Re: [SLUG] Samba help for Linux Newbee

From: Chuck Vroman (chvroman@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Apr 10 2004 - 16:55:47 EDT


Ken,
I am just starting this effort myself. Which machine did you install
Samba on, the linux box or the Win 2K box?

Ken Elliott wrote:

> I'm an experienced user with Windows NT/2000 server, and some HP-UX/Xenix.
> But I've never used Linux much until this week. Trying to get Samba to
> work. I can ping the boxes and Win 2000 sees the Linux box in the
> workgroup. So the networking side seems OK. But I can't seem to get them
> to see each others shares.
>
> Problem: Window 2000 "Rufus" can see SuSE 9.0 Linux box "TUX400" in the
> workgroup "KENET", but cannot access any shares. When I click on TUX400 to
> view it's shares, I get this W2K Error message: "\\TUX400 not accessible.
> Path not found."
>
> Shares:
> ken (/usr/ken) Linux user
> kennt (/usr/kennt) Linux user
> smb-share (public)
>
> Password encryption = yes
>
> ----From smb.conf-----
> [smb-shared]
> Path = /smb-shared/
> Briwseabke = yes
> Guest ok = yes
> Printable = no
> Read only = no
>
> I tried to connect using Internet Explorer to http//TUX400/kennt. I gave it
> the user "kennt" and the password. After three tries, I got this error:
> "Authorization Required". No matter what user or share I try, it's always
> the same.
>
> What am I missing? I'm RTFM'ing all I can, but I bet I'm missing something
> simple.
>
> Ken Elliott
> Clearwater FL
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