I installed the SWAT:
yum -y install samba-swat
and from the browser i was able to configure the smb.conf file. My network works fine right now.
Then again if you configured Samba manually, within file browser u need to enter smb://accountname@name of server
example: Iahve an account on my desktop(amanda) that I am sharing from. I have an existing account drew...
smb://drew@amanda
I looked in the New Red Hat FC5 book to get this information. I copied the important section out:
Turning on Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
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make sure samba-swat package is installed.
From terminal as root:
1 # chkconfig swat on
2 # service xinetd reload
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Starting with SWAT
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From browser type in URL:
http://localhost:901/
will be prompt for username and password.
(Allowing all compputers to access SWAT service, change or remove "only_from = 127.0.0.1" line from the '/etc/xinetd.d/swat').
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Configuring shared directories with SWAT
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1 From SWAT main window, click SHARES button.
2 Type the name of directories you want to share in the Create share box,
then click Create Share.
3 Click Advanced.
4 Go through the options:
comment
path
read only
guest ok
hosts allow
enable access by individual host names or IP Addresses
"192.168.74.18" individual
"192.168.74." entire hosts on a network
maple, pine
5 Select Commit Changes.
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Checking your Samba setup with SWAT
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From SWAT window, select STATUS button.
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Trouble shooting
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$ ifconfig -a
Bcast: 10.0.0.255 - this is determined by the netmask (255.255.255.0).
if Bcast isn't same for the Samba server and clients on the LAN, the clients cannot see that Samba server has directories or printers sharing.
TRY:
$ smbclient -L localhost
