This is a long shot, but has anyone ever networked a DOS machine with a Linux machine? I can log on to an NT box no problem, but I'd love to be able to log on to a Linux machine instead.

It's actually Windoze 95 not running the GUI, btw and I log on with:

net use g: \\NTmachine\directory

and

net use lpt2: \\NTmachine\LJ5000

Which sets me up a share on the NT machine and I can print by copying files to LPT2: - it works a treat.

The main problem is that my NT machine was actually put together by Noah and is getting quite rusty from the water damage suffered in the great flood! I only ever power it up to act as a print server for my DOS machine these days. (The DOS machine is used for CAD in case you're wondering, Windoze CAD systems are *awful*!)

If I run

net view

from the DOS machine. btw it only sees the NT box and *no* other machine on the network.

Are the other names under 8 characters?

Have you tried using the IP rather than the name?

You will "probably" need to use "security = share" not "security = user" in smb.conf

>> Are the other names under 8 characters? <<

Yep.

>> Have you tried using the IP rather than the name? <<

Just tried that and it gives the same message along the lines of "Remote computer cannot be found."

It's something to do with it (not) being an NT box I think. I know you can set up Samba to be an NT server clone, so maybe that's what I'll have to do.