Cannot see share from Network Neighbourhood

[Joel Hammer]

Didn't this question just get answered? Doesn't the RH firewall block the
necessary ports?
Joel

>  
> Am getting desperate. 
>  
> Have upgraded from RedHat 6.2 to 7.1 which comes with Samba 2.0.7. 
>  
> Samba worked fine with RedHat 6.2 but is now a very reluctant starter - in fact it 
> refuses to go!!
>  
> I can see the Linux box name in the Network Neighbourhood window but when I 
> click it I get the nessage that the "The computer or share name could not be 
> found..." 
>  
> I have tried numerous combinations of smb.conf but settled on the following as a 
> simple "should go" example:-
>  
> [global]
>     work group  = VB.ORG
>     netbios name = P133
>     log file = /var/log/samba-log%m
>     lock directory = /var/lock/samba
>      share modes = yes
>  
> [public]
>     comment = Some public
>     path = /home/public <-- a real public directory with rwx 777
>     public = yes
>     writable = yes
>     printable = no
>  
> Have also tried simple [homes] and they don't work. 
>  
> Have set EnablePlainTextPassword on the Win 98 box plus all other settings 
> which used to work fine with my RedHat 6.2 installation. 
>  
> Have checked that the samba daemons are working via the "ps" command. 
>  
> Have checked that the smb.conf file is being re-read and interpreted each time I 
> run smb restart. 
>  
> Have run testparm and no problems.
>  
> Have pinged from the Linux box to the Win Box and vice versa and both respond to 
> each other. 
>  
> Have searched the internet high and low and not found a solution, although I have 
> found a number of references to similar problems (without solutions).
>  
> So can you offer a suggestion apart from giving up and forgetting about Windows 
> and Linux networking?
>  
> Regards
>  
> Chris Bragg (50s + old time UNIX user who would like to rediscover his youth)
> 
> 
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