Samba - Trouble with password??

[mr_2062]

I'm trying to mount an XP share \\XPbox\share using samba under Fedora 7. After reviewing and attempting nearly every fix noted in the forum, it's time to ask for help with this seemingly simple task.

SELinux was disabled using the "Security Level Configuration" tool.

I've all tried many mount commands. Here's one:

[root@fedorabox samba]# mount -t cifs "\\\\XPbox\\D" -o username=Michael /mnt/Arc
Password:
mount error 111 = Connection refused
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
[root@fedorabox samba]#

My fedora user name is Michael Upper case M. Same for the XP box or at least is appears as Michael at logon.

No matter the mount command, I can't seem to overcome some password inconsistence. To simplify matters the password is the same on both systems.

smb.conf

[global]
workgroup = redbarn
server string = Samba Server Version %v

encrypt password = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

# --------------------------- Logging Options -----------------------------

# logs split per machine
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
# max 50KB per log file, then rotate
max log size = 50

# ----------------------- Standalone Server Options ------------------------

security = tdbsam
passdb backend = smbpasswd

# --------------------------- Filesystem Options ---------------------------

; map archive = no
; map hidden = no
; map read only = no
; map system = no
encrypt passwords = no
; guest ok = no
; guest account = nobody
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
; store dos attributes = yes

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[Michael]
comment = Michael Documents
path = /home/Michael/Documents
writable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = Michael

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users = %S

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
; guest ok = no
; writable = No
printable = yes

[bbfuller]

Hello mr_2062

I've just tried your variant on the mount command, I generally use the variant:

mount -t cifs //atx17/share /mnt -o username=bbfuller

a bit simpler to type. But whichever they both work on my system

You don't mention it, but have you created samba passwords on the linux machine as well as linux passwords.

If not then:

smbpasswd -a bbfuller

as an example, might be a good place to start.

The other thing is shares on the windows box. I've never tried sharing the whole hard disk, I just know it's frowned upon.

Try explicitly setting up a smaller share in windows. It always helps to have another windows box to view it in case of difficulties so that you can see your share is available on the network and it's not the windows end causing the trouble.

I notice as well that you have 'encrypt passwords' set as no.

I haven't tried, but I think windows expects encrypted passwords and the smbpasswd command above creates them and provides them for windows. If you were to be able to use unencrypted passwords it would be necessary to alter the windows registry so that it would deal with them.

[mr_2062]

bbfuller:

Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried your mount method and used to smbpasswd command per an earlier note from you to another soul in need. I created a windows share from a directory rather then root. Nothing worked. I noticed upon a reboot that NFS services failed to shutdown. Would samba and nfs be connected in anyway. I have no nfs mounts.

[root@redbarn Michael]# mount -t cifs //xpbox/test /mnt/Arc -o username=Michael
Password:
mount error 111 = Connection refused
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
[root@redbarn Michael]#

I appreciate your help and all the help you've given others on this forum.

Michael

[mr_2062]

Another quick note. The XP system can now access my Fedora user home directory. I big help. Now I can pass files between the systems while trouble shutting the the Fedora to XP mount.

Thanks,

[bbfuller]

Hello mr_2062

Well, if the system works Windows to Fedora but not the other way round, I suspect that it is something to do with permissions in the Windows machine.

It's a long time since I set up an XP machine for sharing, they don't get used or installed very much, but I seem to remember that as well as creating the shares, they wouldn't work unless I had run the Windows network sharing wizard. Just a thought