Examinitation of the log.nmbd file may have turned up something regarding the lmhosts file. Sorry to clog bandwidth before I persued every option ( I thought I had). - Jamie
"Jamie Risk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message avuo1b$suh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:avuo1b$suh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello, > From a W2000 command prompt, using the command "net view" I can see the list > of all the windows machines and the one Linux Box I've set up with Samba. > Yet when I try "net view \\LINUXBOX" I get the no-soup-for-you message: > "System error 5 has occurred." > "Access is denied." > > I don't remember setting up any password files for this installation of > Samba, and there was no previous installations. Either I missed it in the > documentation or no samba password file is required for simple operation? > > The accounts on the linux and windows boxes I'm trying to establish > connections between have the same username and password. > > I downloaded the 2.2.7a tar ball, compiled and installed with all the > default parameters on a "Core" linux distribution without any trouble or > wanring messages. > > Next to nothing is running on the Linux machine. At first login, my bash PID > is in the mid 40's. AFAIK no firewall is in operation: though I'd be up for > confirming this. Information about the basic setup of the Linux box is > here: http://members.rogers.com/riskweb3/Linux/ibm_linux_box_info.html, the > only notable error is that the Linux Box uses a static IP address, outside > the range of the DHCP server. > > I can post the log files if any wishes, and here is the smb.conf file: > [global] > netbios name = LINUXBOX > workgroup = WORKGROUP > log level = 2 > log file = /usr/local/samba/var/samba.log > server string = "IBM Box in the server room" > security = user > > [public] > path = /home/risk > browseable = yes > guest ok = yes > read only = no > > [risk] > path = /home/risk > browseable = yes > guest ok = yes > read only = no > > Help? > - Jamie > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba