Try: start run "\\ip address of server". on win box If this works, you know its a wins problem.. If this not work, usually permissions pls supply smb.conf if possible thanks regards L "Jamie Risk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message atdbc1$2on$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:atdbc1$2on$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > I can see the RH7.3 linux box I've configured with the latest > Redhat RPM samba package in the Windows 2000 network > neighbourhood, but when I double click the W2000 computer > icon I get the message > > "\\Linuxbox is not accessible, > The network path was not found." > > The network is a small switched lan, sadly with only one unix > box (RH7.3) and a mixture of Windows2000 and 98 machines. The > domain name is that of our service provider "bellnet.ca", and > the recently introduced Linux box is configured with the host > /domain name pair "LinuxBox.bellnet.ca". > > Anyway, I can ping the either way, (from Windows to Linux and > back again) but in order to do so, I must specify the IP > addresses of the machines. I suspect the DNS resolution isn't > working, but I'm mislead by the fact the linux box's name > ("Linuxbox") appears as an icon in the network neighbourhood. > Clearly, I don't know what's going on. > > Like I wrote, I can see the icon for the linux box in my > network neighbourhood which is drawing me to naive/confusing > conclusions about the validity of my setup. > > Help ? > > Jamie > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
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