My Linux XP (hostname "isat", IP 192.168.1.8) is in the same workgroup as my Microsoft PC running Windows 2003 (IP 192.168.1.7). On my Linux host, I have a [public] section in the smb.conf file, as shown at the end of this message.
When I typed the command smbclient '\\isat\public' the following message was displayed: added interface ip=192.168.1.8 bcast=192.168.1.15 nmask=255.255.255.240 password: I typed in the password for the owner of directory /home/public. The following text was displayed: Domain=[WORKGROUP] Os=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a] Smb:\> This shows that I can connect to a file service. I then go to the DOS command screen on my Windows PC and typed the following to map network drive g: to directory /home/public on my Linux XP net use g: \\isat\public The following error message was displayed: System error 53 has occurred The network path was not found I also tried the following: >From the Windows PC My Network Places --> Computers Near Me I can see "isat" under the "Name" column with comment "Samba server" But when I clicked on entry "isat", the following error message was displayed: \\isat is not accessible The Network path was not found I can ping the Linux IP 192.168.1.8 from my Windows PC and I can also ping my Windows PC IP 192.168.1.7 from the Linux XP but I cannot ping the Linux hostname "isat" from the Windows PC. My /home/public directory on the Linux XP has mode 0777 (rwxrwxrwx). Do you know what could be causing this problem? Thanks! Katherine ===================================================== Some of the relevant lines in my smb.conf file are shown below: [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.240 127. security = user log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 dns proxy = no [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes valid users = %S create mode = 0664 directory mode = 0775 [public] path = /home/public public = yes only guest = yes writable = yes printable = no -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
