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

[Jim March]

Got it.  Turns out there are two smb.conf files and they have to
match. It appears normal(!) to have two, as both the server and
workstation were the same way.

Sigh.

Anyways.  Works like a champ now.

Better yet: turns out you can create a directory under /media for a
given share, make a hard-link to it in fstab (smbfs) and then from
within Virtualbox, "share the share" with the XP virtual machine.
Inside the machine, create a drive letter to the /media/sharename
folder and effectively link "X:" or whatever to the network server.

VERY cool.

Jim

On 11/3/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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