[Bio-Linux] BioLinux 8.0 cannot connect to windows file server

[Hans-Werner Herrmann]

Thanks! That worked. File server is mounted now.

H-W

Hans-Werner Herrmann, PhD
School of Plant Sciences
Joint Appointments with School of Natural Resources and the Environment &
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences
University of Arizona
Email: hwh at u.arizona.edu
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On 11/26/2014 9:17 AM, Tony Travis wrote:
> On 26/11/14 15:15, Hans-Werner Herrmann wrote:
>> I am running a server with BioLinux 8.0 and am trying to access our
>> Windows file server through "Connect to server..." every time I enter
>> smb://  I get a message saying "This file server type is not recognized"
>> and the Connect botton is grayed out. Can you help with this?
> Hi, Hans-Werner.
>
> I can connect to Windows using Nautilus "connect to server" OK, but the
> server is NOT in an NT domain. I suspect that your problem is the
> Windows server you are trying to access is using NT domain security and
> it won't let you in unless your Bio-Linux machine joins the NT domain.
>
> You could, instead, use cifs to connect and this might be a better
> solution because it means the files are accessible to any program.
>
> I put a line like this in /etc/fstab:
>
>> //windows-server      /share  cifs    noauto,credentials=filename     0       0
> Where:
>
>    //windows-server is DNS name of your Windows server
>    /share is the name of the Windows share you want to access
>    cifs is the filesystem type
>    noauto means don't automatically mount it when booting Linux
>    credentials is a file containing the Windows login credentials
>
> Please note that the credentials file MUST be well protected(!).
>
> You can debug the connection using "smbclient" - Try:
>
>    smbclient -L servername
>
> [Just press enter when asked for a password]
>
> HTH,
>
>    Tony.
>
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