Thank you, that was it. I had always noticed in earlier versions of Fedora (samba) that nmbd was restarted every time smb was. So I had forgotten about it. I also did not know what it was for and till now, never looked at the man pages on it.
Durwin "John Drescher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/07/2007 02:19:46 PM: > > On 8/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ever since installing Fedora 7, samba stopped showing the machine on the > network. I can connect to it by entering the machine name (\\lazarus), > but it will not show itself from a Windows machine. I tried a command > suggested to test if it was listening and this is what I got; > > $ smbclient -L localhost -U% > Domain=[LAZARUS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.25b-2.fc7 ] > > Sharename Type Comment > --------- ---- ------- > docs Disk > IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server Version > 3.0.25b-2.fc7) > Domain=[LAZARUS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.25b-2.fc7] > > Server Comment > --------- ------- > > Workgroup Master > --------- ------- > > > Notice there is nothing shown under 'Server', 'Comment', 'Workgroup', or > 'Master'. Does this suggest anything? In this case, the smb.conf was > directly from samba-guide.pdf. > > # Global Parameters > [global] > workgroup = MIDEARTH > security = SHARE > [Plans] > path = /plans > read only = Yes > guest ok = Yes > > Is nmbd running? > > John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
