Comment 134 for bug 207072

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John Toliver (john-toliver) wrote : Re: [Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

I was in the office on a separate network and the problem still exists.
False alarm. Sorry.

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 14:52, gerstrong <email address hidden> wrote:

> In my case, the problem still remains. All Samba-Shares even from other
> Linux-Computers can be viewed, but all the Shares of Windows-PCs are not
> seen. In Konqueror, both can be viewed.
>
> What I don't understand, that it requests the password after entering
> into the share, not before browsing to PC. In Konqueror you must type it
> when you enter into the Computer to view all the shares, instead of
> entering into the share and typing then.
>
> Am Samstag, den 11.10.2008, 18:37 +0000 schrieb John Toliver:
> > I know this has been stated repeatedly, however when I use the ubuntu (or
> > nautilus) network icon to browse (instead of the one created by fusesmb),
> I
> > no longer have the problem viewing the shares on other machines. Nothing
> > else on my setup has changed. I will continue to test my network
> browsing
> > as I move between different networks. In any case, thank you much for
> the
> > update.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 13:19, Steve Langasek
> > <email address hidden>wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:10:01PM -0000, John Toliver wrote:
> > > > I just got an update to samba and it seems to have fixed this for me.
> > >
> > > If a samba update fixed anything for you, it was not this bug. This is
> not
> > > a bug in samba.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free
> OS
> > > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the
> world.
> > > Ubuntu Developer
> http://www.debian.org/
> > > <email address hidden>
> <email address hidden>
> > >
> > > --
> > > nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS
> network.
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207072
> > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > > of the bug.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > I've discovered the key to success is to never give up. You either learn
> > the right way, or you run out of ways to do it wrong. A win/win
> situation!
> >
> > --
> > nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS
> network.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207072
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of a duplicate bug.
> >
> > Status in gvfs: Confirmed
> > Status in "gvfs" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> > Status in "nautilus" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> > Status in gvfs in Ubuntu Hardy: In Progress
> > Status in nautilus in Ubuntu Hardy: Invalid
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Binary package hint: nautilus
> >
> > Using hardy beta, when I browse with nautilus other machines in an Active
> Directory (ADS) network, some of them do not show their shared folders.
> > The ADS integration of the hardy box was done using winbind, kerberos and
> PAM libraries, essentially as described here:
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto
> > The network contains mostly windows clients, but also several linux
> boxes, which were joined to the ADS domain with the command: 'net ads join'.
> > Machines running windows XP, windows 2003 and samba show '0 objects' in
> nautilus, but after inserting the complete path (eg.: smb://server/share)
> the folders can be accessed after the password prompt.
> > Machines running windows 2000 show their folders regularly.
> >
> > Here is a detailed description of what happens:
> >
> > Case 1
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Browsing from hardy-beta a machine running ubuntu-gutsy server.
> >
> > In a terminal window:
> >
> > renbag@vm-hardy:~$ smbclient -L gutsy-server
> > Password: (password inserted here)
> > Domain=[LAB] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.26a]
> > Sharename Type Comment
> > --------- ---- -------
> > IPC$ IPC IPC Service (gutsy-server (Samba 3.0.26a, Ubuntu))
> > share Disk gutsy-server_share
> > Domain=[LAB] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.26a]
> >
> > In Nautilus:
> >
> > Open Network --> Double-click on the 'LAB' icon (Domain) --> All machines
> are displayed;
> > Double-click on the 'gutsy-server' icon --> after a while, Nautilus
> returns '0 objects', without asking for a password;
> > Insert the full address (smb://gutsy-server/share) --> a password is
> requested and the share content is displayed.
> >
> > Case 2
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Browsing from hardy-beta a machine running Windows XP
> >
> > In a terminal window:
> >
> > renbag@vm-hardy:~$ smbclient -L XP-ACQ
> > Password: (password inserted here)
> > Domain=[LAB] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> > Sharename Type Comment
> > --------- ---- -------
> > IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
> > Data Disk
> > Domain=[LAB] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> >
> > In Nautilus:
> >
> > Same behaviour as in case 1.
> > smb://XP-ACQ --> '0 objects';
> > smb://XP-ACQ/Data --> content displayed after password.
> >
> > Case 3
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Browsing from hardy-beta a machine running Windows 2000
> >
> > In a terminal window:
> >
> > renbag@vm-hardy:~$ smbclient -L TF-2000
> > Password: (password inserted here)
> > Domain=[LAB] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> > Sharename Type Comment
> > --------- ---- -------
> > IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
> > Data Disk
> > Domain=[LAB] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> >
> > In Nautilus:
> >
> > Open Network --> Double-click on the 'LAB' icon (Domain) --> All machines
> are displayed;
> > Double-click on the 'TF-2000' icon --> All the shared folders are
> displayed, without asking for a password;
> > Double-click on the 'Data' folder icon --> a password is requested and
> the content is displayed.
> > (This is the correct and the expected behaviour).
> >
> >
> > Using ubuntu-gutsy boxes, with exactly the same samba configuration
> (smb.conf), to browse the same machines I never observed Nautilus return '0
> objects' as in case 1 and 2.
> > Such a behaviour in hardy will make a normal user think that browsing an
> ADS network does not work at all.
>
> --
> nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207072
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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I've discovered the key to success is to never give up. You either learn
the right way, or you run out of ways to do it wrong. A win/win situation!