On Friday 24 Oct 2003 5:59 am, Dan Gordon wrote: > On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:38:22 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Install Webmin, if you don't already have it, and try configuring > > through that. If you still don't get it right, post your smb.conf > > file and we'll look at it for you. > > I have tryed everything sugested so far and then some I just dont get > it? I know its somthing real stupid ! Oh and i have shut down > firewalls on both machiens to no avail. Here is my smb.conf > Any help is apreaciated. > > Regards, > Dan Gordon
Apologies if some of these questions are stupid but I have not followed this thread and do not know what you have tried. 1. You do have samba-common samba-client and samba-server RPMs installed do you? 2. The smb service is running is it? (Check in MandrakeControl Centre>System>Services) Restart smb anytime you change the config. 3/ The workgroup in smb.conf is the same as in Windows? 4/ You have logged into your Windows computers with a valid username/password? (network browsing in Windows is disabled if you have not) 5/ Your linux firewall is disabled is it? You should be able to ping the Windows computers. If all these 5 things are correct you should see the Linux computer from Windows Network Neighbourhood. You will not be able to browse the folders on the Linux machine until you :- 6/ Run the command smbpasswd -a user_name as root for each user of the Linux computer who needs to view their files over samba. user_name must be a valid user name in both Linux *and* Windows environments. The password it prompts you for is the password in the **Windows** environment. (It does not have to be the same as the Linux password) To browse the Windows network from Linux install the LinNeighborhood RPM (or komba2) You should then see the Windows machines in LinNeighborhood/komba2 BTW: It may help to uncomment the ' wins support = yes' line in smb.conf. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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