[Samba] can't browse my linux box

[Ray Tayek]

At 07:19 PM 2/6/02 +0100, you wrote:
>...I am having problems browsing my Linux box, running samba, from my 
>win98 box. It is running both smbd and nmbd, it is using encrypted passwords.
>... net view \\tjocksmock ..
>--
>Error 53: The computer name specified in the network path cannot be 
>located. Make sure you are specifying the computer name correctly, or try 
>again later when the remote computer is available.

i have a similar setup. i needed to add a line in the hosts file (i do not 
have a lmhosts file) on the windoze machine for the unix box.

hth

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