[newbies] file sharing with windows

[Nathan Cooprider]

I cannot get file sharing to work between my linux laptop and my XP 
desktop.  I can't get either one of them to recognize the other enough to 
talk.  I have Samba on my laptop and I have read through a number of 
tutorials on how to configure it, but none of them have worked.  Like most 
linux literature, a lot of it assumes a certain body of knowledge that I 
don't have.

The workgroup can see my samba server from windows, but when I try to 
access it, it says:

//Potter 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.

The network path was not found.

Potter is currently the host name of my laptop.  I haven't found any 
meaningful way to change my  domain (remember, I know nothing).  I really 
don't know anything about networks whatsoever, so I'm basically taking 
repeated stabs in the dark.

I am at the point now where I am tempted to use lots of four-letter-words 
(like "spam" and "bill" and "SCO." Er...)

Nathan

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