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Can't see anything in Network.

Post by nuovo »

Situation here: Internet via router, Mint14 Nadia desktop connected via cable, Win 7 laptop connected via wireless adapter.
Both on laptop and desktop i can't approach Network. Desktop gives: failed to retrieve share list from server.
I want to be able to print via my laptop on the printer which is connected to my desktop(and works ok).
Help is needed.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by altair4 »

For the "failed to retrieve share list" issue go through the checklist and see if it clears up anything:

Samba Browsing Problems Checklist:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 46&start=0

For the printer see if this helps:

Network Printer Sharing
: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=28397
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by nuovo »

Yes now i can see my Win7 laptop on my Linux desktop can open it but on the map users i get: failed to mount Windows share.
On my Win7 laptop i now can see my Linux desktop but can"t access it. Windows says the problems is filesharingon the Linux comp.
Could this have something to do with the Firewall?
Anyway sofar so good!
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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Yes now i can see my Win7 laptop on my Linux desktop can open it but on the map users i get: failed to mount Windows share.
That's a Windows question. Did you create any shares on the WIn7 box? I don't know what "map users" means. You are doing this from the Mint box?
On my Win7 laptop i now can see my Linux desktop but can"t access it. Windows says the problems is filesharingon the Linux comp.
Please post the output of the following commands from the Linux box:

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testparm -s

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net usershare info --long
Could this have something to do with the Firewall?
Yes. Like the HowTo explained turn it off long enough to see if that is the issue.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

net usershare info --long
net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied
You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask your administrator to grant you permissions to create a share.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by igor83 »

nuovo wrote:Yes now i can see my Win7 laptop on my Linux desktop can open it but on the map users i get: failed to mount Windows share.
On my Win7 laptop i now can see my Linux desktop but can"t access it. Windows says the problems is filesharingon the Linux comp.
Could this have something to do with the Firewall?
Anyway sofar so good!
I'm following this thread with interest as I encountered the same problem adding a Windows 7 Home Premium computer to my network, which was running perfectly fine with Windows XP and Linux Mint computers. Always I got the error message "Failed to mount Windows share," even if I disable firewall and antivirus on Windows and open up the paths to everyone and the security as well. In the end I got tired of hitting the same roadblock, and solved the problem by a single command. Here is the command: format c: . Not recommended unless you want to get rid of Windows 7. I had a Windows XP drive ready and waiting in the wings to replace it so the only thing lost was the time messing around with Windows 7. If you get Windows 7 working on your network then bravo. Now there are a lot of "helpful suggestions" on the Internet that recommend running programs and services that are not available on Windows 7 Home Premium, so beware.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
There is far more output from that command than just that. Try it again please and post the entire output.
net usershare info --long
net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied
You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask your administrator to grant you permissions to create a share.
Make sure you are a member of the correct group:

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sudo gpasswd -a your-user-name sambashare
Replace your-user-name with your Mint login user name.

Then logout and login again. Then run the following command again and post it's output:

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net usershare info --long
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by nuovo »

Sorry for this late reaction but have been busy restoring my Win7 installation, since it froze yesterday. Had to run restore! Don't know what caused it. Now i can see my win7 laptop on my Mint comp and have acces to a lot of maps, although i can't open them. On my Win laptop i see my Mint comp but don't have access at all.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by altair4 »

On my Win laptop i see my Mint comp but don't have access at all.
Still need the same information. The output of the following commands:

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testparm -s
net usershare info --long
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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cornelis@lintje ~ $ testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

cornelis@lintje ~ $ net usershare info --long
cornelis@lintje ~ $

The last command doesnot give an output.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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nuovo wrote:cornelis@lintje ~ $ testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

cornelis@lintje ~ $ net usershare info --long
cornelis@lintje ~ $

The last command doesnot give an output.
The output of testparm -s is simply not correct. You are not copying and pasting the entire output to the forum.

Try posting the entire contents of /etc/samba/smb.conf to the forum:

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cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by nuovo »

Here you are:
cornelis@lintje ~ $ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
#
# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
# are not shown in this example
#
# Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
# commented-out examples in this file.
# - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
# differs from the default Samba behaviour
# - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
# behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
# enough to be mentioned here
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
# errors.
# A well-established practice is to name the original file
# "smb.conf.master" and create the "real" config file with
# testparm -s smb.conf.master >smb.conf
# This minimizes the size of the really used smb.conf file
# which, according to the Samba Team, impacts performance
# However, use this with caution if your smb.conf file contains nested
# "include" statements. See Debian bug #483187 for a case
# where using a master file is not a good idea.
#

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = %h server (Samba, LinuxMint)

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
# wins support = no

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
dns proxy = no

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

#### Networking ####

# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
# interface names are normally preferred
; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
# 'interfaces' option above to use this.
# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
; bind interfaces only = yes



#### Debugging/Accounting ####

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
max log size = 1000

# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
# syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


####### Authentication #######

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/ServerType.html
# in the samba-doc package for details.
# security = user

# You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on
# 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
encrypt passwords = true

# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using.
passdb backend = tdbsam

obey pam restrictions = yes

# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
unix password sync = yes

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
pam password change = yes

# This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
# to anonymous connections
map to guest = bad user

########## Domains ###########

# Is this machine able to authenticate users. Both PDC and BDC
# must have this setting enabled. If you are the BDC you must
# change the 'domain master' setting to no
#
; domain logons = yes
#
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of the user's profile directory
# from the client point of view)
# The following required a [profiles] share to be setup on the
# samba server (see below)
; logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
# (this is Samba's default)
# logon path = \\%N\%U\profile

# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
# point of view)
; logon drive = H:
# logon home = \\%N\%U

# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
# in the [netlogon] share
# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
; logon script = logon.cmd

# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
# password; please adapt to your needs
; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

# This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
# SAMR RPC pipe.
# The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

# This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe.
; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

########## Printing ##########

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
# load printers = yes

# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
; printing = bsd
; printcap name = /etc/printcap

# CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
; printing = cups
; printcap name = cups

############ Misc ############

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
# SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
# socket options = TCP_NODELAY

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
# must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
# domain master = auto

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; idmap uid = 10000-20000
; idmap gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash

# The following was the default behaviour in sarge,
# but samba upstream reverted the default because it might induce
# performance issues in large organizations.
# See Debian bug #368251 for some of the consequences of *not*
# having this setting and smb.conf(5) for details.
; winbind enum groups = yes
; winbind enum users = yes

# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
# with the net usershare command.

# Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.
; usershare max shares = 100

# Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
# public shares, not just authenticated ones
usershare allow guests = yes

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
# user's home director as \\server\username
;[homes]
; comment = Home Directories
; browseable = no

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
; read only = yes

# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
; create mask = 0700

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
; directory mask = 0700

# By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone
# with access to the samba server. Un-comment the following parameter
# to make sure that only "username" can connect to \\server\username
# The following parameter makes sure that only "username" can connect
#
# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
; valid users = %S

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; read only = yes

# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
# profile directory may be created the first time they log on
;[profiles]
; comment = Users profiles
; path = /home/samba/profiles
; guest ok = no
; browseable = no
; create mask = 0600
; directory mask = 0700

[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700

# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
# admin users are members of.
# Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
# to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
; write list = root, @lpadmin

# A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
;[cdrom]
; comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
; read only = yes
; locking = no
; path = /cdrom
; guest ok = yes

# The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
# cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
# an entry like this:
#
# /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
#
# The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
#
# If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
# is mounted on /cdrom
#
; preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
; postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom

cornelis@lintje ~ $
It's quite a lot!
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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The Good News: Your smb.conf file is textbook correct.
The Bad News: You don't have any shares defined in smb.conf and the output of the usershare command indicated you didn't create any shares through Nemo so there is nothing for the Win7 machine to access.

Open Nemo
Right click on /home/cornelis/Public
Select "Sharing Options"
Select "Share this folder", "Allow others to create and delete..", "Guest Access".
It will ask you if you want it to alter permissions - you do.
You just created a guest accessible samba share.

Now run the following command and see if your machine and the public share show up:

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smbtree
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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Hmm, how do i open Nemo?? Searched and it is on my computer, only how do i open it??
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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nuovo wrote:Hmm, how do i open Nemo?? Searched and it is on my computer, only how do i open it??
It's the "home" folder on your desktop.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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Found it. Now the outcome of smbtree is: WORKGROUP
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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That's just the first line. Where is the rest of it?
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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cornelis@lintje ~ $ smbtree
Enter cornelis's password:
WORKGROUP
\\WIN7
\\WIN7\Users
\\WIN7\IPC$ Externe IPC
\\WIN7\D$ Standaardshare
\\WIN7\C$ Standaardshare
\\WIN7\ADMIN$ Extern beheer
\\LINTJE lintje server (Samba, LinuxMint)
\\LINTJE\Openbaar
\\LINTJE\deskjet_3500 deskjet_3500
\\LINTJE\IPC$ IPC Service (lintje server (Samba, LinuxMint))
\\LINTJE\print$ Printer Drivers
cornelis@lintje ~ $
This looks promising, however "Lintje" disapeared in my networkscreen of Win7.
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

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Then map it directly:

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\\lintje\openbaar
If it still can't find it then go through the checklist: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 46&start=0

Especially the "name resolve order".
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Re: Can't see anything in Network.

Post by nuovo »

I now have been able to see my Lin-comp. on my Win labtop. Had to switch off the linuxfirewall. Seen the Hp deskjet printer. This printer is controlled with a driver for linux, i don think i will be able to send a printjob to my linuxcomputer from my winlaptop. Anyway thank you for your help.
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