Everybody SAMBA!

[Bob St. John]

On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 00:56 -0600, Emil Payne wrote:
> Now that hostname and hosts is finally sorted out ...
> 
> XP box and Ubuntu box connected via router (wired).  Router connected to
> internet via cable modem (wired).  Both boxes are able to connect to
> internet fine. Printer connected to XP via USB.
> 
> I've had both boxes talking to each other and sharing files and printer
> before.  For some reason they no longer will.  Not in any direction.
> I've used the home-network wizard on the XP box and set the workgroup to
> AWP.  I've also set several folders to be shared.  When clicking on
> Network Neighborhood those folders appear fine, but nothing from the
> Ubuntu box.
> 
> On the Ubuntu box, I've set up Samba and set several directories for
> sharing.  I've got the Ubuntu box set as
> 
>  workgroup = AWP
> 
> also.
> I've directly edited samba.conf and used
> 
>  GADMIN-SAMBA,
>  System>Administration>Samba
>  System>Administration>Network
>  System>Administration>Network Tools
>  System>Preferences>File Sharing
> 
> and He only knows what else, but when I click on
> 
>  Places>Network
> 
> I get an icon for
> 
>  Windows Network
> 
> and clicking on that gives me:
> 
>  Unable to mount location
>  Failed to retrieve share list from server
> 
> Trying to print brings up the printer screens (whatever one each program
> throws at me) and everything acts fine, but nothing happens.  Not even
> any type of failure message.
> Emil
> 
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Folks,

This is interesting . . . I've got a home environment of a WinXP, 9.04
Ubuntu, and 9.10 Ubuntu boxes. File sharing between all (via Samba) used
to work, then suddenly (about two weeks ago?) everything could "see" the
WinXP shares but nothing could "see" the Ubuntu shares (except the
directly associated box, of course).
        
        - Ubuntu 9.04 = Linux bob-ubuntu-desktop 2.6.28-16-generic
        #57-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 11 09:47:24 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
        
        - Ubuntu 9.10 = Linux acer-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu
        SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
        
I've also noticed that when I log out and then back into both Ubuntu
boxes, shares that I had set up as Samba shares are longer set as Samba
shares (i.e., Samba shares are not persistent . . . the directories and
files continue to exist, but their association as Samba shares is lost.)

Any ideas?

Bob St. John