Can't Access Windows Share From Linux

I banging my head, I am unable to mount samba share. Here is the info
Samba share is in RHEL 6.5
# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
[sambashare]
comment = samba share
path = /smbdemo
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes

# ls -dZ /smbdemo/
drwxrwxrwx. root root system_ubject_r:samba_share_t:s0 /smbdemo/

# getsebool -a | grep samba
samba_create_home_dirs --> on
samba_domain_controller --> off
samba_enable_home_dirs --> on
samba_export_all_ro --> on
samba_export_all_rw --> on
samba_portmapper --> off
samba_run_unconfined --> off
samba_share_fusefs --> off
samba_share_nfs --> off
sanlock_use_samba --> off
use_samba_home_dirs --> off
virt_use_samba --> off


Accessing this share from another Red Hat Box 6.4 (samba-client)
# smbclient -L 192.168.1.10 -U don [Works perfectly]

Now, when I try to mount the share as:

# mount.cifs //192.168.1.9/smbdemo /opt/test/ -o user=don
Password:
Retrying with upper case share name
mount error(6): No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

# smbclient //192.168.1.9/smbdemo -U don
Enter don's password:
Domain=[BARNES] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.23-14.el6_6]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

I searched in google but no avail.

In Linux Mint, I have right clicked on a folder and selected
"Sharing Options" -> checked the boxes to "Allow others to create and delete files in this folder" and "Guest Access..."

When I access the shared folder on Windows 7 it asks for a password. If I type a password in, it works.

I would like to configure it to not ask for a password, but just open the share.

OK this is kinda long, so I will shorten it as much as I can, as to not be long-winded.

My current network at home:
1 - CentOS 7 desktop (server)
1 - Ubuntu 14.04 desktop
1 - Fedora 21 laptop
2 - Windows 7 desktops
some other various windows boxes also that don't get used regularly, but are on the network.

My 2 Linux desktops (which I use as servers, but they really aren't) have shared folders on them, which I share to the network via Samba (CIFS). I use Samba because Linux is smarter than Windows and Windows won't read NFS, so I share them as Samba so all devices can see them.

Generally speaking, if I share the folders on each box as 0777, I have no issues. But lately I have been wanting to implement some better security, so I wanted to SETGID and chown the shared folders from the local machine to a specific group, then change the folders to 2774.

My problem is that I keep getting permissions errors when trying to connect from the other Linux machines, and sometimes the Windows machines also. My main question is: do I CHMOD 2774 the local mount-point before mounting it? Or so I CHMOD 2774 the shared folder on the other server, then mount it locally to a folder whose permissions are different? Or do I CHMOD both of them the same?

basically the uis and gid ownerships change on a local folder when I mount a shared drive to that folder, so when I try to write or sometimes read that local folder, I get permissions errors.

I can provide any additional info needed.

Hi. I've installed Arch Linux on a Wandboard running Logitech Media Server (LMS). LMS needs to read my music files off of a NAS network share. I can't figure out how to mount that network share.

I was told by someone who has a similar NAS to make the following entry in etc/fstab:

//192.168.10.15/media/Music /mnt/netdrive cifs noauto,x-systemd.automount,user=nobody,password="",iocharse t=utf8,noperm,nounix,nobrl 0 0

But when I start LMS and point it to /mnt/netdrive, my media/Music folder isn't shown. Is there a problem with the way I'm trying to mount the network share?

I've tried using "root" and "admin" as username and the admin password of the NAS as password, but still no luck. I've tried mounting the share manually, but I get a "permission denied" error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello

I want to share a folder on my Fedora linux pc with a Windows 8 pc in the same network.

I have followed this guide : http://www.labtestproject.com/config...rver_on_fedora

but I am not able to see my share on my Fedora linux pc from the other Windows 8 PC.

This is my /etc/samba/smb.conf :

Code:

[global]
        workgroup = mygroup
        server string = HP Samba
;       netbios name = MYSERVER

;       interfaces = lo eth0 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
;       hosts allow = 127. 192.168.12. 192.168.13.

;       max protocol = SMB2
[My-Documents]
        path = /home/Jonas/Desktop/My-Documents
        read only = no
;       browseable = yes
        guest ok = yes

The workgroup name is the same as the workgroup name on the Windows PC.

Firewall on Fedora linux pc is down.

I do get the following output when restarting smb :
Code:

apr 27 12:27:49 jonashp.domain.local systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
apr 27 12:27:49 jonashp.domain.local smbd[4324]: [2015/04/27 12:27:49.686796,  0] ../source3/param/loadparm.c:3034(lp_set_enum_parm)
apr 27 12:27:49 jonashp.domain.local smbd[4324]: WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security'
apr 27 12:27:49 jonashp.domain.local smbd[4324]: [2015/04/27 12:27:49.687187,  0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1286(main)
apr 27 12:27:49 jonashp.domain.local smbd[4324]: standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
apr 27 12:27:49 jonashp.domain.local systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.

I thought it would be that simple...

I've got my new system up and running. It's a nice fresh change after running Linux Mint for the past 4 years. Now comes the time of setting things up the way I like them.

As part of my setup, I have a all of my DVD's backed up onto my computer so that I can use a media server in the house. I run XBMC at my TV's with a central samba server (my computer) holding the movies.

In LM, all I had to do was right-click the directory "sharing" and select SMB share and type in the name. Everything else was done for me. This doesn't seem that simple.

Here's what I've done:
1. Menu > Administration > Samba
2. Entered in all the directories to share, under the BASIC tab I've selected visibile, writeable. Under the ACCESS tab I've selected a user (see below).
3. I've created a system user called xbmc with the password of xbmc.
4. I've created a samba user called xbmc with the password of xbmc.

Still not working. So, I went into the shell where I manually started the smb service:
# systemctl start smb.service

So, I went back to Menu > Administration > Samba > Preferences:
Set workgroup to WORKGROUP (but it automatically changes it to lower case after I exit).

Drop to terminal and restart service with systemctl.

I go over to my XMBC installation and try to connect to the source and it finds the SMB share. I click on it and after about 30 seconds a window pops up asking for login credentials. I enter xbmc/xbmc and after about 30 seconds it just cycles through. XMBC doesn't offer any messages, so I went downstairs to my Windows machine and tried to connect to a network drive. I enter in \\IP\share-name and after a few seconds it asks for login credentials. I enter xbmc/xbmc but then it fails with "bad username or password".

I'm not sure what I need to do to get this working.

Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf file:
http://pastebin.com/m9ExpPJF

System Korora 21 (just installed/updated)
kernel: 3.18.9-200.fc21.x86_64

mount -t cifs //192.168.86.135/home/ /smbdata/ -o ussername=localhost.localdomain/smbuser,password=x
mount error 13 = Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)


192.168.86.135 is my primary server IP and i tried to mount from another server which is accessible

Please help

Hi there guys,

I hope you can help me with a small issue that is kinda driving me crazy.
I'm running debian wheezy on a virtual machine and trying to mount some shares from the win8.1 host.
The lines I put in the /etc/fstab a
Code:

//192.168.0.10/dir1 /home/user/dir1 cifs credentials=/root/.secret.pwd,uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0
//192.160.0.10/dir2 /home/user/dir2 cifs credentials=/root/.secret.pwd,uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0
//192.160.0.10/dir3 /home/user/dir3 cifs credentials=/root/.secret.pwd,uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0

The first share gets mounted correctly, but not the other two.
This is the output I get when sudo-ing a mount -a:
Code:

mount error(115): Operation now in progress
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
mount error(115): Operation now in progress
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

and this is what /var/log/syslog shows:
Code:

Mar 24 12:56:12 hostname kernel: [ 1887.029043] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
Mar 24 12:56:12 hostname kernel: [ 1887.030013] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115
Mar 24 12:56:22 hostname kernel: [ 1897.052130] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
Mar 24 12:56:22 hostname kernel: [ 1897.053885] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115

The same happens at boot time.

Now, the crazy thing is that if I run manually a:
Code:

sudo mount //192.168.0.10/dir2 /home/user/dir2 -t cifs -o credentials=/root/.secret.pwd,uid=1000,gid=1000

it works perfectly.

Now, I'm no power user, but I thought I'd be able to manage a couple of simple cifs shares...but then again I guess not
So, my questions so far a
1. how the heck do I make that work?
2. why is it not working? Might be the security? Should I choose perhaps ntlmv2? I read a bit around but I don't know this kind of security mechanisms, so...
3. why on earth is the first mount working just like a charm and not the other two?

You know what? I'm trying now to remove the sec option from the fstab, and see how that works out.

In the meantime, if anyone could lend a hand I'd appreciate it very much

Ugh - been working on this for days

I have a SAMBA server running on a Raspberry Pi. Should be pretty much up to date - retrieved today.

Want to get Windows 7 and Android smartphones to be able to access, but neither can. Ideally, I would like to generate no password challenge, but that does not seem to be on the agenda. Windows 7 cannot seem to send the account name in a way SAMBA understands. The Android phones similarly have no luck getting credentials to SAMBA.

Tried many, many variations, read many, many pieces of advice. Most recent smb.conf attached.

FYI
1) I have tried with and without SECURITY=USER
2) did smbpasswd -an nobody
3) the share has CHMOD 775
4) testparm seems happy

Any help appreciated.

Jonathan

I have a Toshiba Laptop that had a Dual Boot of Windows 7 and Linux Mint 17 on it and both OS's worked fine. I've been wanting to use CentOS 7 as my primary OS so that I can become more familar with RPM management and proceeded to remove my Mint installation and replace it with the CENTOS 7 installation, and the install completed successfully. HOWEVER, here's my problem.....

When my laptop starts up, I don't see GRUB nor do I have any option of selecting whether to run Windows or CentOS. It automatically loads up Centos 7. When I do a 'sudo fdisk -l', I can see that SDA1 is an NTFS drive, and when I try the following 'sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/Main\ Drive' I get an error message saying that I can't mount an NTFS drive.

Am I missing something or is there a way to access my Windows files from within Centos. I was able to do this with Mint without an issue, but unable to see any of my windows drives because I can't mount an NTFS drive.

I have no problem with keeping CENTOS as my only OS on this laptop, however, I do need to access the files from the Window's partition, and if anyone can help me to access my files, that would be totally awesome.

Thank you in advance for reading through this and for any help offered.....

Mikey