I have mixed network of Mac OSX / Win XP / Linux. I can browse the Mac from
the WinXP machine but on double clicking the icon for the Linux machine from
XP I get the message:
\\Explorer is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
newwork resource. Contact the administrator of
In doing some more investigation I seem to have cleared half of the problem.
I stopped the firewall on the linux machine and found that both machines
could not browse the linux box. I noticed in my firewall application that
Win XP was also using port 445 which I added to my firewall rules. But the
I am setting up Samba between a Windows XP and Fedora Core 2 machine but the
FC2 machine is not showing in network neighborhood although I have run the
commands below on the FC2 box with no errors. The FC2 box is leitrim and the
XP machine is kevinden.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# smbclient -L
= No
guest ok = Yes
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From: Kevin Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 12:48 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Problem setting up Samba on Fedora Core 2 / XP
I am setting up Samba between a Windows XP and Fedora Core 2 machine but the
FC2 machine is not showing
Hi, sorry your smb.conf is to small
what is your samba version, what should samba do for you ,act as pdc or
member server ?
please give more info
here you have an example conf
I recommend you to use swat for initial smb.conf
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)
#
I get the following errors on attempting to add smb accounts:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# smbpasswd -a sean
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
pdb_getsampwnam: Unable to open TDB passwd (/etc/samba/passdb.tdb)!
Failed initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user sean.
Failed to modify password entry for
On a recommendation from this list I checked the junklog file, the
output from which I attached below. It looks as if it does not even see
the linux machine as it indicates not seeing explorer which is the
local netbios name. The Win XP machine does not even show in the log.
Here is the last
