Samba doesn't display the shared stuffs

[DH]

Looked at some previous bugs, but they are out-of-date so I think this problem is the new bug.

Some sources of the bug :

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4867618
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786156
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4885560

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04, upgraded from Ubuntu 7.10, which I previously used.

Well, simply put, in Ubuntu 7.10, you just need to open Nautilus, press Ctrl + L, type in "smb://LAN IP" then ALL the shared stuffs (files, folders...) will be displayed and ready, however, in Ubuntu 8.04, after typing in "smb://LAN IP", all you get is nothing in Nautilus. What you have to do is to add the full name of the shared folder right after the LAN IP to make it look like "smb://LAN IP/SharedFolder".

What is annoying about this is, when you share a LAN with others, and you frequently need to access their remote PCs but you have to ask for the name/path of the shared files/folders in order to access.

Please get this fixed as soon as possible.
Thanks

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Hi,

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 02:03:40PM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> Well, simply put, in Ubuntu 7.10, you just need to open Nautilus, press
> Ctrl + L, type in "smb://LAN IP" then ALL the shared stuffs (files,
> folders...) will be displayed and ready, however, in Ubuntu 8.04, after
> typing in "smb://LAN IP", all you get is nothing in Nautilus. What you
> have to do is to add the full name of the shared folder right after the
> LAN IP to make it look like "smb://LAN IP/SharedFolder".

Are you able to access the server LAN_IP with the smbclient command line
?

  status incomplete

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Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com

[DH (cunghungcucac)]

Hi Mathias Gug, thank you for your reply

Here is the result of the 'smbclient' command :

smbclient -L 10.15.90.240 -U netw
Password:
Domain=[LAPTOPNETW] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

 Sharename Type Comment
 --------- ---- -------
 mtdEVA2002 Disk
 IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
 D$ Disk Default share
 Office2003 Disk
 images Disk
 ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
 C$ Disk Default share
session request to 10.15.90.240 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 10 failed (Called name not present)
Domain=[LAPTOPNETW] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

 Server Comment
 --------- -------

 Workgroup Master
 --------- -------

[DH (cunghungcucac)]

For your information, I'm still able to use rdesktop to remotely gain access & control the remote PC by using the command : rdesktop 10.15.90.240 which is the IP of the aforementioned PC. So, that means there's still connection between our PCs, am I right?

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Yes.

Can you confirm that the ouput of smbclient -L lists all the shares available on the server ?

[DH (cunghungcucac)]

Hi Mathias Gug,

Yes, as shown above, it lists all the shares available on the remote PC.