I just attempted to setup samba with the following results:
(comp.protocols.samba probably would've been a better place to post this
question but our news server is currently down and probably won't be up
for quite a while)
At one point, 'nbtstat -a <linuxIP>' under NT was finding my linux box
but, after fooling around in my smb.conf I've manage to obliterate it
totally from view... I get a "Host not found." error.
If I do an 'smbclient -L <linuxIP> under linux, I get:
Added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Broken pipe.
session request to 192.168.2.77 failed
read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Broken pipe.
session request to *SMBSERVER failed
I believe my local network is NetBIOS running on TCP/IP and doesn't use
WINS resolution. It's behind a socks5 firewall (not that that has anything
to do with it). As you may see from my smb.conf file below, I've created
an account called 'winloser' which is a member of the group users. The
directory /export/cifs below is owned by root and the group users. If
there's any other info I can provide, let me know...
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]
netbios name = TUX
workgroup = UNAFFILIATED
server string = Samba Server
guest account = winloser
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 100
security = user
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44
dns proxy = no
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /export/cifs
public = yes
only guest = yes
writable = no
printable = no
