Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:39:59 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Stanley Wright <linuxrule@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samba Message-ID: <410703EF.50103@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040728011215.32339.qmail@web14304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040728011215.32339.qmail@web14304.mail.yahoo.com>
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Stanley Wright wrote: >I'm having a problem setting up Samba(Ver 2.2.7a) on FreeBSD. Ive already set Samba up on RedHAt and Mandrake with no issues. > >I can see the icon for the FreeBSD share under Network Neighborhood but when it is clicked I get the message: > >The computer or sharename could not be found. >On the FreeBSD box if I run for example \\\\smbclient\\homes it prompts for a password and I connect getting the smb: \> prompt. > >Also, I can map a network drive thru windows explorer and this works fine as well as testparm. > >The following is the global section of my smb.conf file: >[global] > hosts allow = 169.254. > workgroup = FREEBSD > printing = bsd > printcap name = /etc/printcap > encrypt passwords = yes > load printers = yes > guest account = pcguest > remote announce = 169.254.190.255/FREEBSD > security = share > >Any idea where I'm going wrong ?? > >Stanley > > > Really, I don't. Just a wild shot in the dark: Name resolution? Seems in my experience Winboxen are occasionally bad about not looking too hard to find a host... Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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