[ale] Samba Server on SuSE Professional 9.0

[Brian Chase]

You don't need a PDC, but then you'll have to set up your username and 
password as identical with your Windows box for maximum flexibility.  I 
use Webmin to set up Samba.  Make sure and set the workgroup to the one 
you use for your home network, and to add a user/pwd identical to the one 
on your windows box.

After that, you should see it in network neighborhood.



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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