Is your Win98 box logged onto the network with the same user name that you use on the linuxbox? Did you add a Samba user using the same usernam and password that you would use on the linuxbox and winbox?
All of these coicide. I use webmins samba interface to add users automatically when a linux user is add... or swats interface allows you to create users as well. Bill Day Linux 2.2.20-1tr i586 5:10am up 4 days, 9:28, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ----- Original Message ----- From: bof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 10:42 PM Subject: Re: Sharing Windows 98 files with Samba-lite under VMware 3.1.1 andRH 7.2 > Keith Antoine wrote: > > >When making the initial install of vmware, what networking are you choosing. > >Also you are trying to use samba itself to setup the net whilst i use the > >vmware system to setup the network. At no time do i use samba other than what > >vmware does to samba. > > > > > > I'm taking the stock installation of a downloaded version 3.1.1, made > available to me as a purchaser of 3.0, saying "yes" to the "do you want > to access the local host file system" question, and using the bridged > option for networking. At all times, I took the default for everything, > including setting up Samba. Networking is set up, and I can access the > Internet. > > I just can't see my home directory. The computer icon is there, but > there is nothing in it. > > BOF > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 6/5/02 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
