check the firewall on both the machines iptables in linux and firewall in windows xp which is enable by default. by the way which version of samba and kernel are you working on? regards sudeep >--- "# Subodh #" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >hi !
>I have activated samba on my Linux m/c with the following smb.conf ; >[global] > guest account = ok > workgroup = MYGRP >[scratchdisk] > comment = STmpdisk > path = /tmp > read only = no > public = yes > >but the machine does not shows up in winxp m/c network. although I am >able to ping >each one from the other. "testpram" gives no error. >now where to trouble shoot. >thanks >Subodh _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/