Mac OSX cannot connect to Ubuntu samba

Question

For about 3 years my mac could connect to my Ubuntu samba, and randomly it stopped working. I get an error code -36 error and it tells me that it can't connect to it. Weirdly enough, thinking I could just wipe my key chain and re-enter the user/pass (which didn't work), smbclient through the command line connects just fine. I am completely stumped as to why my mac is now unable to connect to the samba share on my linux box. I have tried restart my computer, the server, and all services on the server, but not luck. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Josh

Answer 1

[Edit] Apparently there are problems with accessing samba from snow leopard. See here.

Answer 2

Umm, why use SMB between Linux and the Mac? It would seem like NFS would be the server of choice, or possibly AFP. (For AFP, install netatalk.)

You can still run SMB if you need it for Win.