Re: [PLUG] Speaking of Win98 -- Samba question

[Art Alexion <arthur@alexion.com>]

LeRoy Cressy wrote:

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> Paul wrote:
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> > Art Alexion wrote:
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> > > I have never been able to get samba to work, and thought I'd give it 
> > > another try.  I can ping the Linux machine from windows and vice 
> > > versa, but can't get samba to work.  There are no NT, 2000 or XP 
> > > machines, just a win98 and a win95.  Does samba require at least one 
> > > "NT" machine?
> >
> > Under network properties on the Win9x boxes, make sure file sharing 
> > and print sharing is installed and enabled.  On the Linux box, make 
> > sure Samba (smbd) is running.  By default you should be able to see 
> > the Samba server in Network Neighborhood.  More than likely you will 
> > not be able to connect to a Samba share, but you should be able to 
> > see the server.  Let's start with that.
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> I have found that using swat to set up samba is a very good tool.  By 
> default on Debian systems swat is turned off in /etc/inetd.conf thus 
> you have to edit the file.  After you have samba working, turn swat 
> off again.
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> Start swat with your favorite browser with http://localhost:901
ta-da!!

swat worked, and I can now browse the win 9x machines using konqueror  
and the "smb://computer-name/".

...but not vice-versa.  Linux machine does not show up in the windows 
explorer "network" folder (nor in the network browser) just "entire 
network" and the windows machines.  I have not defined any shares on the 
Linux machine, but shouldn't the machine itself show up?

btw, our user names and passwords on the windows computers and the linux 
computer are the same.  Is this good, bad or neither? 


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