Suse 11.3 samba connect to smb share?

[strax]

Ok,

I have samba setup on suse 11.3 with kde 4.4.4 and have been sharing files with other computers. however, i have a problem seeing unsecured smb shares from a ubuntu server in suse. xbmc and windows 7 see them fine.

if i try to mount from cl with
mount -t cifs -o guest //Servername/ /mnt/foldername
i get a timeout error

dolphin has a workgroup listed under smb shares, but there is nothing there. if i type //servername in the dolphin address bar, i just get back to workgroup.
if i try to add a network folder in dolphin i get a timeout error.

I was thinking something must be borked. then i thought, hey i have nautilus installed lets try that. nautilus... connect to share... put in info... BAM!! connected instantly.

so, whats up with that? any ideas appreciated.

thanks,

strax

[swerdna]

Don't you need //servername/sharename in the mount

[strax]

txs for your reply swerdna! yes i do need //servername/sharename in the mount. it was my mistake to leave that out of my post.

mounting with the correct command as you stated does not work though.

[swerdna]

Only Ubuntu can't see openSUSE properly, is that right?

Do you run the command "mount -t cifs etc........." as root?

Here's a bunch of questions aimed to clarify things and get at most potential problems.

What is this shorthand for: "xbmc"?

When you say this:

connect to share... put in info... BAM!! connected instantly.

What info exactly info do you put into nautilus on Ubuntu (it is Ubuntu right?)?

And run these two diagnostic commands in a console on openSUSE what do you get:

1. cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | egrep "FW_DEV_EXT=|FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT="

2. smbtree -N

And run these three terminal commands on Ubuntu:

1. smbtree -N

2. sudo ufw status

3. sudo /etc/init.d/samba status

And to aid the interpretation if the above, what exactly are "servername" and "sharename" in //servername/sharename?

And which user and which group own directory "foldername" in /mnt/foldername (e.g. run "ls -l /mnt | grep foldername" to find out)

[strax]

hello and ty for the follow up!

I cant see the Ubuntu shares on Suse.

xbmc stands for xbox media center. it is running on an original xbox. it can access both the ubuntu and suse shares fine.

i also have a windows 7 box that can access the shares fine.

In Nautilus, I click file... connect to server... i choose windows network from the dropdown menu... then i put in the ubuntu servers ip address... then click connect and it does.



ok here is the output from the commands you gave:

SUSE 11.3

# cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | egrep "FW_DEV_EXT=|FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT="

FW_DEV_EXT="any eth0"
FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT="netbios-server samba-client samba-server"



smbtree -N

WORKGROUP
\\SUSE Samba 3.5.4-5.1.2-2426-SUSE-SL11.3
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to SUSE<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
\\SUBUNTU subuntu server (Samba, Ubuntu)
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to SUBUNTU<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL




UBUNTU

smbtree -N

WORKGROUP
\\SUSE Samba 3.5.4-5.1.2-2426-SUSE-SL11.3
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to SUSE<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
\\SUBUNTU subuntu server (Samba, Ubuntu)
\\SUBUNTU\IPC$ IPC Service (subuntu server (Samba, Ubuntu))
\\SUBUNTU\500
\\SUBUNTU\data
\\SUBUNTU\print$ Printer Drivers



sudo ufw status
Status: inactive


sudo /etc/init.d/samba status
bash: /etc/init.d/samba: No such file or directory

[mikesd]

hello and ty for the follow up!

I cant see the Ubuntu shares on Suse.

xbmc stands for xbox media center. it is running on an original xbox. it can access both the ubuntu and suse shares fine.

i also have a windows 7 box that can access the shares fine.

In Nautilus, I click file... connect to server... i choose windows network from the dropdown menu... then i put in the ubuntu servers ip address... then click connect and it does.

try

sudo /usr/bin/service samba status

on both ubuntu and suse

Also go into yast, doesn't matter if CLI or GUI and go under Security and Users and then Firewall settings and allow nmb and smb servers.

then try

smbclient -L <servername>

[strax]

ok,

i updated cifs-utils and samba through yast.

now i am able to go to dolphin and to network then to Add Netwok Folder. and it works!

still cant mount from cl. and workgroup in dolphin is still empty. it would be nice to figure that out, but its good enough for now.

strax

[strax]

ok mikesd,
here is the output from those commands:

Ubuntu

sudo /usr/bin/service samba status
samba: unrecognized service


smbclient -L <servername>

Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
data Disk
500 Disk
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (subuntu server (Samba, Ubuntu))
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]

Server Comment
--------- -------
SUBUNTU subuntu server (Samba, Ubuntu)
SUSE Samba 3.5.4-5.1.2-2426-SUSE-SL11.3

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
WORKGROUP SUBUNTU




Suse

sudo /usr/bin/service samba status
bash: /usr/bin/service: No such file or directory


smbclient -L <servername>
Connection to subuntu failed (Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)

[strax]

Ok,

so on suse i tried smbclient -L <ip address>

and that connected and gave me output that looked the same as smbclient -L <servername> from ubuntu

so then i used the command

mount -t cifs -o guest //ip address/data /mnt/foldername

and it worked!

I am pretty sure that i tried that before and it didnt work. but it is working now.

txs,

strax

[mikesd]

[QUOTE=strax]Ok,

so on suse i tried smbclient -L <ip address>

and that connected and gave me output that looked the same as smbclient -L <servername> from ubuntu

so then i used the command

mount -t cifs -o guest //ip address/data /mnt/foldername

and it worked!

I am pretty sure that i tried that before and it didnt work. but it is working now.

txs,

strax[/QUOTE
If you can do it by IP, then it seems netbios isn't working or maybe nmb isn't running. If it's static IP, put then in /etc/resolv.conf