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Drew Noakes
Asked: 2013-02-05 02:27:08 +0800 CST

Accessing Ubuntu from Windows over Samba: The specified network name is no longer available

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I've just installed Samba on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine and need to access it from Windows Server 2008.

$ sudo apt-get install samba
$ service smbd status
smbd start/running, process 23485

When I try to connect from the Windows Run dialog using \\192.168.1.111 (verified using ifconfig) I see the error message:

\\192.168.1.111

The specified network name is no longer available

This error pops up immediately. Note that before installing smbd the error took a while to appear and was a generic cannot connect to host type error. If I stop smbd, then the response goes back to timing out, so I know there's connectivity between the boxes.

What does this mean and what can I do to resolve this?

windows

1 Answers

  1. when you map the network drive from Windows, do not [Browse] for the share. instead, type it in manually (eg. \192.168.0.100\ubuntushare). then check the box that says, "Connect using different credentials".

    when you click [Finish], you'll be prompted for a network password. enter either your Ubuntu login credentials (or, preferably, your samba user/pass (as generated with the command: sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME)).

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