Slackware Shares with Slackware?? Problems.....

**sargeants** · 05-19-2005

Okay,

So I've had a Slackware server setup for over a year with Samba and no problems until now. I have been able to read/write as one should when I had the shares mapped on my XP installation.

I am now trying to move to a full Linux setup, but am having problems connecting from my Desktop Slackware installation to my Slackware Server's Samba shares. It cannot connect to or find the server. I can PING the server and even load SWAT through Firefox, but still cannot find the shares.

If ANYONE can help me it'd be Greatly appreciated........ my ears need some music

**Edit - I just tried to connect using Konqueror 'smb://caboose' (caboose being my server name) and it would error as normal, but then i tried it with 'smb://192.168.1.10' and it's working
Is there something I'm missing in my setup for my desktop? When I was using WinXP, connecting to the server using the server name would work (//caboose)

**MaX_ManIc** · 05-19-2005

you could try adding

Code:

192.168.1.10 caboose

in /etc/hosts file on your client

**adrenaline** · 05-19-2005

Originally Posted by MaX_ManIc

you could try adding

Code:

192.168.1.10 caboose

in /etc/hosts file on your client

This will fix your problem
make sure you have a work group name in the smb.conf file
also when you make changes to your smb.conf file you need to restart he service for it to take effect
also try this in konqueror
smb:/
then it will search for workgroups and the name of your workgroup should show up and when you click on that your comp should show up

**puntmuts** · 05-19-2005

Don't forget to start lisa (as root) . You can start that with :

Code:

/opt/kde/bin/lisa -q

in rc.local for example.

Lisa is required for browsing samba shares in KDE.

**sargeants** · 05-26-2005

Okay, so I'm now able to see the shares in Konqueror through smb://caboose

Now i'm trying to have some of the shares connect when turning on my desktop. So I thought I'd read up on editing the fstab to load the shares, and this is what I get when running 'mount -a'

mount: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused

So I thought I'd try a manual mount, to see if I somehow messed something up in the fstab, but i get the same error; here is the manual mount command I used

mount caboose:/host/SambaShares/Music /mnt/Music
also tried:
mount 192.168.1.10:/host/SambaShares/Music /mnt/Music

Now my problem lies with getting the connection all the time with my desktop. Can Lisa do that, or does it only browse?

Thanks for the help so far

**mago** · 05-26-2005

Go to http://linuxpackages.net and download smb4k, is way better thatn lisa, the only downside is that is not part of konqueror

**adrenaline** · 05-26-2005

Originally Posted by sargeants

Okay, so I'm now able to see the shares in Konqueror through smb://caboose

Now i'm trying to have some of the shares connect when turning on my desktop. So I thought I'd read up on editing the fstab to load the shares, and this is what I get when running 'mount -a'

mount: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused

So I thought I'd try a manual mount, to see if I somehow messed something up in the fstab, but i get the same error; here is the manual mount command I used

mount caboose:/host/SambaShares/Music /mnt/Music
also tried:
mount 192.168.1.10:/host/SambaShares/Music /mnt/Music

Now my problem lies with getting the connection all the time with my desktop. Can Lisa do that, or does it only browse?

Thanks for the help so far

what happens if you just put smb:/ in konqueror
smb:/

**sargeants** · 05-26-2005

Originally Posted by adrenaline

what happens if you just put smb:/ in konqueror
smb:/

If I do that then I'm able to browse my network and see my server (as I should be able to)

Maybe I'll have to try smb4k. Does this need to run on the server or the workstation? I would think workstation.

Browsing the server is fine, I'm more trying to setup a 'mapped drive' or autoloading mount now

**MaX_ManIc** · 05-27-2005

mount caboose:/host/SambaShares/Music /mnt/Music
also tried:
mount 192.168.1.10:/host/SambaShares/Music /mnt/Music

maybe u should try mounting with this

Code:

mount //caboose/Music /mnt/Music

i use it like this, and it works...

**sargeants** · 05-27-2005

Originally Posted by MaX_ManIc

maybe u should try mounting with this

Code:

mount //caboose/Music /mnt/Music

i use it like this, and it works...

OK, so I got looking into it further, and my smb.conf on my desktop was non-existant and it wouldn't tell me that earlier; it was there when I started this question

So all seems to be working now with that line and my smb.conf is back and working. Just had to get the mount command down so it wouldn't ask for a password and then load it into the fstab so I don't have to type anything when my desktop turns on

Code:

mount //caboose/Music /mnt/Music/ -o guest

From /etc/fstab&#58;
//caboose/Music  /mnt/Music       smbfs       guest,rw         0   0

It's amazing what you can do with the right parts in place - argh!

Thanks All, been a pleasure

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