[ale] Samba Server on SuSE Professional 9.0

[Dow Hurst]

First, run netstat -an or ps auxw to see if smbd and nmbd are running.  If not 
then /etc/init.d/nmb start and /etc/init.d/smb start will get those running. 
Then try netstat or ps again to make sure your Samba is running.  After that, 
try the Local Network Icon again.
Dow


griffisb at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Hey all, I'm running into some (more) Samba confusion. I was running SuSE 
> Personal 8.2, but decided to upgrade to SuSE Professional 9.0. Desktop does not 
> include Samba, Professional does. I thought that would make things simple. 
>  
> I went into YaST and clicked Enable Samba Server, selected File and Printer 
> Sharing, Domain or Workgroup is Personal, and set a server name. For 
> authentication, I selected smbpasswd. Then I created the users with same user 
> names as users on the server - so they can store files in their /home 
> directories. Under Available Shares I allow sharing printers and directories. 
>  
> When I click the Local Network icon (starting smb:/) I get an error message, 
> unable to find any workgroups in your local network. I am not able to see my 
> WinXP that has directory sharing. I also can't see my own Samba server. I can't 
> see the Samba server from my Win2K laptop. 
>  
> I do not have a PDC or BDC and am not using LDAP. Do I need a PDC in this 
> environment (home use)? On Samba client configuration in YaST, I selected 
> Membership Workgroup as PERSONAL. I did not select "Also use SMB for Linux 
> Authentication." Do I need to do this? 
>  
> On Samba client configuration in YaST, when I click Browse, I can see the 
> workgroup Personal. But when I click the Local Network icon, I can't see it. 
> Bruce 
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