I was running mandrake 9.0 with samba 2.2

everything worked just fine.

i am now running mandrake 10.0 with samba 3.0.2a and i have also tried to run the older version of samba 2.2,

my unix can't mount any other machine nor can any other machine see my linux box, why?

I set everything up exactly they way i had it and it doesn't work.

here's my smb.conf i have used for years witk mandrake 9.0 and samba 2.2


#======================= Global Settings ========================
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
domain master = yes
encrypt passwords = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
allow hosts = 192.168.1. 127.
dns proxy = no
netbios name = mynetwork
local master = yes
workgroup = myworkgroup
os level = 165
security = share
max log size = 50
log level = 3

[Main]
comment = main serv
path = /home/main_serv
valid users = john bob sue peggy
public = no
writable = yes
create mask = 0765

if i cant get an answer on this i will have to go back to all window machines due of lack of software support of mandrake and samba, let them die out

There's a networking forum where a lot of samba questions are answered over here.

try deleating the line where it says

allow hosts = 192.168.1. 127.

or change the ip from 192.168.1. to the one your network uses

also has you network got any domain controllers or windows servers running? if it has change the following lines

domain master = yes

change where it says yes to no, and your os level from 165 to some thing like 45

os level = 165


once you have done that save your smb.conf and then restart samba bey typing

"smbd stop"

and then

"smbd start"

into your console

and then try it. also if it still doesnt work make sure your network is working and iptables isnt blocking you samba port

to check if your network is working go to you console and type

"ping -c 4 HOSTNAMEorIP"

replace where it says HOSTNAMEorIP with the hostname or ip address whith the hosname or ip address of another computer on your network

if you get a reply with 0% packet loss your network is working if not either IPtables is stoping network access or you network card isnt configured and activated yet

hope this has helped and works

berrance