Problems to access samba from xp
 

Hi, I've been looking for information to make things work but I'm stucked.
I have a winxp machine connected via lan with fc6 , they share internet, i can ping from xp, ssh via putty from xp and I can see the Samba Server in my workgroup
but if I try to acces the server it gives me an error, "can't find network" or something like that.
this is my smb.conf file:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = LINUXHOST
server string = Samba Server
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
dns proxy = No
cups options = raw

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /usr/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[sharedspace]
comment = Archivos para compartir
path = /home/shared
valid users = mike, vero
read only = No
create mask = 0765

[doc]
comment = Documentation
path = /usr/share/doc
guest ok = Yes

I added the samba users with smbpasswd command.
what am I missing?? :scratch:


thanks in advanced

Hmm - I can do exactly what you want, but my smb.conf looks very different from yours. Here it is:

[global]

netbios name = stefan
workgroup = GOEDEHOOP10
security = share
log file = /var/log/samba.log
log level = 1
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384
wins support = yes
domain logons = no
logon drive = f:
logon home = \\stefan\%U
os level = 99
preferred master = yes
local master = yes
hosts allow = 192.254.255.10 192.254.255.20 192.254.255.30 127.0.0.1 192.254.255.40 192.254.255.50 192.254.255.60 192.254.255.70 192.254.255.80
encrypt passwords = yes
browseable = yes
lanman auth = yes
lm announce = yes

[shared]
path = /mnt/win/shared
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
create mode = 0666
directory mode = 0777
browseable = yes
public = yes

With the above smb.conf Windows users have passwordless read and write access to the /mnt/win/shared directory on my linux system - perhaps my minimal config above will work for you too?

Thanks for your quick reply.
if I stop the firewall (service iptables stop) I can connect from xp. the linux machine is in my internal lan, I don't know if it's a good idea disable the firewall.

any advice is appreciated

thanks

If you are behind some form of router / another firewall as regards connection to the internet, it should be safe to disable the firewall completely. Don't do this if you need the protection the firewall offers - rather try and figure out how to get the firewall to allow Samba packets to move around in that case.

Thanks for the light. works great