Cannot access linux from windows

[davidsc]

Have installed Samba on two linux machines A and B.
When I access linux machine A from windows using the samba username/password that I created it connects OK. Now if I access the same linux machine from a second windows pc it connects without a challenge!
However when I try to access linux machine B from windows using the samba username/password that I thought I had created when I installed Samba on B it fails authentication.
I can see windows machines from the linux machines and access the shares on them without being password challenged.
Can somebody explain why I cannot access machine B from windows?

[Legolasz]

Logs. Check the logs.
/var/log/samba/<machineIP.log> or <samba/directory>/log/<machineIP.log>

Have you added the user on the second machine to authenticate.
Firewall on 2nd PC?

[davidsc]

How do I add a user whose logon credentials will be accepted by windows?

David

[Legolasz]

smbpasswd -a <user>
This adds the user to samba database for authentication.

You should be able to login now from windows.

[davidsc]

Hi,

I have added samba user and tried to log on to my linux box with the credentials I specified. The following shows the samba log from the linux box at the time I try to connect to it.

[2008/03/07 22:06:34, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562)
write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.1.12. Error Connection reset by peer
[2008/03/07 22:06:34, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(769)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
[2008/03/07 22:06:43, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562)
write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.1.12. Error Connection reset by peer
[2008/03/07 22:06:43, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(769)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)

Still no go.

[Legolasz]

Ok.

Lets try to connect from the Linux box itself.

smbclient -NL //smbserver/<sharename> -U <username>

This asks for the samba passwd. Enter it and see if you are able to see the samba prompt,

smb:>

[davidsc]

david@Athlon:/etc/samba$ smbclient -NL //Athlon/share -U david
Error connecting to 127.0.1.1 (Connection refused)
Connection to Athlon failed (Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED)

[Legolasz]

why is your localhost 127.0.1.1?
The error is localized to the samba server itself.

service smb restart (or /etc/init.d/smb stop and then start
telnet localhost 445 (that's the port samba uses by default)

Regards,
Lego

[davidsc]

What is supposed to happen when I do the telnet?
Yes, I don't know why the IP comes back as 127.0.1.1

[Legolasz]

If it gives connection refused then a firewall is probably blocking the port.