Hi, Thanks for the reply.
Sorry I slight mistake in what I was doing: I have setup a share called "temp" in smb.conf and it looks like this: [temp] path = /tmp read only = no guest ok = yes I have now set the global setting to: [global] workgroup = Workgroup server string = Linux Box interfaces = 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 security = share encrypt passwords = yes netbios name = Linuxbox wins support = yes I have stopped and restarted samba and I still get the same error from my windows box i.e.: net use f: \\<Linux box>\temp gives: "The remote computer is not available" Do you know if I am missing anything in terms of the windows box because samba is up and running and I can connect okay from linux so could the problem be windows? Thanks Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] SAMBA > Hi Dan, > > Ok... If its a share you want to export *from* your MS Windows box *to* > your GNU/Linux box, then you do not need to set up your smb.conf on your > GNU/Linux box. > > I believe you need an entry in your fstab using smbfs... Check out the > tools for mounting a windows share in your samba package. > > If you want to export a share from GNU/Linux to MS Windows then you need > to set up your smb.conf correctly. You want at least a default share. > > You can use tools such as SWAT and Webmin to set up your smb.conf > > Please note that "share" is an abstraction, and should be substituted with > an actual share name, not used directly. > > For example, if you've got a directory on you linux box under > /home/samba/linux_stuff that you want to share with your Windows box you > would have a section like: > > ---START--- > [linux_stuff] > comment = Stuff on my GNU/Linux server > path = /home/samba/linux_stuff > browseable = yes > writeable = yes > create mask = 7775 > directory mask = 7775 > ---END--- > > as part of your smb.conf > > >From your windows box, you would mount it as your F: drive via: > > net use f: \\<linuxbox>\linux_stuff > > It takes a little while to get your head around Samba, but it's worth it - > just need to keep reading documentation, and keep it simple for yourself. > > All the best... > > Mike <-- suffering lack of sleep, and hoping he is making sense. > --- > Michael S. E. Kraus > Administration > Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 > > > > > "dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 20/01/2003 01:44 PM > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: [SLUG] SAMBA > > > Hi, > > I have trying to get samba working so I can map a new network drive on my > Windows 2000 box through to my linux box. So far I have installed and > setup > a really basic configuration and have started the samba server. I can > successfully logon from with the linux box so at least I know the server > is > working. However, I still cannot see the linux box in the network > neighbourhood and cannot work out why? > > How can I test to see if the linux box is visible from the windows box. I > have tried: > > net use f: \\<linuxbox>\share > > and this gives: > > "The remote computer is not available" > > I have the following in my smb.conf file: > > [global] > workgroup = Workgroup > server string = Linux Box > interfaces = 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 > security = share > encrypt passwords = yes > > [temp] > path = /tmp > read only = no > guest ok = yes > > I am using samba version 2.2.0 on SuSE 7.2 > > Can anyone help me work out why I cannot see the linuc box from Windows > 2000? > > Thanks > > Dan > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
