[Samba] how to verify the connection between a Samba server and a Windows Xp client?

[John H Terpstra]

You can not have a machine name and a user name that are the same.

- John T.

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Michael Gong wrote:

> Hi, there,
>
> I have 2 machines ( running Linux Red Hat 8.0 and Windows Xp individually),
> which share a broadband Internet connection through a router.
>
> After installing Samba 2.2.7.a on Linux machine, I can use "smbclient" to
> access Windows machines, see the files and transfer files.
>
> Linux machine info:
>     name: WINNY
>     share folder name: gong
>     ip:    192.168.123.153
>     valid user: gong
>     password: 710224
>
> Windows Xp machine info:
>     name: GONG
>     ip: 192.168.123.110
>     log in as user: gong
>     log in password: 710224
>
> step 1:
> On Linux machine, I can use:
>     smbclient //WINNY/gong -U gong%710224
>
>         //this command runs successfully, so that the Linux Samba server
> works fine.
>         // and it can accept user name and password.
>
> step 2:
>     delete the log.winny file on Linux.
>
> step 3:
>
> On Xp machine, I use:
>     net use z: \\WINNY\gong /user:gong
>
>         // it doesn't work, it reported: "The network path was not found".
>
> step 4:
>     try to open log.winny file, but it doesn't exist. Therefore, the Samba
> doesn't even receive the request from Xp client.
>
> So my question is:
>     how to verify the connection between these 2 machines works?
>
> By the way:
>     On Xp machine, I can use:
>         ping WINNY
>     or
>         ping 192.168.123.153
>
>     both works.
>
>
>
> Could you give me any suggestion?
>
> Thanks ahead!
>
> Michael
>
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John H Terpstra
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