----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Mikesell" <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "Jeff Boyce" <jboyce AT meridianenv DOT com>
Cc: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" 
<backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Connection failed, nt status bad network name


> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Jeff Boyce <jboyce AT meridianenv DOT com> 
> wrote:
>>
>>> Try using smbclient to connect to the shares you are trying to back
>>> up, using the same names and credentials.  You might get better error
>>> messages in an interactive mode.
>>>
>>
>> I am not familiar with smbclient options and example usage.  Will have to
>> look this up more, but a basic query gives the same error as BackupPC.
>>
>> [root@bacteria ~]# smbclient -L jab-opti755
>> Enter root's password:
>> session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
>
> You probably don't have a 'root' user on the windows box. Try:
> smbclient  '//jab-opti755/c$' -UAdministrator
> or something that matches your shares.
>

[root@bacteria ~]# smbclient  '//jab-opti755/c$' -UAdministrator
Enter Administrator's password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate 6002 Service Pack 2] 
Server=[Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate 6.0]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED


Ok, that one didn't work.  But if I switch to the user that is common 
between Bacteria and jab-opti755, I can connect and see the desired share 
that I want to backup.  What does this tell me?  Where do I go from here?


[jeffb@bacteria root]$ smbclient  '//jab-opti755/f$'
Enter jeffb's password:
Domain=[JAB-OPTI755] OS=[Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate 6002 Service Pack 2] 
Server=[Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate 6.0]
smb: \>
smb: \>
smb: \> dir
  $RECYCLE.BIN                      DHS        0  Sat Feb 23 16:58:00 2013
  01 Cull Files                      DA        0  Mon Mar  4 15:00:22 2013
  010 DVD TempWrite                  DA        0  Mon Mar  4 12:43:14 2013
  011 ExportedEmail                  DA        0  Sun Feb 24 12:16:51 2013
  012 QBTimer                        DA        0  Sun Feb 24 12:06:24 2013
  013 Email                           D        0  Fri Mar  8 15:57:22 2013
  02 Office Home Transfer            DA        0  Sun Feb 24 11:04:21 2013
  03 Office Projects                 DA        0  Sun Feb 24 11:04:13 2013
  04GISData                          DA        0  Sun Feb 24 11:39:09 2013
  05GISArchiveData                   DA        0  Sun Feb 24 12:05:05 2013
  06 Office Reference                DA        0  Tue Mar  5 10:10:49 2013
  07 Home Projects                   DA        0  Sun Feb 24 12:07:03 2013
  08 OpenSource                      DA        0  Mon Feb 25 16:16:32 2013
  09 CD-DVD TempWrite                DA        0  Mon Mar  4 12:49:25 2013
  System Volume Information         DHS        0  Sat Feb 23 16:57:54 2013

                48078 blocks of size 4194304. 24409 blocks available


>> My Samba config does not include a name resolve order setting.  And 
>> looking
>> at the original Samba config that came with the CentOS 6 installation, 
>> there
>> was not one in that either.  I checked my old Samba Server (RHEL 3) and 
>> it
>> was in the original config for that one, but commented out.  Is this 
>> maybe
>> my problem, do I need to include the following line in my Samba config to
>> complete a proper configuration?
>>
>> name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast host
>
> None of that should matter if your DNS works.
>
> -- 
>  Les Mikesell
>     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
>

Jeff

Jeff Boyce
Meridian Environmental




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