I just installed Mandrake 10.2 on its' own computer in my small home
network which also contains a WinXP Pro computer and a WinXP Home
computer, both using NTFS. I have Samba partially configured I know
because when I use Mandrake's computer setup utility it sees both
Windows computers and all the drives and folders I have marked as shared
on them. They are also all on my desktop and testparm does not indicate
any errors. When I click on any one, I get the following error message:
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Password:
cannot mount on /mnt/Max-C-(H): Operation not permitted
smbmnt failed:1
Please check that the disk is entered correctly.
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From the Windows machines when I open My Network Places and drill down
to the networks I see the Linux network with one member, Localhost.
According to the books I have, to use XP Pro with Linux I have to set
Samba as the Domain controller (among other things) and change the
settings in the Windows computer from workgroup to member of the Linux
domain. The next thing that comes up is a login window and the books
tell me to login as root using the smb root password. When I do that I
get the following error message:
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The following error occurred attempting to join domain "homenet":
You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network.
Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again.
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I have changed the computer name with no effect. From both Windows
computers if I click on the Localhost network member I get the following
error:
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\\Localhost is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.
You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network.
Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again.
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Neither Windows computer has a password because they are single user
machines. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Be they to a web
page or telling me to read pages 102 through 115 of book X, anything to
get me past this part of my Linux experience. All I want to be able to
do is move files between the computers.
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