Problem mounting a Linux share in OS X

I have two computers, one is a Mac running OS X 1.2, and the other is
a PC running Red Hat Linux 9.0. I'm trying to get my Mac to be able
to mount shares on my PC.

smbd is running. Under the Samba Server Coniguration, I created a
Windows user called "TIMUR", and I'm trying to get it to mount
/home/timur.

The Mac can see the PC when I go to "Connect to Server", but it
insists on mounting /root instead of /home/timur. When I try to
mount, I get back an error -5023.

What am I missing?

Timur Tabi typed:


> smbd is running. Under the Samba Server Coniguration, I created a
> Windows user called "TIMUR", and I'm trying to get it to mount
> /home/timur.

what do you mean by 'under the samba server coniguration'? what have you
done exactly?
you should be adding a regular user to your linux box with 'useradd' or by
using one of the user GUI tools in redhat. i'm not sure what samba server
configuration tool allows you to create windows users? after adding a user to
your linux box (the regular way), then you need to run the
'smbpasswd name-of-user' command for that user to give him a password.

> The Mac can see the PC when I go to "Connect to Server", but it
> insists on mounting /root instead of /home/timur. When I try to
> mount, I get back an error -5023.
>
> What am I missing?

from the Mac - when you 'connect-to-server'.
in the address bar of the dialog box type:
smb://IPaddress-of-linuxPC/timur
it maybe smb://IPaddress-of-linuxPC/home/timur (can't remember off hand)
then you should be asked for password from the authentication dialog box.


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> what do you mean by 'under the samba server coniguration'?

Red Hat 9 comes with a GUI tool call "Samba Server". It's available
via System Settings -> Server Settings -> Samba Server. It might be
Gnome app.

> what have you
> done exactly?
> you should be adding a regular user to your linux box with 'useradd' or by
> using one of the user GUI tools in redhat.

I've done that.

> i'm not sure what samba server
> configuration tool allows you to create windows users? after adding a user to
> your linux box (the regular way), then you need to run the
> 'smbpasswd name-of-user' command for that user to give him a password.

It sounds like this GUI tool allows me to specify a userid different
from the one I created with useradd, but still associated with it.

> from the Mac - when you 'connect-to-server'.
> in the address bar of the dialog box type:
> smb://IPaddress-of-linuxPC/timur
> it maybe smb://IPaddress-of-linuxPC/home/timur (can't remember off hand)
> then you should be asked for password from the authentication dialog box.

I am asked for the password, but it gives me an error when I try to
connect.

Timur Tabi typed:

>
> I am asked for the password, but it gives me an error when I try to
> connect.

have you run 'smbpasswd' for the user?
if you have? try 'smbpasswd -e username'. see if that does anything?

'less /etc/samba/smbpasswd'
see if your user is there with an encripted password.

other things to check:
-is smbd running
-is nmbd running
-try restarting smbd ('service smbd restart')
-have you played with your /etc/samba/smb.conf file?
-does the workgroup name of your Mac match the workgroup name in your
smb.conf file?
-is your Mac's ip address in the smb.conf file's hosts allow setting
-is your 'hosts deny = all' setting uncommented or commented in smb.conf?

try that, see if it gets you anywhere.

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