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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:40:00 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Carey Nairn <Carey.Nairn@ccd.tas.gov.au>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Samba: how do I specify service names?
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On Wed, Oct 15, 1997 at 04:52:13PM +1100, Carey Nairn wrote:
> At 13:12 15/10/97 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> I'm currently writing a chapter about Samba for the next edition of
>> "The Complete FreeBSD", and I need help.  I don't use Microsoft, so I
>> can't even test this stuff properly.  Currently I have installed smbd,
>> configured inetd to start smbd and nmbd, and set up a configuration
>> file.  I'm trying to test with smbclient.
>>
>> I have the following entry in smb.conf:
>>
>>>   [grog]
>>>     path = /home/grog
>>>     printable = true
>>>     read only = true
>>>     public = true
>>
>> This is what happens when I try to access it with smbclient:
>>
>>>   $ smbclient \\freebie\\\\grog
>>>   Added interface ip=192.109.197.137 bcast=192.109.197.255
> nmask=255.255.255.0
>>>   Server time is Wed Oct 15 13:09:55 1997
>>>   Timezone is UTC+9.5
>>>   Password:
>>>   Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 1.9.16p11]
>>>
>>>   Warning: Your service name doesn't start with \\. This is probably
> incorrect.
>>>   Perhaps try replacing each \ with \\ on the command line?
>>
>> Why is this message coming?  I have the correct number of \\\\s for
>> the shell.  I've tried changing the number, which just confuses it all
>> the more.
>
> You should have \\\\freebie\\grog instead of \\freebie\\\\grog

Thanks.  That was the answer.

Greg