On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:03:58PM -0700, rodneytoady wrote: > OK. Solution found. For some reason I had to add the linux box name to my > laptop's host file. Now it works. However, I'm sure that's not mentioned in > the sambe connection instructions I've read, so it's probably to do with how > I've configured my Windows network, not with Samba. Should I be using some > kind of Windows LMHOSTS or something to allow it to find the samba server > without editing my hosts file?
Enable the SAMBA wins service and add the wins server config in Windows clients (statically or by dhcp). -- Marco Ciampa +--------------------+ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | +--------------------+ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
