I've googled for this and it seems quite a few people can't access Windows shares as described below. Is Nautilus & the smb: command buggy?
--- James Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > New to Samba, RH8. Searched for an answer but without > joy. > > I have set up a lone Linux machine with Samba on a > Windows > 2K network. I can log in from Windows -> Linux. I can > also > login into Windows resources from Linux when I use the > command: smbclient //hostname/sharename -U username > > However, when I use Gnome Nautilus and the 'smb:' > command, > I can see the workgroup, enter and see the Windows server > in the workgroup but when I open the server to locate the > share I get ¨Couldnt Find \\hosename\sharename please > check > the spelling and try again¨ > > Any thoughts? > > Another question - are there any better ways of allowing > a > user access to a WinNT share than having to allow the > Windows Guest user browse rights to the share? > > Regards > James > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and > read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba