Hi all. I've just installed Mandrake 7.2(KDE). I would like to ask what
configuration is necessary for samba.
On my last linux (rh 6.2), nothing special had to be done for samba. Well, on
mandrake, it doesn't work.
I have used SWAT to make an smb.conf and set the workgroup and net-bios name.
I have tried using xSMBrowser(broadcast) and Konqueror but nothing. This is a
broadcast network btw. I cannot see any windows shares. In fact, when I run
xSMBrowser from a terminal here's what I get:
spawn nmblookup -d 1 -S -M
querying on 10.38.255.255
name_query failed to find name
and inside the xSMBrowser I get: Unable to find domain master.
Apart from that, when xSMBrowser starts (I'm just mentioning it because it
gives out more info, I am far more interested in getting SMB to work with
Konqueror) this is what it outputs:
Reading /etc/smb.conf ...
Done reading (13 lines, Workgroup=UNKNOWN, Wins Server=none).
Which is strange because in smb.conf I have my workgroup set to my actual
workgroup, not Unknown.
Apart from that, if I experiment using my computer as a WINS server (or
master, I don't remember exactly the option if fiddled with) I can see 3 or 4
machines (not access them) and I CAN access my machine.
Any other configuration I am missing?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
alex
P.S: Here is a section of my /etc/smb.conf
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2000/11/27 22:40:12
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = LANCS_STUDENT
netbios name = .STUDENT1606
server string = alex.gr - linux
security = SHARE
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
local master = No
