On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:42:34 -0500, Chris Gonnerman <ch...@newcenturycomputers.net> wrote: >Go to Start, Run, and enter > >\\name-of-server\share > >then hit OK. Of course, you should substitute the actual name of the >server. If it opens a window (with whatever is in /srv/samba visible in >it), you're good. > >If that doesn't work, try > >\\name-of-server > >and let us know what you see.
Thanks Chris. Both return "The network path was not found." Fact is, XP can't PING "ubuntu" and "C:\>net view" doesn't list the Ubuntu host, although Samba is running WINS: =========== # cat smb.conf [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Samba Server %v guest account = nobody dns proxy = no netbios name = UBUNTU wins support = yes remote announce = 192.168.0.255 security = user ;encrypt passwords = yes ;smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd [share] comment = Ubuntu File Server Share path = /srv/samba browsable = yes guest ok = yes ;access will be permitted as the default guest user read only = no create mask = 0755 =========== Am I correct in understanding that as long as ... 1. /etc/passd contains "nobody", /etc/group contains "nogroup" 2. /srv/samba/ is owned by nobody.nogroup ... the above smb.conf should display this share in Network Neighborhood and let any user read/write to the directory by using nobody.nogroup as user? How does a Samba host advertise its NetBIOS name to the LAN? Thank you. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba