[Samba] Problems connecting to Samba through windows

[Joel Hammer]

Have you walked through DIAGNOSIS.txt in the docs/text section with the
samba sources.
Is samba running on the linux box?
Joel
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:16:53PM +1000, Justin wrote:
> I just started using Linux a couple of weeks ago and have been trying to setup samba.
> I have a couple of text books I have been following which have helped me be able to run the 
> smbclient from Linux to view both the shares on my Linux and xp machine.
> 
> The problem is that I can not access the Linux files from my xp machine. I can ping the machine
> without a problem and can also view the machine through network neighbourhood. However when I 
> double click the Linux machine in network neighbourhood I receive the error:
> 
> \\linux is not accessible. you might not have permissions to use this network resource.
> No service is operating at the destination network endpoint on the remote system.
> 
> I have gone through all the documentation I can find but nothing seems to help. Could someone please advise me on what I am doing wrong or not doing at all. I am still learning so the more explanatory the better. 
> 
> I look forward to your response
> Justin