On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:32:29 -0400 Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:51 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 15:42, Dan Gordon wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point > > > where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on > > > box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error > > > is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but > > > cant mount it error is bad password. > > > > > > On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also > > > can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up > > > exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have > > > tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and > > > gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences > > > between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the > > > other has mandrake 10 official. > > > > > > any ideas would be apreaciated. > > > > > > Oh and if you wondering why it took me a year to get this > > > far....well i could not have cared less untill today LOL. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Dan Gordon > > > > Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry > > to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in > > literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing > > system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and > > it's interface, or either by manually editing the > > /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if > > you use SWAT. > > > > Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? > > > > (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things > > around as well) > > Found the problem, it seems that I had to log into kde as root go > into kcontrol and set the netbios name in the samba configuration > section. Now even smb4k works. > I will have a look at the samba mailing list though as I now have > to get a XP box to connect. > > Thanks for the help guys. > -- > Tue Aug 17 10:27:14 EDT 2004 > 10:27:14 up 11:20, 0 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.04 > A freelance is one who gets paid by the word -- per piece or > perhaps. > -- Robert Benchley > > Okay people, what the h is "logging into kde as root and setting netbios name"? Lee
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