Upgraded to Breezy, other computers can't connect to samba

Ben Novack bhn3 at pitt.edu
Thu Sep 29 19:27:36 UTC 2005


On 9/29/05, Mario Guerra <guerramarioalberto at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ben:
> > >
> > > 1. Do the boxes see your machine network-wise (ping, etc.)?.
> > >
> > > 2. What does this command gives?:
> > >
> > > smbclient -L <your machine name>
> > >
> > > It should show your workgroup and Samba shares, among other things.
> >
> > Ping works fine.
> >
> > output from smblient -L saraswati:
> >
> > Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-Ubuntu]
> >
> >         Sharename       Type      Comment
> >         ---------       ----      -------
> >         print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
> >         upload          Disk      upload
> >         IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (saraswati server
> > (Samba, Ubuntu))        ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service
> > (saraswati server (Samba, Ubuntu))Anonymous login successful
> > Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-Ubuntu]
> >
> >         Server               Comment
> >         ---------            -------
> >         SARASWATI            saraswati server (Samba, Ubuntu)
> >
> >         Workgroup            Master
> >         ---------            -------
> >         MSHOME               SARASWATI
> >         WORKGROUP            ADAMANT
> >
> > (Adamant is one of the Macs. upload is the only share I have set up at
> > the moment.)
> >
>
> You are trying to access "upload" from "ADAMANT", right?. I think you
> should change your Ubuntu's workgroup name to "WORKGROUP". I guess
> that the workgroup name for Samba in Breezy changed from WORKGROUP to
> MSHOME.....
>
> I hope this helps you.
>
> --
> Mario A. Guerra
> San José, Costa RIca

Nope, no dice. Shouldn't matter anyway; it should work across
workgroups without any problem.




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