Hi, I'm setting up a Linux machine to use as a file server for a small group of windows machines.
Like many of the folks who write to this list, I'm having all kinds of difficults getting the Windows machines to be able to access the Linux shares. In my case, the most frustrating thing is that all of my Windows machines and users can access the Linux shares SOMETIMES. But typically, if one computer accesses the shared folder, and then another one accesses it, the first computer gets disconnected. Does anybody have any insights into why this is happening? All of my windows computers have their own unique computer names. And the usernames that are set up for each machine are different (and match the Unix names and samba names and passwords that I have on the Linux machine). Does this have anything to do with the samba server being the "preferred master"? And why, when my Linux machine is running, do I so frequently see "logged off" windows machines in Network Neighborhood. This is something that I never see when the Linux machine is shut down. It's as if the Linux machine is taking control of keeping track of who is and who isn't on the network -- and it doesn't do as good a job of updating compared to the way windows stays current. Help would be appreciated. Andy Liebman -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba