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binkocd
02-02-2009, 01:12 PM
I am on a Windows Server 2003 machine and trying to map to a samba share. I can map to other Windows Shares, I can ping the server i am trying to map to, and I can map to it from other Windows machines. I get System Error 59 when trying to connect to one samba share, and the other just says "network name cannot be found". I have looked for an answer and can't find anything. Thanks for any help.
computoman
02-02-2009, 03:29 PM
Here is a start:
www.technet.com
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=System+Error+59&form=STOHSS
binkocd
02-02-2009, 07:10 PM
That's about as far as I got last time. There is nothing really there. Thanks though.
computoman
02-03-2009, 12:44 AM
You will want to make sure that all the samba related file sharing services are running and that a firewall is not blocking access. In addition to that, recheck the access rights. Check the workgroup name to see if it matches for the samba and the windoze network. If you do not already use it the web based SWAT is great for remotely setting features of samba without having to mess with the conf files. Personally I avoid Microsoft file sharing like the plague for it's insecurity. On our servers we only use sshfs and nfs. Sshfs is so much eaier to manage. I do have machines with the samba client to access other peoples systems.