Fluxbox Mint - GNOME Mint file sharing [SOLVED]

[boballen55]

I'm having trouble file sharing on a local area network with a laptop with the Fluxbox version of Mint and a desktop with the Main edition. I really just want to have my desktop allow access to a couple of files such as my music folder just to be able to use them around the house. So I've done the normal allowing sharing on the desktop with the folders I want, changed the permissions so anyone can create/delete, allowed guest access and it still was giving me trouble. So I found this post: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=142&t=44236&p=254648&hilit=file+sharing#p254998
and added the recommended information to may hosts file and created the suggested Network folder for easy access in thunar. This has allowed me to see my desktop on the network and the shared folders. But I cannot open them and access the folders. I always get: 'Failed to open directory "file". Connection timed out.'

What can I do?

[altair4]

I know nothing of Fluxbox but hopefully the samba part underneath is the same. Post the output of the following commands:

From the Laptop:

Open Terminal
Type smbtree

smbtree doesn't fix anything it simply lists all the shares on the network and more importantly it will generate error messages if it finds something wrong.


From the Desktop:

Open Terminal
Type net usershare info
Type testparm -s

These two commands will tell us what method of samba sharing you're using ( there are two methods ) and how your shares are set up.

[boballen55]

For the Desktop:

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net usershare info
[music]
path=/home/jason/Music
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:F,
guest_ok=y


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testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
[global]
   server string = %h server (Samba, LinuxMint)
   map to guest = Bad User
   obey pam restrictions = Yes
   pam password change = Yes
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
   unix password sync = Yes
   syslog = 0
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 1000
   dns proxy = No
   usershare allow guests = Yes
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   create mask = 0700
   printable = Yes
   browseable = No
   browsable = No

[print$]
   comment = Printer Drivers
   path = /var/lib/samba/printers


[boballen55]

From the Laptop:

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smbtree
WORKGROUP
   \\JASON-LAPTOP         jason-laptop server (Samba, LinuxMint)
      \\JASON-LAPTOP\IPC$              IPC Service (jason-laptop server (Samba, LinuxMint))
      \\JASON-LAPTOP\print$            Printer Drivers
   \\JASON-DESKTOP        jason-desktop server (Samba, LinuxMint)
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to JASON-DESKTOP<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_HOST_UNREACHABLE

I see there is some error here but I don't understand it...

[altair4]

More questions I'm afraid.

(1) Can you access the Minst desktop by ip address rather than by machine name. Have no idea how to do that in Fluxbox, I hope you do.

(2) If you have done anything to the firewall on either machine disable them and try it again. The default setup of the firewall will not case a problem so this is only if you have created your own rules.

(3) What are the permissions on /var/lib/samba/usershares on the Desktop?

Open Terminal
Type ls -dl /var/lib/samba/usershares

It should look this this:

drwxrwx--T 2 root sambashare

If it isn't let us know.

[boballen55]

Wow, I'm an idiot. I just had a typo in the IP address in the hosts file... I thought I double checked it and since I could see the desktop in the network folder I was pretty sure it had to have been right. Thanks for your help, I never would have looked at that closely again if you hadn't recommended trying to use the IP address instead of machine name even though that shouldn't ever matter.