Try
Net view \\server.ip
Net user \\server.ip\share
Can you set up a share on the XP machine that the linux client can see via
smbclient? Maybe the necessary services aren't running on the XP machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Mumia W..
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:21 AM
To: Samba List
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba + WinXP Home
On 11/19/2009 06:04 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
> Quoting "Mumia W.." <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hello. I'm trying to get Samba 3.2.5 working with Windows XP Home.
>> Reputedly, XP Home still has peer-to-peer networking, so that's what
>> I'm trying to use, but I can't get it to work [....]
>
> try to access samba server using \\server.ip.address ? Does it work?
>
No, but to be clear, I type "\\server.ip.address\sharename" into the
Windows Explorer (file manager) address bar. That's they way it's
supposed to work--right?
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