file-sharing between mac and ubuntu-linux

Dear Drew Reece,

Thanks for the information.

But I was already aware of this article.

As I pointed out: I can log into the shared folder on my ubuntu machine from my mac. But the other way round does not work. There are rather strange issues.

When I tried to connect from the cli, I got the following answer:

[code]$ smbclient -L MacBook-Air-van-Marc.local

WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated

Enter marc's password:

session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE[/code]

So: my ubuntu cant log in. That's clear enough.

Nevertheless it can [b]contact[/b] the mac, as the "nmblookup" command shows:

[code]$ nmblookup -AS 192.168.x.xxx

Looking up status of 192.168.x.xxx

MACBOOKAIR-Dxxx <00> - H <ACTIVE>

MACBOOKAIR-Dxxx <20> - H <ACTIVE>

WORKGROUP <00> - <GROUP> H <ACTIVE>

MAC Address = <een aantal letters en cijfers>[/code]

So: why is there that: "NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE"??

On the graphical plain: when I use the gui in "nautilus" (graphical file-manager in ubuntu)to log in, I get this window:

I get the choice of login in as a registered user, with password, or "anonymously", without password.

Neither works! The login window disappears and reappears endlessly!

I do not know is the developers are aware of this issue?

It does not ruin my life! I installed SSH/SFTP protocol and that works perfectly in both directions between mac and ubuntu. But I want to solve this strange samba-puzzle. Or at least find out what causes it.

Thanks for your patience and attention.

Marc.

Dear Drew,

I have one more question:

Is the samba-server installed on the ubuntu?

Then: the situation is different:

Yours: ubuntu 17.04, Mac OS 10.9.5

mine: ubuntu 16.04 (samba-server installed), Mac OS 10.13.2

Although I allowed "guest" the way you showed me, the login window does not give me a choice between "anonymous" and "user-password".

The things I have been reading - concerning this "modified samba implementation"- tell me that the situation has changed.

It seems to be more problematic. I get the impression that apple is more or less abandoning the samba-project. (Again: why is there no nsmb.conf file anymore? That's weird.)

On the other hand: I'm enjoying using the mac-notebook.

When my old Asus-laptop broke down, I decided to buy a mac. Its an OS I never used. It's very elegant and handy.

But one must learn to accept the commercial limitations.

In linux, there are no secrets.

Here, on the mac, I have no way to find out where this "mysterious modified samba-implementation" is hidden, not to say: configure it.

But otherwise the mac is great!

And I can dance a sensual samba with it, thanks to the ubuntu-server! 😁

I tried the following command on my macnotebook: "smbutil view -g".

It found my samba-server on my ubuntu-machine.

But it dindn't find the samba-server on my mac. Got the following output:

"smbutil: server rejected the authentication: Authentication error".

What does it mean, or what is the reason for this?

File-sharing is activated on my mac!

Is it overruled by the server on ubuntu? Or something of the sort?

I am an absolute beginner on the subject of Samba en yes: dont give me the RTFM treatment 😊.

Its very difficult stuff for the layman. I can use some help. And if its actually a bug, then there is very little one can do.

Thank you for this information.

I set a password with "smbpasswd" on mac for user "marc". When I log in with "smbclient" from ubuntu, I suppose this is the password asked for? Nevertheless it is not accepted (or something else in not accepted).

Reading the samba-manuel (and also understand it) is a lot of work.

I'm afraid I'm an absolute beginner, and I need a lot of study. (But I'm not "geekish" at all, just an ordinary mac-newbee, hoping that things work, out of the box).

I can use the samba in one way: I can reach the shared-map on my ubuntu from the mac.

Does that mean that the ubuntu-samba-server uses the mac as smb-client, but that the mac-server can't use the ubuntu as a client?

I have only two machines on my LAN: the ubuntu and the macnotebook (used mostly outdoors). That's the reason for using samba: getting stuff from my home-computer, working outdoors with the mac.

I'm glad it works in one direction, so I can actually use it.

Not being able to reach the shared-map on the mac does not really matter. I'm only curious why it does not work.

I read somewhere, that on a LAN, you should set only one machine as the "master-browser" on the network. You can look up the master with the command "nmblookup -M - --". I did this on both machines. On the ubuntu it mentions the ubuntu-server. The server on the mac wasn't mentioned. On the mac nothing was found.

As you can read, this is the gibberish of a layman.

I still know very little (or nothing) about domains etc.

I discovered the "systempreferences>share>File Sharing" option on the mac, activated it and merrily tried to log in on the mac from my ubuntu, and it didn't work. Then I installed the samba-server on my ubuntu.

Maybe the two servers conflict?

If I find the time and the courage, I'll study the ****** thing.

Thanks for all your trouble.

Marc

Sorry, little mistake.

I used the "nmblookup -M - --" on the mac whilst the ubuntu was shut down.

I executed the command on my mac with both machines on and it again pointed out ubuntu as "master-browser".

No mac!

Dear Drew,

Samba is installed on High Sierra.

You can find it: "/opt/local/etc/sabma3".

The configuration file is called: "smb.config.sample"

What I suspect is: it has been modified, so that you can log in from other mac-machines or from windows-machines. (Samba was originally developed for sharing files and printers between unix/linux- and windows-machines.)

I can only assess that the mac-version makes it very difficult for ubuntu-linux, to log in.

This feature: "system preferences>share>enable file sharing" is a function of samba.

The command "nmblookup -M - --", executed on the mac, shows this:

"querying __MSBROWSE__ on 192.168.0.255

192.168.x.xxx(=ip-adress of ubuntu-machine) __MSBROWSE__<01>"

Which - as far as I understand - means that only the ubuntu-samba is considered as server.

Look... this is only conjecture from my side. I'm the layman here.

I wonder if this issue has been looked into by the developers of the file-sharing-project on mac?

Now were getting somewhere!

My god... you are right! MacPorts installed samba.

How this happened, I don't even know. I didn't install it intentionally. But there it is!

The command: "port installed" gave "samba3 @3.6.25_2 (active)".

Also "kerberos5 @1.15.2_0 (active)".

Before we go into it further - and I start to delete or uninstall things - I want to know something crystal clearly:

If I hadn't installed MacPorts, that - without my intention - installed samba3, as part of an installation I made (kde?... Xcode?): are there issues, logging in from a linux machine, when the option "file sharing" on the mac is activated?

I mean: do you have noticed complaints, reports about that?

If it is so, that there are normally no problems using the file-sharing option, between mac- and linux-machines, I could proceed to uninstall the macports-version, and see what happens.

Another question: why is there no nsmb.conf file in my /etc ?

I deactivated the samba in MacPorts (found out it was automatically installed when I installed kde's "gwenview" - I only wanted "gwenview", but apparently got all the rest of kde also!😝)

So, what a surprise for the blundering, experimenting layman!

Nevertheless: I deactivated this blasted samba, but I can still not log in into the mac to reach its Public Folder (supposed to be the shared folder).

Always the same: the login window is endlessly repeating itself.

I strongly suspect: logging in from a linux-machine is not allowed by this apple-samba-emulation!

I'm I right?

If you know any ubuntu-users who have also mac-machines on their LAN, please, ask them if they have the same problem as I have.

I am not desperate at all. I use the SSH/SFTP connection an my LAN and that works just fine.