Networking (LAN) Imac + linux box

**Skunk** · 2nd February 2006, 10:48

What point does it 'endlessly' try to connect at? After 'Connect', after selecting a volume, or after authenticating?

**MrMelon** · 2nd February 2006, 12:13

Did you ever get itto stop acking for a user and password when you tried to connect to the share on the linux box? Setting "security = share" instead of "security = user" in your smb.comf should fix that...

**dhunt** · 2nd February 2006, 14:41

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

tried the first and it doesnt want to go; It is not an address, it is a folder. The second does not freeze finder, but it endlessly tries to connect, without doing anything else.

So am I right in thinking you can't mount the linux box at all from the mac using the finder? Are you going to Tools menu(I think but can't remember and don't have a mac here) -> connect to server. That's normally how I use to do it.

**Skunk** · 2nd February 2006, 14:50

Aaaargh!

Just so it's clear here: An OSX Mac can and will without any mods from a standard install mount any SMB share. You don't need to change a thing on the Mac. Doing so will probably stuff it up. Not sure if that is what has happened here...

A standard install of Ubuntu was fairly straight forward to get it to share an SMB share. No editing on any config file was required. I outlined the steps to do it on about page 6 of this thread. Here. Don't know what state the Ubuntu box is in now after all the config editing...

I tested all this. Reinstalled two clean machines and checked it again. If it doesn't work as I have posted then something is wrong with the install.

I did not once use the Terminal on the Mac - no need to. One small use of the Terminal on Ubuntu on the PC to setup the SMB passwords/users.

**Posh Tourer :P** · 3rd February 2006, 00:05

Yeah I know. I re-installed smb on ubuntu, and re-did all the steps from start. I have the Ubuntu box working, but I still cannot access the linux files on ITunes. I try using finder -> connect to server and it says "connecting to server 192.168.X.XX" (the correct number - I checked by pinging it and other things. The view I have in the finder/network window is trying to use a NFS share, perhaps the one I set up earlier, to access the files.

I was using terminal to try and check if I could get to the smb shares at all - which I can (IIRC, I didnt actually change any settings on the mac apart from setting null passwords for the local shares). I just cant do it through finder, which I think is what is needed to be able to mount the folder(s). Unless I can do it via terminal, but I dont know how to do that.

**Skunk** · 3rd February 2006, 06:41

You're typing in "smb://ip.address"? - the smb:// is important...

I know it's probably a silly question but it must be asked.
The first attachment is my old 10.2.8 box so it looks 'upside down', second is 10.3.9 - note the SMB connections vs the afp connections in the favourites of the 10.3.9

**Posh Tourer :P** · 3rd February 2006, 10:48

Yes I am....

**Skunk** · 3rd February 2006, 11:03

OK. Can you post the full transcript from the Terminal when you successfully connect from there? I want to see the making of the connection as well as the cd to the dir.

**Posh Tourer :P** · 3rd February 2006, 11:37

iMac:~ caracol$ smbclient //linuxmusic/hdb3
Password:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-Ubuntu]
smb: \> dir
. D 0 Thu Jan 19 15:46:51 2006
.. D 0 Thu Jan 26 01:19:31 2006
lost+found D 0 Wed Mar 9 16:10:50 2005
mp3s-part1 D 0 Thu Jan 19 23:20:03 2006
itunes 2 D 0 Sun Aug 21 12:10:43 2005
.DS_Store AH 12292 Tue Oct 11 16:51:40 2005
Photos D 0 Mon Jan 2 18:11:59 2006
iTunes D 0 Fri Oct 14 18:57:00 2005
garbage D 0 Wed Aug 24 16:28:54 2005
untitled folder D 0 Sun Aug 7 16:42:38 2005
iPodRip D 0 Fri Aug 26 20:14:32 2005
allmusic D 0 Mon Aug 29 15:59:58 2005
.TemporaryItems DH 0 Wed Sep 28 00:30:52 2005
._.TemporaryItems AH 82 Wed Sep 28 00:30:52 2005
.Trash-casacaracol DH 0 Mon Jan 23 18:38:09 2006
smb.conf 8137 Fri Jan 13 21:13:47 2006

56808 blocks of size 2097152. 12508 blocks available
smb: \>

**Posh Tourer :P** · 4th February 2006, 01:59

Well, it is finally fixed!!

Thanks to Skunk for the final fixes last night (connecting to smb://linuxmusic/hdb3 in finder, not 192.168.X.XX, or smb://linuxmusic/hdb3/), and thanks to limbimtimwim for your help getting to the end.....

**Skunk** · 4th February 2006, 08:14

Yeah, it appears your Ubuntu is picking up a different IP number all the time for what you were saying on the chat. Trying to connect the Mac to a moving target...

That might be something to look into. You are using DHCP on your router?

Having a non-working Samba install didn't help things either.

Most important: does the Mac connect at startup OK?