Craig White wrote: > 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' >From the linux machine, I can do anything I want with /windows as user or root. Read - write, browse, whatever. I wasn't surprised to see it listed when I ran mount - it's there.
