i can see the samba server in network neighbourhood on windose xp but when i go to access it i get
"no service is operating at the destination network endpoint on the remote system"? im using rh9 my share is
[share]
comment = share
path = /home/share
writable = yes
guest ok = yes

i can access the samba server from the linux comp, by using smbclient //bmlinux/share -U bm
i have passwords encrypted(win xp has to have that so ive read), i dont need passwords for my share( i think? )
i have an xp administrator logon called bm and a user in linux called bm, could these be conflicting?
any help is much appreciated, thanks

Hi,

had a look in /var/log/log.smbd and /var/log/log.nmbd ? Any errors there ?

also you have to do two (three) steps to add an samba user:

1.) add the user to the system with adduser
2.) add the user to the samba system:

smbpasswd -ae $user

3.) after that give the user a passwd

smbpasswd $user

enter your password twice

after that the user should work fine (very old versions of samba have to be restarted)

4.) If you wanna use a user without a password use the -n switch

smbpasswd -n $user

or if you're adding a new user:

smbasswd -aen $user

cu

ok here goes, i have the internet on winbox(192.168.1.1) and my linuxbox is sharing it the winbox recognises linuxbox as bmlinux (192.168.1.2) i can ping linuxbox from winbox and vice-versa when i start up samba winbox see's it as \\localhost i cant ping localhost
when i try to enter samba server(localhost) i get
"localhost is not accessible, you were not connected because duplicate names exists on the network" i have only 2 boxes
in windows hosts file there is
localhost 127.0.0.1
bmlinux 192.168.1.2
please help me, ive been trying to get this working for along time now.

Hi,

you should try to use the names of the boxes and not localhost. localhost is the name for the loopback device that exists on EVERY machine. so if you try to ping or connect to localhost you'll end up on the machine you're working with and not somewhere on the net.

the problem windows tries to tell you is that, there is the loopback device on the local (windows) box and another machine with 192.168.1.2 that is also called localhost. so which one should windows use now ?

you should find out why your samba box is called localhost on the smb-net, and change the name to bmlinux. after that your winbox should see the linuxbox with it's true name bmlinux.

i hope i understood the question correctly, 'cause i didn't understand

"when i try to enter samba server(localhost) i get"

...

hope it works

cu

ok, i think i understand. windows knows bmlinux(192.168.1.2) only because i have put it in the windows host file. the host name for linux box is localhost.localdomain so i have to change the hostname on linux box not just on the windows box. i think i understand. thanks so far

ok, i have change the hostname and now bmlinux is bmlinux. i start up the samba daemons on linux box. on windows box i can see linux box in network neighbourhood. when i try to enter linux box from windows box the error.
"//bmlinux is unaccessible you might not have permission to use this network resource contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have permission /n No service is operating at the destination network endpoint on the remote system"

i use the redhat 9 samba server configure GUI
(windows box) account = bm with password X.
(linux box) account = bm with password Y.
my samba user = bm with password Z. i had to connect the samba username to a account already on the linux box = bm. i also had to connect the samba username to my windows account = bm. and thats where iam so far please help me
thanks