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Mount Win2K shares from a Linux Client.

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by geo26

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Here's the scenario:
mount -t smbfs //machinename/sharename /mountpoint

In one domain:
Works OK for shares on one win 2K server. (Exch 2K, SQL, IIS)
Does Not work for shares on another server (DC).

In another domain:
No shares will mount. The server in this case is just a plain vanilla Win 2K file server -- used a just that -- a respository of files and apps.

Each failure yields the ERRDOS: ERRnoaccess message.
And, I can ping by name to/from any machine on the network.

no password encryption.
How obvious is that which I'm missing, here?

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by khuffmanjr

ensure that both the share permissions and the NTFS permissions are set so the "everyone" group have at least read permissions.

its very important that the NTFS permissions are set correctly. one may set the share permissions to allow access, but if the NTFS permissions are not set to allow access, the user will not have acces.

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by johnj

I had this problem on my home network, with Win2K server and Linux client running samba. First I updated Samba to 2.2.5. No change. Then I set Samba (in smb.conf) to handle encrypted passwords. Bingo! I can now access my Win2K machine, as long as the folders are explicitly shared AND I (as a Linux user) have a valid user account on the Win2k server. (It is not a DC, BTW, so there is no netlogon involved.)

Win2k encrypts passwords by default. Samba doesn't, so check that first. Make sure your user accounts agree on both machines, particularly on the DC. Smb.conf can coordinate UNIX and Windows users, but I can't help you with that aspect.

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