ubuntu 8.10 samba browsing

Your problem is related to samba server or client? i.e.
You upgrade your Ubuntu station and cannot access to your usual samba server?
or
You upgrade your Ubuntu samba server and the users cannot access to your shares?

Samba client on my ubuntu Installation trying to connect to NAS
Client = I upgraded my Ubuntu Station from 8.04.1 to Ubuntu 8.10 and cannot access the same smb shares
Server = No change, this is a NAS device.

The Network Attached Storage device is brand/model = D-Link DNS-323

Does any one own this model and is using Ubuntu 8.10? with password protected shares? Aparently it only works if the shares are for anonymous usage and not password protected.

-Jim

Ubuntu 8.10 is trying to use a (more secure) form of authentication that the DNS-323 doesn't support. There is definitely more than one way to solve this.

One way is to hack your DNS-323 to have an updated Samba server which supports more secure types of authentication. This would probably void your warranty, and since I'm not going to try, I won't be covering it.

Another way is to contact D-Link and complain about the Samba on the DNS-323 until they release a firmware with a better version of Samba.

Another way is to make Ubuntu authenticate with your DNS-323 using the weak lanmanager style authentication that the DNS-323 expects. To make this work, I had to edit my samba configuration. Open it up for editing by doing:
Code:

gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Find the [global] section, and insert this line:
Code:

client lanman auth = yes

Hope this helps, let me know

I just tested it aginst a DNS-323 and it worked perfectly, thanks!

Thank you, since the latest updates I have not had any issue with it.

I appreciate your thoroughness with my problem "ticket"

-Jim

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:46 AM, IsBOF
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