[Samba] Problem Seeing Linux Machine From Windows Machine

[linux power]

Yes you should see it. But you have to apply a user in
the lindoze and samba server named skidmore. You must
use the same passwds all three places.Windoze,linux
and samba.

 


--- Barry Skidmore <skidmore at mail.worldvenue.org>
skrev: > I am very new to Samba, so please excuse this
naive
> question.
> 
> Samba seems to be working properly from my Red Hat
> 7.2 system.  I am
> using a GUI called xSMBrowser, and am able to
> transfer files back and
> forth to the Windows machines on my network.
> 
> I now want to access my Linux system from a Windows
> 98 machine.  I can see 
> it ('Mail') in 'My Network Places' within the
> workgroup called 
> 'WORKGROUP', but I do not see any folders.  I am
> logged into the Windows 
> machine as 'skidmore'.
> Here is a snippet from my 'smb.conf'.  I am
> obviously doing something 
> wrong:
>
============================================================================
> # A private directory, usable only by fred. Note
> that fred requires write
> # access to the directory.
> [skidmore]
>     comment = Barry's Service
>     path = /home/skidmore
>     valid users = skidmore
>     public = no
>     writable = yes
>     printable = no
>
=============================================================================
> So, shouldn't I be able to see my home directory
> (skidmore) under 'Mail' 
> in Network Places?:
> 
> Network Places
>     WORKGROUP
>        Mail
>          skidmore
> 
> Thanks,
> Barry Skidmore
> (Samba novice)
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