On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 12:00 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > 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. ---- then the only thing that I can think of is that a Windows FAT partition mounts as a particular user and if you are trying to share it with 'samba' - the issue is that there might be a conflict between the user trying to use it and and the 'local' user who has the mount. bear in mind that POSIX attributes are not available on a FAT volume mount and I have to wonder if something isn't being logged somewhere, either in /var/log/messages or /var/log/samba/smbd.log or /var/log/samba/log.smbd that provides a clue. I can't say that I've ever tried to share a VFAT or NTFS volume via samba before and I don't know the consequences of that. Craig
