On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 11:37 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 09:45 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > >> OK, I'm not sure what change did it, but I can connect to *SOME* of my > >> shares. I have one more that I can't seem to connect to. The definition > >> in smb.conf is > >> > >> [windows] > >> case sensitive = no > >> msdfs proxy = no > >> read only = no > >> comment = windows directory > >> path = /windows > >> > >> > >> This is the vfat partition holding my windows setup. The fstab entry > >> makes the partition readable / writable by anyone. When I try to attach > >> this partition, I get a "The Network Name Cannot be found." > >> > >> Obviously, the windows box knows about the name as it displays it for me > >> to select - and the setup looks right to me. What am I missing? > > ---- > > possibly selinux block - is selinux active? > > No. I'd read enough on the list not to trust it, so I disabled it during > install. > > > is the share visible if you try from the linux client... > > > > smbclient -L NETBIOS_NAME > > Yes, I can see it in that display - remember that it's visible on the > windows machine, too ... I just can't attach it. > > > does executing... > > > > testparm -s > > > > reveal any errors? > > No errors. > > ...at least I haven't done anything *OBVIOUS* <g> Part of me hates it > when that happens - another part likes it cause it leads to a quick > solution. ---- one would think that the error should be logged in /var/log/messages then. >From a command line on Linux (without Windows or samba), can you access /windows as root? as a user? do files show up when you do things like 'ls' or 'ls -l' ? does it show up as mounted? command to show active mounts.... 'mount' Craig
