samba path not found

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I am trying to set a samba server on my Linux redhat server.

My server is at machinename.myschool.edu, I can ping and ssh to it without problem.

My smb.conf looks like this:

[sharename]
comment = my share
path = /home/username
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = username

I restart the samba service after editing smb.conf.

However, I am not able to connect to it both on my mac and pc, using the samba server address:

\\machinename.myschool.edy\sharename

Mac give me error :"server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time" PC: "The network path was not found"

I am also not able to see my machine with the "smbtree".

Could anyone suggest how to fix this?

Thank you

Are you able to connect to it from your PC? Also, does the Mac's Finder see machinename.myschool.edy under Network? — lurker
– lurker, Commented Jan 19, 2014 at 19:14
hi mbrath, thank you for replying. Yes I am able to connect to it from both my pc and mac. by ping or ssh — Mark5907
– Mark5907, Commented Jan 20, 2014 at 2:42

lurker · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-20 11:25:35Z

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From a Unix-based system, to access a Samba share on another system from the command line, you need to use smbclient or use mount to mount a share drive.

You can list shares available from a system running Samba using this command:

smbclient -L //machinename.myschool.edy

If you want to access a file share, you can mount it as follows:

mount -t cifs -o user=user_name //machinename.myschool.edy/sharename /place/to/mount

It should prompt you for the password for user_name. And this assumes user_name has permission to access the share as given by the Samba configuration of the server you are accessing.

There are various online resources that describe more details such as: http://www.linuxnix.com/2009/09/8-ways-to-mount-smbfs-samba-file-system-in-linux.html or http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Mounting_samba_shares_from_a_unix_client

edited Jan 20, 2014 at 11:25

answered Jan 20, 2014 at 11:18

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