[TriLUG] samba configuration -- can't get to share

[Roy Vestal]

can you send me your smb.conf and log file? I've got a little experience 
in samba.
rvestal at trilug.org

Mike Kelley wrote:

>I appreciate the suggestion.  I looked at the log file and I was able to see
>what the problem is but I don't understand why it's happening.  The last 2
>lines look something like:
>
>smbd/service.c:make_connection(599)
>mike2 (192.168.0.4) Can't change directory to /export/samba/uplddir  no such
>file or directory exist
>
>I've checked and I haven't mistyped anything and the directory clearly
>exist.  Just make sure it isn't a problem with permissions, I've set the
>directory to all permissions and made nobody the owner (it was root) and
>users the group (it was root as well)
>
>Mike
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jon Carnes" <jonc at nc.rr.com>
>To: <trilug at trilug.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] samba configuration -- can't get to share
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>>The logs should tell you exactly what is going on.  The logs for Samba
>>on a RH system are in /var/log/samba/.. and they are quite often named
>>after the machine that attempted the login.
>>
>>The fact that your broswer sees the share means that the nmb portion is
>>working fine - the problem is in the smb side of samba.
>>
>>Good Luck - Jon Carnes
>>
>>On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:59, Mike Kelley wrote:
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>>>I'm new to Linux and I don't know much about it yet so if you respond
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>please
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>>>assume I know almost nothing.  I've installed Samba it works great for
>>>printing but I cannot get to the share I've created on the Linux box
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>from my
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>>>Win2000 PC.  It seems to be set-up ok in Samba and I can see the share
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>from
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>>>the Win2000 PC but when I click on it I get an error message that says
>>>"\\Linux\data is not accessible....The network name cannot be found."
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>Any
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>>>help would be appreciated.  I've checked to make sure that the share has
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>the
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>>>appropriate permissions and I've even made sure that there is an account
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>on
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>>>the Linux box for the user with the same username and password, though
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>I'm
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>>>not sure that this was neccessary.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>
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