From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 23 6:25: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B745B37B401 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 06:25:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from nycsmtp1out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp1out.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.222]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22F643EDA for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 06:24:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scottro@nyc.rr.com) Received: from nyc.rr.com (66-108-172-188.nyc.rr.com [66.108.172.188]) by nycsmtp1out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.12.1/Road Runner SMTP Server 1.0) with SMTP id gBNEOuwr022369 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:24:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:31:21 -0500 From: Scott Robbins To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About Samba Message-ID: <20021223143121.GA1467@scottro11.homeunix.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021223135917.11864.qmail@web40501.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="AqsLC8rIMeq19msA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021223135917.11864.qmail@web40501.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 05:59:17AM -0800, Kevin Greenidge wrote: > I installed FreeBSD 4.7 over the weekend and am having > the toughest time getting Samba working.=20 >=20 > I have up and running on the server but I cannot see > any of the Samba shares from my WinXP box. I can ping > the Samba box from winXP so I know it's there. I used > Webmin to configure Samba and don't remember it being > this much trouble when I installed Samba in the past.=20 Sometimes, the trouble is in smb.conf with encrypted passwords. It's commented out by default and has to be uncommented. (or you can hack the registry on each MS box). =20 I have a beginner's page on samba, which although Linux oriented,=20 might be of use at=20 http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/samba.html Also, you'll find in /usr/local/share/doc/samba/textdocs something called DIAGNOSIS which might be helpful, it's a good troubleshooting guide. HTH --=20 Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Anya: You know this isn't your world, right? I mean, you know you don't belong here.=20 Willow: No. This is a dumb world. On my world, there are people=20 in chains, and we can ride them like ponies.=20 --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+Bx45+lTVdes0Z9YRAqQLAJ9plWoXPqT/q9Wk426HIrKG1KwOmACgut51 JzEHvPUonUXO9M79pz5SZMk= =NIQd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message