Re: smb:///sorry, could not display all the content......?

[Don Campbell <donaldtcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

chun lee wrote:

> Hi there:
>
> Thanks for your replay.
>  
>
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:48:37 -0700
> > From: Don Campbell <donaldtcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: smb:///sorry, could not display all the content......?
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Message-ID: <40B77B75.1030001@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > I have the same problem. I can get to a Windows box from my
> > linux box with "smbclient -L WindowsBoxName" and I get
> > asked for a username and password. I then get a listing from
> > the Windows box about what the shares are etc. I can also use
> > the Windows box's shared printer which I set up with a user name
> > and password in the printer config process.
> >    
>
> Have you tried to copy the files from the listing across to your linux box?
> I just tried it using Mautilus, and it asked me for password and userword
> and then nothing happened (not even error messages). I thought I will try to
> copy the file that I can see in my /chunlee directory, not the ones in the
> folder that it can't display (/chunlee/some_folder).
>
> Where is smbclient? I can't seem to use it. Also, where is config-samba
>  
smbclient is a command line utility. Try "man smbclient" for a list of 
switches. I haven't
tried anything fancy with it.

Actually it's "system-config-samba" and from the main gnome menu it's :
"system settings" --> "server settings" --> "samba"

>  
>
> > Nautilus never asked me for a user name or password.
> > It shows the various samba servers on the LAN but clicking
> > on them doesn't get a listing of the shares. It gets the same
> > "can't display" message.
> >    
>
> Ya, I think I have two separate problems instead of one.
> 1. having to retype password/username whenever I make a move
> 2. can't see into the folder after /chunlee, and can't copy the things I can
> see across.
>  
>
> > In the config-samba gui I have given my UNIX name a
> > samba username and samba password that works for
> > smbclient but there is no change for nautilus.
> >
> > Prasanth Kumar wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 16:59 +0100, chun lee wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Hi there:
> > > >
> > > > I have just learned how to browse my other laptop (MacOSX) in Fedora. I got
> > > > to the stage where I can display the content at
> > > >
> > > > smb:///XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/chunlee
> > > >
> > > > But I got a error when trying to access folders in the /chunlee. The error
> > > > says 'sorry, could not display all the content of "some_folder" '. How can I
> > > > correct this?
> > > >
> > > > Also, it there a way to remember my username and password so that I don't
> > > > have to retype them whenever I make a move?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks
> > > >
> > > > Yours
> > > >
> > > > CHUN
> > > >        
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