Mark, The first thing is that you say that you're trying to get the Windows box to see the Linux box. The next thing is you talk about running smbclient, which is used for accessing the Windows box from the Linux box, so I'm a little confused.
The smbclient log message? I'm guessing it's telling you that the computer called ALEXHOME is not presenting Samba shares, though it probably exists. If you attempt to access a computer that doesn't exist, smbclient says "connection to <bad computer name> failed", so I'm guessing that ALEXHOME exists, but isn't talking Samba. Is ALEXHOME the Linux box or the Windows box, and which way are you trying to connect? Julian. ======================== At 11:05 PM 12/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:55:41 -0600 >Julian Opificius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to >ponder: > >Hi there, > >i've got a question about something. I've been following this thread and >gleening some info from it. I've got the samba server running on my Linux >machine and i'm trying to get my windows box to see the Mandrake box, but >i'm not having any luck. > >here's what gets returned from this command: > >command --> smbclient -L ALEXHOME -U mdw1982 >-------------------------------------------- >[root@mdw1982 root]# smbclient -L ALEXHOME -U mdw1982 >added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 >session request to ALEXHOME failed (Called name not present) >session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present) >--------------------------------------------- > >and here's what i'm finding in /var/log/samba/log.nmbd >------------------------------------------------------ >[2001/12/14 22:48:04, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:my_name_register_failed(41) > my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name ALEXHOME<00> on > subnet 192.168.0.1. >[2001/12/14 22:48:04, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:standard_fail_register(292) > standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name ALEXHOME<00> on > subnet 192.168.0.1 >------------------------------------------------------- > >what in the world is it trying to tell me? I'm stumped. >-- >daRcmaTTeR > >Registered Linux User 182496 >Mandrake 8.1 >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10:05pm up 5 days, 0 min, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.39, 0.37 > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ==============================
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