network servers error

cargopius · 09-02-2003, 08:44 AM

i'm consistently getting this error every time i want to see other machines on my network.I have tried going through the available solutions on the net but i seem not to be satisfied.I'm new to Linux though.The error is:

Couldn't display "smb:///", because Nautilus cannot contact the SMB master browser.
Check that an SMB server is running in the local network.
thanks
cargopius

thepurpleblob · 09-02-2003, 08:45 AM

what *exactly* are you doing when this error happens. What command did you just type?

cargopius · 09-02-2003, 08:49 AM

well,i'm using the GUI.from the start menu,network servers..i get the error
cargopius

thepurpleblob · 09-02-2003, 08:56 AM

AFAIK... you need to have Samba running on your local network somewhere. You need to make sure it is set up and started on your local machine. I can't say to you that this is trivial, but you should find the smb.conf file (probably /etc/samba/smb.conf) and run through it and at least set the workgroup and then fire it up.

Of course, Samba needs to be installed.

cargopius · 09-02-2003, 09:29 AM

i have configured samba on my machine and it is running ok.my problem is that until yesterday i could see other windows machine from the network servers submenu but as of today i cant access the machines yet i can ping them.how comes there is this whole difference today...and what can i do?

thepurpleblob · 09-02-2003, 09:42 AM

check the samba logs.... anything at all out of the ordinary?

cargopius · 09-02-2003, 09:53 AM

my smbd.log is giving me this message:
Nautilus has no installed viewer capable of displaying "/var/log/samba/smbd.log".

what does this mean?

thepurpleblob · 09-02-2003, 09:59 AM

Nautilus doesn't know how to view a log file. Right click, select "open with" and find an application that looks like a simple text viewer/editor. There are usually several to choose from.

cargopius · 09-02-2003, 10:07 AM

the smbd.log file has nothing in it.why is that?

thepurpleblob · 09-02-2003, 10:10 AM

because...

its not the right log file? Did you compile your own samba or anything like that?

smbd is not running? Bring up a command line and type...
ps aux | grep smbd
should see some process running

logging is turned off in smb.conf (unlikely but you never know)

kotedo · 09-02-2003, 12:34 PM

How about LISA? LISA is an extension to the desktop which allows you to browse Windows networks...?!