samba will not work for me... :/

[Joel Hammer]

Walk through the trouble shooting document, DIAGNOSIS.txt in the samba
distribution.
Joel
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:10:12AM -0800, Unix Rookie wrote:
> I've had this problem since FreeBSD 4.3.  This problem continues with my
> FreeBSD 4.4 machine.
> 
> I can't connect from my Win98se and Win2kPro machines to my FreeBSD 4.4 Samba
> server.
> 
> I've tried it all... but still no luck.
> 
> I've run smbd and nmbd manually with the "-D" parameter.  I can connect
> internally from my FreeBSD 4.4 box using "./smbclient //(hostname)/test"
> 
> However, when I try to map "\\(hostname)\test" using Explorer... nothing
> happens.
> 
> I've also tried "net view \\(hostname)\test" under the dos prompt... but again
> I get nothing.
> 
> When I run "testparm" everything seems to work out.
> 
> I've followed the directions from both Sam's "Samaba Unleashed" and the O'Reily
> book... but to no avail.
> 
> Can anyone please help me getting samba to work with my Win machines?  This has
> become extremely frustrating.
> 
> -Sameer
> 
> 
> 
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