[Tfug] Absurd Samba situation: Fiesty server, WinXP can access it, Gutsy can't?!?

[Jim March]

OK, I can see it in xsmbrowser 3.4, I even have a place available to
put a username/password (for now just the main user/pass for main
login on the server) but it still says "unable to find computer" (even
though I can see the damnthing right there...).

Sigh.

Jim

On Nov 3, 2007 1:44 AM, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
> >From what I read on Ubuntu forums, Gutsy is almost Alpha now and many have networking problems.  That's why I run Feisty on my laptop and Dapper on my desk top with no problems.
>
> Try Xsmbrowser.  It's crude but works, at least in Feisty and Dapper and, of course, Debian stable.
>
> Earl
>
> "God made man, Sam Colt made men equal."
> "The fates guide him who will, him who won't they drag" Spengler
>
>
> -- "Jim March" <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, read that title again.  I have a server up and running in
> Feisty.  Works great, SMB shares created, seven WinXP boxes happily
> using it.  All on the same network, DHCP access behind a dedicated
> firewall/router.
>
> The one Gutsy machine on the 'net (also behind the firewall, DHCP)
> cannot see the Fiesty server.
>
> WTF?
>
> Like help?
>
> I've been RTFMing for hours.  With no fixed IP addresses a lot of the
> "Linux to Linux" tools fail.  But I should still be able to see the
> SMB shares, right!?
>
> What I need here is a fixed mount point to a single share.  I figure
> once I have something like /media/share/appname or whatever I should
> be able to link to that mountpoint from within VirtualBox and an XP
> virtual machine - the end goal of this excercise.
>
> And yes, I've got networking established in Virtualbox 1.5.2 ("full
> edition" not "OSE") but only by way of NAT, not a "straight shot to
> the host Ethernet hardware".  Therefore the Virtual Machine XP can't
> browse the network (and find the server) either.
>
> At one point while trying to make that work I followed directions here:
>
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Advanced_Networking_Linux
>
> They're kinda crude instructions.  For a little while something on
> this page, not sure what, allowed Ubuntu to "network browse" all the
> way through "Windows Network">"MSHOME">myservername but clicking on
> the server gave an access error, no prompt for a password.
>
> I call this situation "absurd" because you'd think Ubuntu would have
> an easier time getting into an Ubuntu box than friggin' WinXP would,
> right?
>
> Any clue appreciated...'cuz I'm just stumped.  Pretty much every other
> Samba-related thread on ubuntuforums covers Windows failing to get
> into an Ubuntu-based share, and since the SEARCH ENGINE IS BROKEN
> there I've got to yell for help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
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