need some additional info about the phrase "See The Windows Box From Mepis"
when you start SAMBA service on linux box, two services become "visible" :-)
Code:
#netstat -nap | grep smb
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9771/smbd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9771/smbd
the same picture must be on the XP (or whatever running SMB).
so if you want to "see" XP box you'd need to run this
Code:
#nmap -p 139 ip_of_target_comp
#nmap -p 445 ip_of_target_comp
if these ports are open - that means you can "see" your target comp, if not - check firewall settings and status of shared folders and network connection properties.
There may be another reason - you can not see NET BIOS of you XP box. Try to start your smb client and connect directly to IP. For konqueror I do like this smb://192.168.1.2
for smb.conf - check this
Code:
[public]
path = /home/storage/ISO
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
it's my share config and it works. but first need to check permitions for the target folder
Code:
#ls -la /mnt/sdb5/Music3
and need to add smbuser with command smbpasswd
check man smbpasswd - it's easy
>>Also How Do I Edit The smb Conf In An Editor It Tells Me No Write Access
configuration file must have the following permitions:
Code:
ls -la /etc/samba/smb.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20695 2007-11-12 23:09 /etc/samba/smb.conf
Don't even think to change it!!!
in order to edit this file - stop samba
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/samba stop
and then edit smb.conf with your favourite text editor
Code:
sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Networking With Windows?
doesn't work well for prose. 
