[Cialug] samba on fc3

[David Champion]

admin wrote:
> ok. don't know what the deal is here, never had a problem with samba
> before. my new install of fc3 has samba(Samba version 3.081013) on it. i'm
> trying to make it so i can connect my wifes web shares on it to my wifes
> XP pro desktop.
> 
> i don't use any fancy domain controller or nothing like that. just a wide
> open LAN. should just be connect and go.
> 
> heres what i've got so far.
> 
> i started smbd -D and nmbd -D so its showing up in network neighborhood.
> but thats where the problem i believe is lying. I cannot get it to resolve
> the computers(fc3) name in the workgroup. i'm thinking its a firewall
> issue, but i already opened 137-138(udp) and 139(tcp) on fc3. 
> 
> i need the windows pc to be able to map the network shares that fc3 is
> putting up in the workgroup. windows can't access the shares because "the
> network path was not found".
> 
> thanks in advance

You can map by ip address instead of name too.

Just open windows explorer and type:
\\<ip address>\

Did you add smb users on the server with the "smbpasswd" command?

-dc