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I know this is a very common (and simple) question. But somehow I couldn't get it working. I have configured the folder sharing with samba in my Linux computer (Suse 11.0) and can see the shared folders of windows computer no problem. But although I can see the Linux shares in my windows, I cannot get past the user/password barrier. It somehow does not accept it. I have created the user in windows, but still nothing. Is there any other way of accessing them in windows?
And my second simple question: how do I access the windows shared folders from Linux Terminal? Until now, I've accessed via Konquerer, but wanna write a simple shell for file copy from the shared folder.
@twantrd:
1- how can I look at the samba logs? where to find them?
2- I've found such an example of how to mount:
"mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" but how would you specify the path to windows share?? when I connect wia Konqueror, it says in the address bar:
smb://my_user@<ip>/My_Shared_Folder
Could you give me an example?
did you run the smbpasswd on your user accounts to generate them a samba password. Samba uses a different password than the password from the passwd or shadow file.
1. Depends on where/how you installed samba. The names of the log files are something like log.nmbd and log.smbd.
2.
Quote:
mount: mount point /mnt/Win_Share does not exist
Well, you need to make sure that mount exists first. Create it and try again.
3. I, too, wouldn't recommend 'guest=allow'. I would do that first to make sure my samba setup is up and running. After that, I would start locking it down.
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