SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT I'VE COLLECTED IN SOME TESTS: Attached with this comment are some printscreens of my machine (with Windows 7 and Linux ON)... Below I'll detail some important tests I did...
Please consider --> as "Connected to a Windows PC" My Windows 7 Ultimate --> Problematic Remote Windows 7 Ultimate PC (hostname: CONCE-CPU): Could be done via \\hostname , but I could not see the remote PC in my Workgroup (which can indicate a problem in this PC network connection or not)... My Linux Ubuntu and Kubuntu 10.10 --> Problematic Remote Windows 7 Ultimate PC (hostname: CONCE-CPU): Could not be done... I could see the PC in my Workgroup with LINUX... I also could ping this pc with the command "ping IP-OF-THE-REMOTE-PC"... I could not ping the same remote pc with the command "ping HOSTNAME" because the error message "ping: unknown host conce-cpu" raised... My Virtualized Windows XP under my LINUX native OS (VirtualBox PUEL technology) --> Problematic Remote Windows 7 Ultimate PC (hostname: CONCE-CPU): Could not be done... I could see the remote PC in my Workgroup.. .I could see the PC in my Workgroup... I also could ping this pc with the command "ping IP-OF-THE-REMOTE-PC"... I could not ping the same remote pc with the command "ping HOSTNAME" because the error message "ping: unknown host conce-cpu" raised... PS: Below are the printscreens of these tests I did in a ZIP compacted format... Thanks for your attention, André M. ** Attachment added: "PrintScreens of the Problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/731976/+attachment/1896381/+files/PrintScreens.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/731976 Title: Can't access Windows 7 computer via SAMBA -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
