On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 04:03:25PM +1100, Adam W wrote: > Ben, > > Clients are windows, yes. > > Samba is running and functioning correctly. if you \\192.168.1.2 from > explorer, u can see the shares just fine. > > Adam
You are probably blocking netbios on the clients. You need to allow TCP port 137 and UDP ports 138,139 Cheers, Grant > > > Hi, > > > > > > I used to be able to get access to my linux box (mandrake 10.1) by > > > just calling it by its name. I have always been able to do this > > > without any config on the clients or the box (well except for > > > 'hostname blah') > > > > > > But now i cannot seem to do that. The clients dont know about the > > > linux box's name. > > > > > > Why isnt the box broadcasting its name to the other puters now? It > > > *was* working, then all of a sudden, the next day it wasnt... and i > > > didnt change any settings and security isnt set real high on the box > > > (mandrake security setting) > > > > > > Any ideas?? > > > > > > Adam. > > > -- > > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. -- Oscar Wilde -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
