Connecting to Samba server with Ubuntu (no issues using windows)

[rvause]

I have two servers, both with almost (different shares) identical samba server configurations.

Server 1, works fine. I can connect with Windows 7 and I can connect using 'Places > Network' in Ubuntu 10.04

Server 2 is funny. I can connect with Windows 7 but I can not connect using 'Places > Network' in Ubuntu 10.04

Until recently, I was able to access Server 2's samba shares with 'Places > Network' in Ubuntu 10.04 but without warning it started spitting the 'Failed to mount' error at me.

I am guessing this is a server problem (even though server 1's smb.conf is the same up to defining shares) as I have tried from multiple clients running Ubuntu 10.04, all of which fail.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Saorex]

You might wanna try in command line. Here's the one I use and always works great for me:

 sudo mount -t smbfs //some_pc/share_name /home/my_user/some_folder/ -o username=windows_username

Then the prompt asks for your Windows password. This may not be your long term solution, but it might help you trouble shoot the problem.

[Morbius1]

If the only thing that's different between Server1 and Server2 ( except the name ) is the share definitions then why not post Server2's shares:

testparm -s

I don't know what could possibly be in a share definition that allows a Windows client access but not a Linux client, but ...........

[capscrew]

You might wanna try in command line. Here's the one I use and always works great for me:

 sudo mount -t smbfs //some_pc/share_name /home/my_user/some_folder/ -o username=windows_username

The above (noted in red) will cause problems with later Windows shares. You shuld use cifs

instead.

Then the prompt asks for your Windows password. This may not be your long term solution, but it might help you trouble shoot the problem.

[Saorex]

The above (noted in red) will cause problems with later Windows shares. You shuld use cifs

Really? Thanks for letting me know. I'll do some reading...

[capscrew]

Really? Thanks for letting me know. I'll do some reading...

You can start here.