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Costanza
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: Problems in simple Linux - Windows network [Solved] |
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I am currently using a computer running Windows (XP Pro) as a "office" computer, and I also have a (Gentoo) Linux computer I will use as HTPC. They are both equipped with wireless NICs, connecting to internet (and eachother I guess) thru a wireless AP/router. Apart from using my Linux computer as HTPC, I also want to mount a hard drive that I want to access from the "office" computer with Samba for tranfering files and also to store backups from my "office" computer. The problem is, I can't get Samba p and running, and I guess it has something to do with some strange things I've noticed in my network. But maybe they aren't so strange, just that I'm not that good at networks. I hope you guys can help me out.
My office computer gets the adress 192.168.1.2 and is named Kramer and is member of a workgroup named Home. My HTPC is named Htpc, and gets 192.168.1.3.
From the Windows machine I can ping the Linux machine with the ip adress, but not with name. From the Linux machine I can't reach the Windows maching either way.
Since this seems to be a fundamental thing, i guess thats one reason why I can't get my (Samba-) shared folder to show up in Windows.
My /etc/hosts/
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost
# IPV6 versions of localhost and co
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
192.168.1.2 Kramer
192.168.1.3 Htpc
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My /etc/conf.d/domainname
| Code: | # When setting up resolv.conf, what should take precedence?
# If you wish to always override DHCP/whatever, set this to 1.
OVERRIDE=1
# To have a proper FQDN, you need to setup /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf
# properly (domain entry in /etc/resolv.conf, and FQDN in /etc/hosts).
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DNSDOMAIN="Home"
# This only set what /bin/hostname returns. If you need to setup NIS, meaning
# what /bin/domainname returns, please see:
#
# http://www.linux-nis.org/nis-howto/HOWTO/
#
#NISDOMAIN=""
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My /etc/conf.d/hostname
| Code: | # Set to the hostname of this machine
HOSTNAME="Htpc"
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Any hints? Does my DNSDOMAIN="Home" matter at all, poitive or negative, with respect to the fact that my Windows workgroup is named Home? What role has the "nameserver" part in my /etc/resolv.conf in this matter. It now says 192.168.1.1 which is the address of my AP.
If I try hostname in a shell, the answer is Htpc, while domainname results in (none).
By the way, I just upgraded to baselayout-1.11.12-r4 if that matter. (it didn't work before that so nothing got worse with that upgrade)
/Olof
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herbkohl
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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" From the Linux machine I can't reach the Windows maching either way. "
Does the windows machine have a firewall? |
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Costanza
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Stupid me. Yes, I have Zone alarm at the Windows machine. How come I didn't think of that?
Any specific ports or something to open up just for Samba to work? (But first I will try some stuff just by shutting Zone Alarm down completely)
/Olof
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herbkohl
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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137 through 139 need to be open to the local network, and closed to the outside world.
But you're behind a NAT.. doesn't that serve as your firewall? I'd disable zonealarm completely in that case. |
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Costanza
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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NAT?
/Olof
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herbkohl
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Costanza
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it wasn't the firewall after all. I don't get it.
/Olof
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herbkohl
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| Costanza wrote: | Well, it wasn't the firewall after all. I don't get it.
/Olof |
create a windows share and then run nmap from the linux machine |
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ter_roshak
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Costanza wrote: | Well, it wasn't the firewall after all. I don't get it.
/Olof |
If you want to be able to access your Samba shares from your Windows machine then your Linux machine has to have several ports open. Depending on how you have Samba setup, you should open up UDP 137 and 138, as well as TCP 139 and 445. You don't have to have any ports open on Windows unless you want to be able to access your Windows shares from another machine.
Does your Linux box have a firewall running on it? Try to browse to your samba share with the IP address, since that works for pinging. Enter into your address bar of Windows explorer
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\\<IP address of linux box>\
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...and see what happens. If this works then you can edit your Windows hosts file to include the name of the linux box so that you can browse by name since the announcement is not making it to your Windows box.
Also, when you are at your linux box and perform a netstat, do you see ports 137,138, and 139 or 445 open? Did you verify that Samba has started? Have you tried to connect to your Samba shares from your Linux box? Try:
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smbclient -L <ip of linux box>
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...from your linux box console and see if you can see any shares available. |
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Costanza
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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So, when I try \\<linux_ip_address>\ in Windows Explorer I actually get a login dialog. The problem then is that the user name is locked to Guest, and whatever I try for password doesn't seem to be correct. I've tried different ways of specifying user and valid users etc. in my smb.conf file, but nothing seems to help.
I'll try too find the answer in the lengthier samba documentation since the short versions (howto:s, wiki:s etc.) doesn't seem to work for me, but if anyone has an idea that you think be worth trying, please speak up. 
/Olof
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ter_roshak
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| Costanza wrote: | So, when I try \\<linux_ip_address>\ in Windows Explorer I actually get a login dialog. The problem then is that the user name is locked to Guest, and whatever I try for password doesn't seem to be correct. I've tried different ways of specifying user and valid users etc. in my smb.conf file, but nothing seems to help.
I'll try too find the answer in the lengthier samba documentation since the short versions (howto:s, wiki:s etc.) doesn't seem to work for me, but if anyone has an idea that you think be worth trying, please speak up.
/Olof |
Why don't you post your smb.conf file so we can take a look at it?
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Costanza
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I got it working the way this guide describes, so I guess my smb.conf file isn't necessary anymore. (It's almost exactly like the file at the linked howto) I didn't notice the fact that you had to actually make a network drive connection in order not to get the Guest-login from windows. So, now can connect to my Linux box in order to transfer files. My main reason to transfer files is to make backups of data on my office computer to be stored at the Linux machine.
Thanks to all who tried to help!
/Olof
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