Connecting a Windows Machine to a Samba Server

[Ape]

I want to use a Samba server on my network. I am running Win98se and Win2K in a peer to peer network. TCP/IP and NetBEUI are the active protocols. I install Redhat 7.3 or Mandrake 8.1 and I have samba running. When I attach it to my network the Linux machine gets the proper numbers from the DSL router (DHCP) and it can connect to the internet. I can also see the shares of the Windows machines from the Linux machine but non of my Windows machines see the Linus machine. I know I am missing something simple. Please help. Ape Out.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Try start, run: \\servername

 

[manly]

First off, I would get rid of NetBEUI; you'll be using NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I'd refer to the freely available book Using Samba to learn how to implement Samba servers.

You'll essentially need to understand NetBIOS names and name resolution (browsing or WINS) to solve your issues.

 

[steell]

If I recall correctly (it has been a while) W2k uses encypted passwords and default Samba uses unencrypted passwords. So in addition to the suggestions listed above, you might check this out. Also make sure that you have your Windows workgroup name listed as the domain name on your linux box. Those are a couple of the things that caused me problems when I set up Samba.

 

[BlitzRommel]

Very important, be sure you remember to create samba users! Lots of people tend to forget this when they're constantly denied access to their own resources on SMB servers

 

[Ape]

My problem is that my Windows machines cannot see the Linux machine. When I search by computer. I use the name, ip address and I see nothing. Yet the Linux machine can see all the Windows shares. Very irritating. Ape Out.