[Samba] win ME/Samba connection

[John H Terpstra]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Jim Wharton wrote:

> Are you saying that your samba server doesn't show up in "My Network
> Places"? Can other machines connect? Can you ping the server from WinME? Can
> you net view from a command (MSDOS) window?
>
> Can you send me a dump of /etc/samba/smb.conf. (samba.conf isn't the right
> name)

FYI - that is smb.conf.

- John T.

>
> Jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-bounces+creole3=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:samba-bounces+creole3=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org]On
> >  Behalf Of
> > Bob McLaughlin
> > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:18 AM
> > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: [Samba] win ME/Samba connection
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok, believe it or not, I've looked through all 209 pages of the
> > Samba-HOWTO_Collection.pdf plus used this mail list and other internet
> > sources, used those recommendations, tried almost every possible
> > iteration on the samba.conf file, looked at logs until nauseated and
> > have concluded that there is no way that Windows ME can connect to a
> > Linux box using Samba. Connecting to the WinME box from Linux works
> > fine. I hope someone can prove me wrong.  Please don't send me any
> > sympathy or 'works for me' mail unless you include the exact
> > UNC used on
> > the WinME machine, how to find the server/user names you used, and the
> > configuration files. Remember we are talking WinME only!  TIA
> > --
> > Bob McLaughlin <bobm142 at attbi.com>
> >
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org