when i try to access samba on my linux comp i get
ignoring badly formed line in configuration file: path /home/bm
tree connect failed NT_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

when i try to access my linux comp from network neighbourhood in windows i get
you were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network.

i have only 2 comps rh8 and winxp
i went through this document

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...nfiguring.html

i setup encrypted passwords because winxp (sp1) requires it
and this is what i added at the end of the smb.conf

[sharename]
comment = bmlinux
path = /home/bm/
valid users = bm
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765

please help

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html
Try to change your hostname and try to connect again.
(The usual hostname localhost has to be changed if you use a workgroup with the same name)

hrm, dont think this is it but remove the training '/' on your path line. If it ignored that line during startup then that share has no place to mount it clients. also notice what you put there:
ignoring badly formed line in configuration file: path /home/bm

why is there no '=' in between path and /home/brn as your config shows? hrm...

ok i can access samba on my linux comp. i use the /tmp directory to share and it works. but still my windows comp wont access it. still getting the error message that there is duplicate names on the network. i wonder, i set up a shared internet connection with the ip addresses does windows give out another ipaddress or will it use the same or does it not matter? my linux comp is in MSHOME work group. should i put it back to its own workgroup. thanks heaps

No, the workgroup should be the same. What is the name of your windows box? The shared internet connection shouldnt matter.

ill take you through how i connect to samba. first is start samba using service smb start. then the samba daemons start [ok]
i can acces my shared linux directory on linux with smbclient//192.168.1.2/tmp -U bm
linux prompts me for a password and then the prompt changes to smb: \> and im inside samba.

am i missing anything?

my windows comp name is bm-wl2r0ygby2vq its ip is 192.168.1.1 in network neighbourhood i can see both boxes but i cant open the linux box i get error duplicate names. i have had trouble with getting my win box on the network and winxp changing the ip address for the internet sharing but i just change them back.

my linux box shows up as samba server(localhost). im thinlking do the ip addresses of each comp have to be even more different than just the last numbers?
win 192.168.1.1
linux 192.168.1.2
im nearly there i can feel it

i saw some things in smb.conf about wins servers not sure if that applies to me. any ideas anyone

well change the hostname by using the command hostname
or echo your hostname to /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
do also the necessary changes in /etc/
i want to tell that i also went through the duplicate names incident-
i checked out and found that the workgroup i had set for linux machines were same(LINUX_LAB)
and these machines had the same hostname.So when i opened it up in win2k i got duplicate name error.
When I changed the hostname it worked!

what changes do i do in /etc

man 1 hostname
man 5 host.conf

/bin/hostname is unreadable
/etc/host.conf order host,binds

i dont know what
[
order host,binds
]
means? i am not getting the duplicate names error anymore. i get is not accessible you might not have permission. the network path was not found. i use this command to open samba
smbclient //192.168.1.2/tmp -U bm
is there anything wrong there? iam prompted for a password for the bm logon account.
i cant use
smbclient//bmlinux/tmp -U bm
it always fails, bmlinux is my host name should that be able to work?

/bin/hostname is unreadable -what do you mean
hostname sets up your hostname
http://www.tbc.net/~mikes/linux/home...HOWTO-TOC.html