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I have be trying to get my samba shares to be seen by windows, here below is my smb.conf. I am using swat to configure this. My samba shares do not show up on my windows machines. I have tried several combinations of configuration but do not know what else to do. Please could someone help?
smb.conf is:-
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2007/06/22 22:35:48
The reason that the shares don't show up is usually because the firewall is blocking the necessary ports. Browsing SMB/CIFS shares requires that you open up a lot of your firewall, which is why it's usually disabled. For example:
You'll need to tell Firestarter to allow incoming connections (from the subnet your machines are on) to ports 137-139 (tcp/udp), 445 (tcp/udp), and 1025-65535 (udp) on the policy page.
Well I have done everything that has been said and there is still no shares! The firewall ports are open, I really can't think of anything to look at, anyone got any ideas?
Is the workgroup name the same on all computers?
What version of windows are you running?
In a command prompt box on the windows computer try:
net view \\hang10
or
net view \\IP_address (use actual IP address of hang10)
What are the error messages if any?
Might need to enable netbios over TCP/IP on the windows box.
You also do not have any settings for security like:
security = share
encrypt passwords = Yes
Remove the available = No since this will turn off the service.
The output of the command testparm will show the default settings and check for syntax errors. You should not have any errors since you are using swat.
So I tried all of this, when I did net view on the windows box I got : System error 53 has occurred, the network was not found,
I am using windows home edition version 2002 sp2. I removed the no on available, I still have no shares?
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
print$ Disk
tmp Disk adrians tmp
music_store Disk Geko4
homes Disk
geko10 Disk Michaels pc
music Disk
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.22)
ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.0.22)
tp0 Printer Canon_PIXMA_iP3000
Domain=[HANG10] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.22]
Server Comment
--------- -------
GEKO4 Samba 3.0.22
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