Help - Cannot see xp share

[l07]

I set up a workgroup in xp, but clicking on it says it's not accessible. I shared one folder.

Network magic somehow fixed it for xp: I can now see both ubuntu and xp shares.

I'd like to work on making sure ubuntu is able to see it too (it can see its own share). The problem remains on ubuntu's side. After disabling ufw, I was able to enter windows network to see both computers (prior to that it said "Unable to mount location: Failed to retrieve share list from server"), but now upon clicking on xp, it says the same thing.

Once I get this fixed, I'd like to reenable ufw, but I need an explanation of the needed allowed rules: is it in or out, and why.

After I changed
wins support = no
to
wins support = yes
in smb.conf, it started displaying message "opening ...", but in the end displays the same error.

But pinging xp hostname works.

[2F4U]

Did you already run through the troubleshooting section of the community documentation?

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/interne...ng-shares.html

And here are some more tutorials on how to get it working:

http://www.liberiangeek.net/2010/03/...s-from-ubuntu/
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/04/...sambapart-one/
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/05/...sambapart-two/
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/05/...mbapart-three/

[l07]

I've read all that and it doesn't help.

[BLTicklemonster]

I'm not reading all those, but I will ask, did you edit /etc/samba/smb.conf to show the linux box workgroup name the same as the windows workgroup?

That's the main number one problem I have. Updates somehow mess smb.conf up and I have found that I just have to go back and make sure that's correct every time.

[Morbius1]

** Give this a shot:

Edit smb.conf as root:

gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add a line to the [global] section - right under the workgroup line:

name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins

Then restart samba:

sudo service smbd restart

sudo service nmbd restart

Then wait about 5 minute for the network reset itself.

** wins support

wins support = no

This is the default setting of Samba.

wins support = yes

This has turned your Linux box into a WINS server. Nothing wrong with that if that's what you want to do but you will have to take steps to make that happen. You will need to give that Linux box a static ip address and you will have to modify the network configuration of all the other machines on your network to point to that ip address for name resolution to take place.

** ufw

[1] If you look at the following file all of the rules for Samba have already been provided to you: /etc/ufw/applications.d/samba. Or you can run the following command to get a concise view:

sudo ufw app info Samba

So to enable Samba through ufw:

sudo ufw allow Samba

[2] Unfortunately there is an oversight in the basic ufw default setup that needs to be fixed:

Edit the file as root: /etc/default/ufw

Look these lines:
# extra connection tracking modules to load
IPT_MODULES="nf_conntrack_ftp nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_irc"

And make the last line look like this:
# extra connection tracking modules to load
IPT_MODULES="nf_conntrack_ftp nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns"


Then restart ufw

[l07]

None of it helped. "name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins" actually made even xp not work. enabling and disabling wins didn't make any difference (it was initially enabled).

[l07]

When the trial of Network magic expired it stopped working on xp, and now I don't see ubuntu's shares.

[Morbius1]

Without any detailed information on how your Linux machine is set up all that anyone can do on this tread is take a WAG.

Please post the output of the following commands:

hostname

testparm -s

net usershare info --long

smbtree

[l07]

$ hostname
n-pc
$ testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
[global]
    server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
    interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8, eth1
    bind interfaces only = Yes
    map to guest = Bad User
    obey pam restrictions = Yes
    pam password change = Yes
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
    unix password sync = Yes
    syslog = 0
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 1000
    dns proxy = No
    usershare allow guests = No
    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    create mask = 0700
    printable = Yes
    browseable = No

[print$]
    comment = Printer Drivers
    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
$ net usershare info --long
[files media]
path=/media/files
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:R,N-PC\n:F,
guest_ok=n

[files]
path=/home/n/Desktop/files
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:R,N-PC\n:F,
guest_ok=n

$ smbtree
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to 192.168.1.36<20> (192.168.1.36). Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to N-PC<20> (192.168.1.36). Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED

[Morbius1]

Your smb.conf looks factory fresh except for all this stuff:

interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8, eth1
bind interfaces only = Yes

Can you explain the logic on wanting to do this? Is there a eth0 or wlan that you don't want samba to work with? And is eth1 the Ethernet port that you have connected to the router? I would comment out those lines unless there's a reason you have them there.

Assuming there a good reason for having them there then who or what is 192.168.1.36 ?

Is that your Linux box? Why not install nmap:

sudo apt-get install nmap

Run the following command:

sudo nmap -sS -sU -T4 192.168.1.36

And see if the samba ports are open:

PORT STATE SERVICE
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
137/udp open|filtered netbios-ns
138/udp open|filtered netbios-dgm