Cant access my windows PC in the network.

[ichfaisal]

I have installed ubuntu 9.10 on my Laptop and i want to copy my important data from my Desktop PC to my Laptop.My Desktop PC have windows 7.some days back, I am accessing all the files from windows PC but now this problem is very hectic for me.i have attached a snapshot of an error.this error popped when i try to access my windows PC through smb.Please any body help?

[JosePF]

Hello,
Please, could you report?
smbclient -L //remote_windows7_machine_name

Regards

[ichfaisal]

faisal@faisal-laptop:~$ rdesktop Faisal-PC
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known

faisal@faisal-laptop:~$ smbclient -L 192.168.15.2
Enter faisal's password:
Connection to 192.168.15.2 failed (Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)

[JosePF]

Try and report:
smbclient //server/shared --debuglevel=10

regards

[ichfaisal]

what is meant by //server/shared .

is that machine which i want to access?
and i am conneted through wireless network.

[JosePF]

yes,
smbclient //machine_windows_7/one_folder_that_is_shared --debuglevel=10

[ichfaisal]

That is an output.
INFO: Current debug levels:
all: True/10
tdb: False/0
printdrivers: False/0
lanman: False/0
smb: False/0
rpc_parse: False/0
rpc_srv: False/0
rpc_cli: False/0
passdb: False/0
sam: False/0
auth: False/0
winbind: False/0
vfs: False/0
idmap: False/0
quota: False/0
acls: False/0
locking: False/0
msdfs: False/0
dmapi: False/0
registry: False/0
lp_load_ex: refreshing parameters
Initialising global parameters
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
params.cm_process() - Processing configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf"
Processing section "[global]"
doing parameter workgroup = WORKGROUP
doing parameter server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
doing parameter dns proxy = no
doing parameter log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
doing parameter max log size = 1000
doing parameter syslog = 0
doing parameter panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
doing parameter encrypt passwords = true
doing parameter passdb backend = tdbsam
doing parameter obey pam restrictions = yes
doing parameter unix password sync = yes
doing parameter passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
doing parameter passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
doing parameter pam password change = yes
doing parameter map to guest = bad user
doing parameter usershare allow guests = yes
pm_process() returned Yes
lp_servicenumber: couldn't find homes
set_server_role: role = ROLE_STANDALONE
Attempting to register new charset UCS-2LE
Registered charset UCS-2LE
Attempting to register new charset UTF-16LE
Registered charset UTF-16LE
Attempting to register new charset UCS-2BE
Registered charset UCS-2BE
Attempting to register new charset UTF-16BE
Registered charset UTF-16BE
Attempting to register new charset UTF8
Registered charset UTF8
Attempting to register new charset UTF-8
Registered charset UTF-8
Attempting to register new charset ASCII
Registered charset ASCII
Attempting to register new charset 646
Registered charset 646
Attempting to register new charset ISO-8859-1
Registered charset ISO-8859-1
Attempting to register new charset UCS2-HEX
Registered charset UCS2-HEX
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
added interface wlan0 ip=fe80::223:cdff:feb8:da3%wlan0 bcast=fe80::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff%wlan0 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
added interface wlan0 ip=192.168.15.3 bcast=192.168.15.255 netmask=255.255.255.0
lang_tdb_init: /usr/share/samba/en_US.UTF-8.msg: No such file or directory

192.168.15.2: Not enough '\' characters in service
Usage: smbclient [-?EgBVNkPe] [-?|--help] [--usage]
[-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER] [-M|--message=HOST]
[-I|--ip-address=IP] [-E|--stderr] [-L|--list=HOST]
[-t|--terminal=CODE] [-m|--max-protocol=LEVEL]
[-T|--tar=<c|x>IXFqgbNan] [-D|--directory=DIR] [-c|--command=STRING]
[-b|--send-buffer=BYTES] [-p|--port=PORT] [-g|--grepable]
[-B|--browse] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL]
[-s|--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE]
[-V|--version] [-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS]
[-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME] [-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP]
[-i|--scope=SCOPE] [-U|--user=USERNAME] [-N|--no-pass]
[-k|--kerberos] [-A|--authentication-file=FILE]
[-S|--signing=on|off|required] [-P|--machine-pass] [-e|--encrypt]
service <password>


This problem is still here

[ichfaisal]

ok now i am here
faisal@faisal-laptop:~$ smbclient -L 192.168.15.2
Enter faisal's password:
Domain=[FAISAL-PC] OS=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 6.1]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
D$ Disk Default share
Downloads Disk
E$ Disk Default share
ENGLISH Disk
Entertainment Disk
F$ Disk Default share
G$ Disk Default share
INDIAN Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
Users Disk
session request to 192.168.15.2 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available
faisal@faisal-laptop:~$ smbclient -L 192.168.15.2
Enter faisal's password:
Domain=[FAISAL-PC] OS=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 6.1]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
D$ Disk Default share
Downloads Disk
E$ Disk Default share
ENGLISH Disk
Entertainment Disk
F$ Disk Default share
G$ Disk Default share
INDIAN Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
Users Disk
session request to 192.168.15.2 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available

Please Guide because i am still unable to access shared folders.

[ichfaisal]

ok now i am here
faisal@faisal-laptop:~$ smbclient -L 192.168.15.2
Enter faisal's password:
Domain=[FAISAL-PC] OS=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 6.1]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
D$ Disk Default share
Downloads Disk
E$ Disk Default share
ENGLISH Disk
Entertainment Disk
F$ Disk Default share
G$ Disk Default share
INDIAN Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
Users Disk
session request to 192.168.15.2 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available
faisal@faisal-laptop:~$ smbclient -L 192.168.15.2
Enter faisal's password:
Domain=[FAISAL-PC] OS=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Ultimate N 6.1]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
D$ Disk Default share
Downloads Disk
E$ Disk Default share
ENGLISH Disk
Entertainment Disk
F$ Disk Default share
G$ Disk Default share
INDIAN Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
Users Disk
session request to 192.168.15.2 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available

Please Guide because i am still unable to access shared folders.

[JosePF]

Please:
smbclient //machine_windows_7/shared_folder --debuglevel=10
or
smbclient //machine_windows_7/

You have an error in command:
"92.168.15.2: Not enough '\' characters in service"
because you have not the "/" in the end