[ale] Samba issue

[Jim Seymour]

On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 02:07:21PM -0400, Joshua Kite wrote:
> I've had some serious problems with SAMBA, and only recently got it working.
> 
> Could you tell us a little more about your setup?  What are you sharing (a
> directory, I assume)?  When you say the windows machines can only see the
> server, do they see the shared directory or just the machine and nothing
> more?
> 
> What version of Windows are you running?  Are you using DHCP?  Do you have
> NeBIOS over TCIP/IP enabled on the Windows clients?
> 
> These are just a few of the questions which directed me towards my solution.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Josh Kite
> 
> On 5/12/06, Jim Seymour <bluejay at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> >
> >Need a little help with SAMBA. I have a home network with a Debian Etch
> >box as the server. I have two Windows clients connected to it. The
> >problem is that the windows machines can only see the server and not
> >anything else on the workgroup. Also I use Gnome and cannot see any of
> >the windows boxes that are connected to it. Same with KDE.
> >
> >So far what I can tell is that iptables is not blocking anything.
> >
> >Both the nmbd and smbd daemons are running.
> >
> >All of the computers can access the Internet.
> >
> >My current samba.conf was built using SWAT. Nothing else has managed to
> >get me any further.
> >
> >I have not been able to find a reference to my problem anywhere on the
> >Internet.
> >
The shares are the home directories and /tmp. The Windows versions are 
XP and 98. Both of them can see the shares on the server. Using dhcp is 
enabled and being used on both. I am checking into the NeBIOS and think 
I may have found the problem.

Thanks,

Jim Seymour

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