11.2, now nothing shares-wise works at all from suse. I have this distro dual booting with WinXP, that is able to get to all the shared folders and the printer on Win7, as can a second XP machine. I have tried downgrading the smbclient and samba, and have played a bit with the settings but nothing has changed. There are accompanying problems in these recent updates with Akonadi, Nepomuk and Vituoso not playing nicely, in fact this all feels very like windows-ware to my instincts!! Any help would be great, but I think I am going back to Fedora in the new year, it always felt more solid than suse! :\
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> swerdna;2246319 Wrote:
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>> So are you running Samba to imitate a domain server or as a member of a
>> workgroup?
>
> Trying to attach as a member of the workgroup. The shares and the
> printer hosted on Windows 7 were accessible until some recent updates on
> Suse 11.2, now nothing shares-wise works at all from suse. I have this
> distro dual booting with WinXP, that is able to get to all the shared
> folders and the printer on Win7, as can a second XP machine. I have
> tried downgrading the smbclient and samba, and have played a bit with
> the settings but nothing has changed. There are accompanying problems in
> these recent updates with Akonadi, Nepomuk and Vituoso not playing
> nicely, in fact this all feels very like windows-ware to my instincts!!
> Any help would be great, but I think I am going back to Fedora in the
> new year, it always felt more solid than suse! :
>
Father D;
Check to see if smb and nmb are started:
ps -A | grep [s,n]mb
There should be an instance of both. If not use YaST to enable these to
start at boot. Yast -> System -> System Services(Runlevel)
Check to see if these are allowed services through the Firewall
a. Samba Server
b. Netbios Server
c. Samba Client
YaST -> Security and Users -> Firewall -> Allowed Services
If not allowed, allow them.
Make sure that the Workgoup parameter in the global section
of /etc/samba/smb.conf matches the name of the Workgroup set in Windows 7.
If no joy please post the contents of /etc/samba/smb.conf. You may use
substitute values to conceal any sensitive data.
In addition, please explain how you are trying to connect (smb: in a browser
or mount) If by mount please post the command you use to mount.
> On Tue December 21 2010 11:36 am, Father D wrote:
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PS. If you have installed a third party Firewall on Windows 7, check that it
permits Windows file and print sharing.
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P. V.
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