From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 18 01:28:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA07294 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 01:28:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from logic.it (mod2.logic.it [195.120.151.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA07277 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 01:28:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 1193 invoked by uid 1000); 18 Aug 1997 08:25:31 -0000 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:25:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni X-Sender: molter@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it To: Amedeo Beck Peccoz cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba problems In-Reply-To: <33F7E66C.41C67EA6@masternet.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [feeling a little silly to talk in english with an italian ;-)] Well, to start with, this surely isn't related to FreeBSD ;-) In my following remarks I'm supposing that you forgot to start nmbd: On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Amedeo Beck Peccoz wrote: > I can't see Samba server from win95 machines. Note that: > 2) I've properly installed the server (smbclient runs both from > the server and from another unix client); yes, but smbclient doesn't need nmbd to work. > 4) NetBEUI has been configured as a win95 protocol; To be sure that the win machines have all the correct protocols running, try to export and import a share between two of them. > 5) nor the command line 'net use' or the gaphical 'connect...' work as > they claim that they 'cannot find the server or the service' Exactly. It seems that you forgot to run nmbd ;-) > I do hope someone not on holiday had similar experiences and may help. Yes, I'm not on holiday :-((((( Marco Molteni Computer Science student at the Universita' di Milano, Italy. "This snakeskin jacket symbolizes my individuality and belief in personal freedom".