i have installed Samba. followed all the steps. i created a simple smb.conf file:
[global]
workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba Server
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes

the smb.conf file is locate in /etc/samba

i created a user, gave that user a password and created a samba password fir that user also. everything seemed to work fine.

i then went and started the smbd and nmbd daemons which are located in the /usr/local/samba/bin directory. i used the following command

cd /usr/local/samba/bin

./smbd -D
./nmbd -D

when i try to run smbclient -L 192.168.1.9 i get the following error:

added interface ip =192.168.1.9 bcast=192.168.1.127 nmask=255.255.255.128
error connecting to 192.168.1.9:139 (Connection refused)
Error connecting to 192.168.1.9 (Connection refused)
Connection to 192.168.1.9 failed

i checked the /etc/services file. it has all the ports assigned in there that it should.

any ideas why?

Don't know if this is the root of your problem, but....

If I'm not mistaken you are missing a vital part of your smb.conf file....

netbios name=SERVER NAME

That is what you want your machine to be seen as.

My hostname is mychlinux, but I have netbios name set to ENTERPRISE in my smb.conf file.

So when I connect to my linux machine from a windows machine, I use \\ENTERPRISE\SHARE NAME

NOT

\\MYCHLINUX\SHARE NAME


Then again this might not have anything to do with your problem....

GL

i figured it out. i looked in the /usr/local/samba/var/log.smbd file and it told me that the smb.conf file was located in the wrong place. as soon as i moved the smb.conf file everything worked fine.

thanks for the help