Can't browse Windows Network in Thunar
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Mar 15 02:06:01 UTC 2012
On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 11:58 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote:
> On 03/13/2012 02:08 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> > Konstantin Svist wrote:
> >> Really? I thought the client simply makes a broadcast and all servers
> >> reply with what they have available...
> >> "myserver" is a linux box running samba, but connecting to a windows box
> >> works too, I believe.
> >
> > The way SMB networking works[1] is that one computer on the network
> > declares itself the master browser. Other computers look for the MB
> > and ask it for the list of computers on the network.
> >
> > On your "myserver" running the samba server, do you have its firewall
> > open for all the Samba ports (both server and client)?
> >
> > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Neighborhood
> > (paragraph starting with "In a workgroup of...")
>
> Yes, I think all the right ports are open (/etc/sysconfig/iptables):
> # Samba [[[[
> -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
> -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT
> -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
> -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
> # ]]]]
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# nmbd running?
systemctl status nmb.service
# start it?
systemctl start nmb.service
# start it at startup
systemctl enable nmb.service
# CLI method to check connections...
smbclient -L IP_ADDRESS_OF_SERVER -U $SOME_VALID_USER
ie...
# smbclient -L 192.168.2.5 -U craig
Enter craig's password:
Domain=[AZAPPLE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
netlogon Disk Network Logon Service
print$ Disk
Storage Disk Main File Storage
Media Disk Media Storage
CD Disk CD virtual drive
Win 2K XP Disk Windows updates for 32 bit
Linux Disk Linux Updates
Macintosh Classic Disk Macintosh Classic OS Updates
Macintosh OSX Disk Macintosh OSX Updates
Music Disk Music Files
Software Disk Installer Images
Documents Disk My Documents
Movies Disk Main File Storage
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Main File Server)
craig Disk Home Directories
Domain=[AZAPPLE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]
Server Comment
--------- -------
LIN-WORKSTATION Samba Server Version 3.6.3-78.fc16
SRV2 Main File Server
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
AZAPPLE SRV2
Now if network browsing is happening, you can use NAME instead of
IP_ADDRESS...
# smbclient -L SRV2 -U craig
Enter craig's password:
Domain=[AZAPPLE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]
QED
Craig
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