I think your problem is that you don't have a path= statement in your [homes] defininition.
You need a :- path=/home/%u or similar otherwise samba won't know what to share!! Rgds Steve Branston Systems/Support Engineer WNI/Oceanroutes(UK)Ltd Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:43 AM Subject: [Samba] Can't get Win 95 to see SMB > I've had a go at running Samba on SuSE 8.1 and connecting from a Win95 > machine. I got this going in SuSE 6.3 but I'm having problems with this. > It will be something simple. > > From Win95 I try to map to \\DellLinux\lrussell but get "Failed to find > share" message. > > Output from testparm is: > > lrussell@DellLinux:~> testparm > Load smb config files from //etc/samba/smb.conf > Processing section "[homes]" > Processing section "[cdrom]" > Processing section "[printers]" > Processing section "[print$]" > Loaded services file OK. > Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions > > # Global parameters > [global] > coding system = > client code page = 850 > code page directory = /usr/share/samba/codepages > workgroup = LESRUSSELL > netbios name = > netbios aliases = > netbios scope = > server string = Samba 2.2.5 > interfaces = > bind interfaces only = No > security = USER > encrypt passwords = Yes > update encrypted = No > allow trusted domains = Yes > hosts equiv = > min passwd length = 5 > map to guest = Never > null passwords = No > obey pam restrictions = No > password server = > smb passwd file = //etc/samba/smbpasswd > root directory = > pam password change = No > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd > passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* > passwd chat debug = No > username map = > password level = 0 > username level = 0 > unix password sync = No > restrict anonymous = No > lanman auth = Yes > use rhosts = No > admin log = No > log level = 0 > syslog = 1 > syslog only = No > log file = > max log size = 5000 > timestamp logs = Yes > debug hires timestamp = No > debug pid = No > debug uid = No > protocol = NT1 > large readwrite = No > max protocol = NT1 > min protocol = CORE > read bmpx = No > read raw = Yes > write raw = Yes > nt smb support = Yes > nt pipe support = Yes > nt status support = Yes > announce version = 4.9 > announce as = NT > max mux = 50 > max xmit = 65535 > name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast > max packet = 65535 > max ttl = 259200 > max wins ttl = 518400 > min wins ttl = 21600 > time server = Yes > unix extensions = Yes > change notify timeout = 60 > deadtime = 0 > getwd cache = Yes > keepalive = 300 > lpq cache time = 10 > max smbd processes = 0 > max disk size = 0 > max open files = 10000 > read size = 16384 > socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY > stat cache size = 50 > use mmap = Yes > total print jobs = 0 > load printers = Yes > printcap name = CUPS > disable spoolss = No > enumports command = > addprinter command = > deleteprinter command = > show add printer wizard = Yes > os2 driver map = > strip dot = No > mangling method = hash > character set = ISO8859-15 > mangled stack = 50 > stat cache = Yes > domain admin group = > domain guest group = > machine password timeout = 604800 > add user script = > delete user script = > logon script = > logon path = \\%N\%U\profile > logon drive = > logon home = \\%N\%U > domain logons = No > os level = 2 > lm announce = Auto > lm interval = 60 > preferred master = Auto > local master = Yes > domain master = Auto > browse list = Yes > enhanced browsing = Yes > dns proxy = Yes > wins proxy = No > wins server = > wins support = No > wins hook = > kernel oplocks = Yes > lock spin count = 3 > lock spin time = 10 > oplock break wait time = 0 > add share command = > change share command = > delete share command = > config file = > preload = > lock dir = /var/lib/samba > pid directory = /var/run/samba > utmp directory = > wtmp directory = > utmp = No > default service = > message command = > dfree command = > valid chars = > remote announce = > remote browse sync = > socket address = 0.0.0.0 > homedir map = auto.home > time offset = 0 > NIS homedir = No > source environment = > panic action = > hide local users = No > host msdfs = No > winbind uid = > winbind gid = > template homedir = /home/%D/%U > template shell = /bin/false > winbind separator = \ > winbind cache time = 15 > winbind enum users = Yes > winbind enum groups = Yes > winbind use default domain = No > comment = > path = > alternate permissions = No > username = > guest account = nobody > invalid users = > valid users = > admin users = > read list = > write list = > printer admin = > force user = > force group = > read only = Yes > create mask = 0744 > force create mode = 00 > security mask = 0777 > force security mode = 00 > directory mask = 0755 > force directory mode = 00 > directory security mask = 0777 > force directory security mode = 00 > force unknown acl user = 00 > inherit permissions = No > inherit acls = No > guest only = No > guest ok = No > only user = No > hosts allow = > hosts deny = > status = Yes > nt acl support = Yes > block size = 1024 > max connections = 0 > min print space = 0 > strict allocate = No > strict sync = No > sync always = No > write cache size = 0 > max print jobs = 1000 > printable = No > postscript = No > printing = cups > print command = lpr -r -P%p %s > lpq command = lpq -P%p > lprm command = lprm -P%p %j > lppause command = > lpresume command = > queuepause command = > queueresume command = > printer name = > use client driver = No > default devmode = No > printer driver = > printer driver file = //etc/samba/printers.def > printer driver location = > default case = lower > case sensitive = No > preserve case = Yes > short preserve case = Yes > mangle case = No > mangling char = ~ > hide dot files = Yes > hide unreadable = No > delete veto files = No > veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/ > hide files = > veto oplock files = > map system = No > map hidden = No > map archive = Yes > mangled names = Yes > mangled map = > browseable = Yes > blocking locks = Yes > csc policy = manual > fake oplocks = No > locking = Yes > oplocks = Yes > level2 oplocks = Yes > oplock contention limit = 2 > posix locking = Yes > strict locking = No > share modes = Yes > copy = > include = > exec = > preexec close = No > postexec = > root preexec = > root preexec close = No > root postexec = > available = Yes > volume = > fstype = NTFS > set directory = No > wide links = Yes > follow symlinks = Yes > dont descend = > magic script = > magic output = > delete readonly = No > dos filemode = No > dos filetimes = No > dos filetime resolution = No > fake directory create times = No > vfs object = > vfs options = > msdfs root = No > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > valid users = %S > read only = No > create mask = 0640 > directory mask = 0750 > browseable = No > > [cdrom] > comment = Linux CD-ROM > path = /media/cdrom > locking = No > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/tmp > create mask = 0600 > printable = Yes > browseable = No > > [print$] > comment = Printer Drivers > path = /var/lib/samba/drivers > write list = @ntadmin root > force group = ntadmin > create mask = 0664 > directory mask = 0775 > > Thanks > Les Russell > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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