Samba between Ubuntu server 10.10 and Windows Vista, Windows 7
- by chepukha
I have a linux box running Linux server ubuntu 10.10. I have installed Samba on this linux box and want to share files with my laptops which run Windows Vista home and Windows 7 home.
I have been struggling with the setup for almost a month but couldn't get it right. If I try to access share folder from Windows Vista, I get message
"Windows cannot access \\server_ip_address".
Error code: 0x80070035. The network path was not found.
If I access from Windows 7, then after entering password to login I can see the list of share folders on Linux box. But if I click on a share folder, I get the same error message as above.
Tail /var/log/samba/log.windows7-pc I got the following message:
[2011/03/16 00:17:41.427238, 0] smbd/service.c:988(make_connection_snum)
canonicalize_connect_path failed for service sharemedia, path /root/sharemedia
Here is my setting in smb.conf
[global]
share modes = yes
netbios name = Samba
workgroup = WORKGROUP
wins support = yes
encrypt passwords = true
[sharemedia]
comment = Tesing sharing using Samba
path=/root/sharemedia/
public = yes
valid users = samba_usr_name
; make sure all files are sensible permissions
create mask = 0660
force create mask = 0660
directory mask = 2770
force directory mask = 2770
directory security mask = 0000
; Normal share parameters
read only = no
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = no
