my workgroup was available one minute and gone the next (after a couple of changes). before, i could see my xp machines from suse but not my suse from the xp's. i tried to get an xp to join the suse domain but it said domain controller not available. i said forget the suse server idea, lemme just have the machines see each other without bothering with directories and such. i made some changes and now it says there aren't any workgroups available. all i want to do is share media between the machines.

so far, i've:
-allowed ports 137:139 in yast
-enabled smbd and nmbd at startup
(oh this reminds me, in swat it says that these aren't running, and if i click start or restart it refreshes the page and tells me that they're still not running)

i've been using swat. here's my smb.conf. any ideas?

[global]
workgroup = MSHOME
realm = SUSEBOX.USCMEDIA.COM
interfaces = 127.0.0.1, eth0
bind interfaces only = Yes
map to guest = Bad User
pam password change = Yes
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
printer admin = @ntadmin, root, administrator
hosts allow = 24.88.126.16, 24.88.127.149
#the first is the xp machine, the second is the suse
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
browseable = No

[users]
comment = All users
path = /home
read only = No
inherit permissions = Yes
veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/

[groups]
comment = All groups
path = /home/groups
read only = No
inherit permissions = Yes

[pdf]
comment = PDF creator
path = /var/tmp
create mask = 0600
printable = Yes
print command = /usr/bin/smbprngenpdf -J '%J' -c %c -s %s -u '%u' -z %z

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
create mask = 0600
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @ntadmin, root
force group = ntadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775