Continuing problem with local network

[jemvyc]

I have been facing a networking problem since I installed Ubuntu 12.04.
I have 2 laptops, wired network between them works with XP and with Ubuntu 10.44 but not with Ubuntu 12.04. The computers are a Compaq Presario 2100 and an Acer Aspire 5315.

The networking specifies DHCP which is a handover from XP and Ubuntu 10.44 I have spent many hours going thru Samba help and manual. I have run testparm on both and I see very little difference between the results, but 12.04 will not network from either system. The testparm results are here:

Testparm from Acer Aspire running Ubuntu 12.04:

jim@acer-u12:~$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[File System]"
WARNING: The security=share option is deprecated
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
workgroup = MYHOME
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = No
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
guest account = jim
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 = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
idmap config * : backend = tdb
guest ok = Yes

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

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
read only = No

[File System]
path = /
read only = No
jim@acer-u12:~$


testparm from Compaq Presario 2100 running Ubuntu 10.44:

jim@laptop-u-10:~$ testparm
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$]"
Processing section "[File System]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
workgroup = MYHOME
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
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 = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

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

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers

[File System]
path = /
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
jim@laptop-u-10:~$

Can anyone see anything to help me get these computer to talk to each other?


Thanks

[Morbius1]

On the Acer go into /etc/samba/smb.conf and change this:

security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = No

To this:

security = USER
encrypt passwords = Yes

Then restart samba:

sudo service smbd restart

When you restart samba the network has a minor tantrum so wait a few minutes before trying things again.

BTW, creating a guest share of your entire linux filesystem is insane but that is entirely up to you.

[jemvyc]

Thanks for the help.

I tried what you said and I am perplexed. I edited /etc/samba/smb.conf using gedit, I saved the file and ran restart. After a few minutes I ran testparm and the entries for security and encrypt passwords had BOTH disappeared. I tried again and it still gives the same result. I have gone back and looked at /etc/samba/smb.conf and my (your) changes are there. Further, when I try to access network it just runs for a while and then presents an error message.

How can that be?

Jim

[Morbius1]

After a few minutes I ran testparm and the entries for security and encrypt passwords had BOTH disappeared

Actually, that's normal and as it should be,

Smb.conf is a list of additions and overrides to the default settings of samba. When you run testparm you are looking at the affect smb.conf has on the defaults. As it turns out "security = USER" and "encrypt passwords = Yes" are the defaults so testparm should return nothing for those parameters.

Anyway, what error message does it display?

You might want to post the output of the following command from whatever machine you happen to be on at the moment:

smbtree

[jemvyc]

I am currently on the laptop (Compaq) and it is quick and easy to past the result from smbtree.

The output from smbtree raises new issues so instead of confusing you, phonecomputer is an old HP desktop running xp with printer and a magicjack phone installed.

Newgames is another old HP desktop running xp with my wife's games on it. It is on a wireless connection thru the same DSL modem where all the others are on ethernet. Ill get you the output from the Acer shortly. I have to use a zip drive.


Enter jim's password:
MYHOME
\\PHONECOMPUTER New HP
\\PHONECOMPUTER\Microsof Microsoft XPS Document Writer
\\PHONECOMPUTER\C$ Default share
\\PHONECOMPUTER\ADMIN$ Remote Admin
\\PHONECOMPUTER\Desktop
\\PHONECOMPUTER\User
\\PHONECOMPUTER\Downloads
\\PHONECOMPUTER\HPPhotos HP Photosmart C4200 series
\\PHONECOMPUTER\HPDeskJe HP DeskJet 340 (Monochrome)
\\PHONECOMPUTER\C
\\PHONECOMPUTER\All Users
\\PHONECOMPUTER\print$ Printer Drivers
\\PHONECOMPUTER\SharedDocs
\\PHONECOMPUTER\IPC$ Remote IPC
\\PHONECOMPUTER\APRS
\\PHONECOMPUTER\HPDeskJe.2 HP DeskJet 340
\\PHONECOMPUTER\Administrator
\\PHONECOMPUTER\Documents and Settings
\\NEWGAMES New Games
\\NEWGAMES\C$ Default share
\\NEWGAMES\ADMIN$ Remote Admin
\\NEWGAMES\Favorites
\\NEWGAMES\Desktop
\\NEWGAMES\OS (C)
\\NEWGAMES\Mom
\\NEWGAMES\Program Files
\\NEWGAMES\SharedDocs
\\NEWGAMES\IPC$ Remote IPC
\\NEWGAMES\My Documents
\\NEWGAMES\Documents and Settings
\\LAPTOP-U-10 laptop-u-10 server (Samba, Ubuntu)
\\LAPTOP-U-10\IPC$ IPC Service (laptop-u-10 server (Samba, Ubuntu))
\\LAPTOP-U-10\File System
\\LAPTOP-U-10\print$ Printer Drivers
\\ACER-X ACER-X
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to ACER-X<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
\\ACER-U12 acer-u12 server (Samba, Ubuntu)
\\ACER-U12\print$ Printer Drivers
\\ACER-U12\File System
\\ACER-U12\IPC$ IPC Service (acer-u12 server (Samba, Ubuntu))
jim@laptop-u-10:~$

[Morbius1]

The only problem I see is ACER-X. What OS is that one running?

[jemvyc]

smbtree from the acer:

Enter jim's password:
MYHOME
\\PHONECOMPUTER New HP
\\NEWGAMES New Games
\\LAPTOP-U-10 laptop-u-10 server (Samba, Ubuntu)
\\ACER-U12 acer-u12 server (Samba, Ubuntu)
\\ACER-U12\print$ Printer Drivers
\\ACER-U12\File System
\\ACER-U12\IPC$ IPC Service (acer-u12 server (Samba, Ubuntu))
jim@acer-u12:~$


************************************************** ****************
The error message from trying to browse the network:

There is a box about 6 inches by 2 inches

Bold print says "Could not display "network:///".
Error Bus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReplyid not receive a reply

Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Please select another viewer and try again.

That's all I can find out for now. Thanks for the continuing support.

[jemvyc]

Acer-X is the Acer when it is running XP. In the case we are looking at it is running Ubuntu 12 therefore Acer-X is not here. I have not run XP on it for a couple of hours.

[Morbius1]

"Could not display "network:///".

On whatever machine you got that error message install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends

sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse

And just for good measure make sure you are a member of the fuse group:

sudo gpasswd -a your-user-name fuse

Logout ( not reboot ) and login again for the group membership to take affect and try it again.

[jemvyc]

I got the same error message as before. It took a lot longer to show the error. I have copied the exchange where I tried to do what you said. If I made a mistake, let me know.

This network situation with Ubuntu 12.04 is really tough. I appreiate your help.

jim@acer-u12:~$ sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends
[sudo] password for jim:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gvfs-backends is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 265 not upgraded.
jim@acer-u12:~$ sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gvfs-fuse is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 265 not upgraded.
jim@acer-u12:~$ sudo gpasswd -a jim fuse
Adding user jim to group fuse
jim@acer-u12:~$