"could not connect to host - localhost"

[Christian Barth]

I would forget about the nice graphic user interfaces to start with. 
In the samba distribtion there is a file called DIAGNOSIS.txt. Go 
through it step by step and tell us were it fails. 

Probably a lot helpfull guys out here don't know the specific GUI's 
but what happens behind them.

What security have you choosen during the Mandrake install? May be 
there is a firewall blocking the prots. (RedHat likes to do so).

What does your smb.conf look like? Are you using encrypted passwords? 
If yes: Have you set them up for the user? To get started with samba 
I would run plaintext passwords and patch the windows clients. Once 
you are familiar with it you can switch to the more secure encrypted 
password needed for the domain stuff.

Christian


> Hi Christopher:
> 
> At 10:50 AM 12/3/01 -0800, Adams, Christopher wrote:
> 
> >Ron,
> >
> >Let me add this:
> >
> >You might want to use  "Komba2" instead of Lisa.
> 
>          I went looking and couldn't find "Komba2." The only thing I found 
> about Lisa was a setup screen on the Control Panel but couldn't find 
> anything else about it.
> 
> >It's simpler and very nice alternative.
> >Also, LM8.1 Konqueror does not seem to work too well with LISa
> >Just start it up and it will scan the network for windows shares Right
> >clicking on a share will mount it (You will have to set the user name and
> >password first of the remote windows machine)
> 
>          Can't even see the windows shares at the moment.
> 
> >After mounting a share in komba2 you can view the shares in Konqueror. A
> >folder called komba will appear in your home directory with the remote
> >windows shares within it.
> 
>          Hmmmm, see above.
> 
>          Thanks again for all your help.
> 
>          Ron Woodall
> 
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