Re: tlug: Samba Installation

["Shawn Gray" <shawn@example.com>]

>> The next step is to get Samba working so I can do file sharing.
>> I have followed the Samba HOWTO and set up my smb.conf file with what I think are correct values. The problem is that I cannot view the network computers (neither windows nor linux) in Network Computer in Win Explorer. All that appears is the Network Neighborhood (全体). When I double click on this, I get an error msg saying that it cannot 'read' the network (I forget what the Japanese is exactly).
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>This is probably too obvious to be the problem, but have you turned Windows file sharing on for the drives/partitions that you want to access?   You can do it by right-clicking on the drive/partition in Explorer (while sitting at the machine you want to access), then selecting Properties->Sharing.  From there you can turn sharing on or off and select some other filesharing settings.
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>I only mention it because I've forgotten to do this before.
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>Drew Poulin

The HOW-TO writer must have figured it was too simple to mention as
well... <HOMER>DAAARGH!!!</HOMER>

thanks, I'll give it a try when I get home...

shawn


Shawn Gray
English/Japanese Translator
& Linux/Perl Gearhead
shawn@example.com

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