Hi all,

My two roomates have WinXP boxes which have problems with our printer so it's installed on my computer. I can use the printer fine but I'm having trouble letting them access it. I've followed instructions for sharing the printer (previous posts etc) but my major obstacle is that they can't access my machine itself.

I'm not worried about security if it makes it more complicated. They both log in to their desktops without a password, and I'd like for them to be able to access my shared folders/printers without too much trouble. Here's my smb.conf, it's a mess because it's basically the default with some stuff cut out and I tried to edit what I could with all the tutorials I read.

Basically what happens is that they can see my desktop in the workgroup (mshome) but when they try to access, it says it's not accessible, may not have permission, network path not found error. I'm guessing this is a problem with my guest account, or not having accounts set up for them?

I'm using Fedora Core 1, so would the Redhat samba config help? I downloaded 'samba-swat' via yum but I don't know how to run it.

Finally, how do I browse folders that they are sharing? I don't know what to do with smb:// in Konquerer.

Thanks,

Ed


#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = mshome

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = samba server

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
printing = cups

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
guest account = smbprint

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 50

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
password server = None
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
security = share
dns proxy = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writeable = yes

# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
;[Profiles]
path = /home/profiles
browseable = no
guest ok = yes


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All Printers
; path = /var/spool/samba
path = /home/smbprint
create mode = 0700
guest only = yes
use client driver = yes
guest account = smbprint
public = yes
browseable = yes
printer name = raw
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
# This one is useful for people to share files
[tmp]
comment = Echuong Network
path = /mnt/winE/network
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes

check the swat readme, you use a browser to access it, i.e. http://localhostort_number_for_swat

also make sure nmbd is running as well otherwise wins name resolution won't work properly and youll get a not found error

Hi,

Thanks. How do I know if it's running? I can't find it in the redhat system services tool.