On 25 May 2001 23:16:59 -0500, Troy Johnson wrote: > >>> florin at iucha.net 05/25/01 09:39PM >>> > >On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 12:58:36PM -0500, Scott MIller wrote: > >> I know this has been asked in the past but I haven't really found > >... > >If it's not too much hassle, attach your smb.conf > > ...and version of Samba, and Linux distribution with kernel version, > and Windows 98 version (first or second edition, patches), and whether you > use smbpasswd for Samba or not, and if you have used the plaintext password > registry modifcation from the Samba docs, and what is displayed by "ifconfig" > on Linux and "winipcfg" on Windows. Whew! That's a lot of work! Good luck! :-) > > Troy > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Okay here we go smb.conf (I'm just using something simple till I get this working) ------------ [global] workgroup = MYGROUP server string = Samba Server printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes printing = lprng log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 security = USER ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt dns proxy = no [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = no printable = yes ------------------------ Samba version: 2.0.7-36 Linux distro: Red Hat 7.1 kernel: 2.4.2-2 Windows version: Win98 SE (no additional patches) no smbpasswd, instead using plaintextpassword setup in Win registry ifconfig output: ---------------- eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:2D:0B:81 inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd800 ---------------- winipcfg output (from one machine): --------------- IP: 10.0.0.4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 10.0.0.1 I have the workgroup set up as MYGROUP --------------- The error I get from windows when I try to access my Linux box is: //Localhost is not accessible The blah blah blah...cannot be found...blah blah. Whew! Scott Miller