[Samba] can't connect to shares from win systems

[Ted Calouri]

popup message says \\localhost is not available.  then goes on to say you were not 
connected because a duplicate name exists on the network  
 
When checking the network neighborhood from my winXP boxes, the linux box shows as 
localhost in the computer name field.  The redhat 9 GUI Samba configuration does not 
have a variable field for computer name, nor do I find one when manually reviewing the 
.conf file.  
 
I also tried editing the etc\hosts file on the XP box to associate a name other than 
localhost with the linux boxes IP address and still get the error.  Is this an issue 
with the computer name and if so, where do I name the linux box?


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Re: [Samba] can't connect to shares from win systems

[John H Terpstra]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Ted Calouri wrote:

 popup message says \\localhost is not available.  then goes on to say
 you were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network
  When checking the network neighborhood from my winXP boxes, the linux
 box shows as localhost in the computer name field.  The redhat 9 GUI
 Samba configuration does not have a variable field for computer name,
 nor do I find one when manually reviewing the .conf file.
  I also tried editing the etc\hosts file on the XP box to associate a
 name other than localhost with the linux boxes IP address and still
 get the error.  Is this an issue with the computer name and if so, where
 do I name the linux box?

You need to edit /etc/hosts, and set the hostname using the system tool.

If you get stuck, the hostname is stored in /etc/sysconfig/network

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