Michael, In response to your last comment about having to go to \\server\share to actually connect, after fixing my problem (see my previous email) I am able to go start->run->\\server and actually see all the shares in there.
Hope this helps. George > Michael Oatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm following this thread with interest since I seem to be having > similar probs getting Samba 2.2.1a to work on RH7.2. > > 1) Specifically, when I browse (using KDE's Konqueror -- neither > Gnome's > Nautilus nor mozilla seem to be able to smb://) to any one of our > WinXP > boxen (only type) on our internal network, I get a prompt for > user/pass > which I enter successfully, then get displayed all available shares > on > whichever box to which I browse. So I then click on a share name > (for > which I have access) and I get the error message: > Could not access > <WinXP box name> > Invalid user/password combination > This happens immediately after I clicked on a share for which I > successfully entered a valid user/pass combo. > Anyone know what's going on? > > 2) None of the WinXP boxen on our internal network can access any of > the > writeable shares on the RH7.2 box in a workgroup. The shares are > browsable, although no valid user/pass combos will authenticate > properly. > > This sounds like the same kind of problem George is having. Why > could > one not browse to \\servername in an attempt to get to > \\servername\sharename? > > TIA, Michael > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, George Abdo wrote: > > >Here is the smb.conf file. I have edited out some of the network > details for > > >privacy. > > > > > >A domian computer account has been created and added on the > domain. I can also > > >ping the SAMBA server by netbios name on the domain (ie I can do > ping -a georepc > > > and I get the correct reply) > > > > > >Thanks for yor help. > > > > > >---------- begin smb.conf ------------- > > >;*******************section global***************** > > >[global] > > >workgroup = DOMNAME \\our domain name > > >netbios name = GEORGEPC > > >server string = NT 4 Workstation > > >interfaces = eth0 > > >security = DOMAIN > > >encrypt passwords = Yes > > >update encrypted = Yes > > >password server = PDC.company.com.au \\our PDC FQDN > > > > The password server must use a netbios name, not the FQDN. > > > > Make sure that there is an acount on the Linux system and in the > Windows > > domain that matches the username and password that you are trying > to use to > > connect to the Samba shared resource. You must also name that > resource > > using the servername and the resource name when connecting from a > Windows > > machine: \\servername\sharename > > > > Using just the servername will not work. Each resource has it's own > > > connection permissions, so you must tell samba what resource you > are trying > > to connect to so that Samba can figure out if you are authorized. > > > > > > Tony > > - -- > > Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD > 6C94 239D > > AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: > <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> > > Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
