[Samba] Win XP 'Network path was not found' Error when connecting to Samba share

[John H Terpstra]

Jeff,

Thanks for your feedback.

- John T.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Jeff Tapia wrote:

> I had an issue where my Windows Network Neighborhood could see (browse) files
> and printers connected to linux (redhat 8 and 9) systems, but could not connect
> or print. I could connect from linux to windows but not from windows to linux.
>
> I solved this by disabling iptables
>
> If you are having this problem, see if the following fixes the problem:
> # service iptables stop
>
> If so, you probably have [perhaps accidentally] unknowingly created a firewall
> by installing with some form of security enabled.
>
> You may want to disable the linux firewall by disabling the iptables service.
>
> This corrected my sharing problems (which I spent DAYS troubleshooting on and
> off).
>
> For whatever reason the default /etc/samba/smb.conf did not work for me and
> from various reading, I  changed my [printers] section to the following, which
> got me up and running (printing from Windows to linux printer):
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	browseable = no
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
> 	public = yes
>
> # jht added the following 7 lines from various reading
> 	guest ok = yes
> 	writeable = yes
> 	read only = no
> 	printable = yes
> 	print command = lpr /var/spool/samba/ -o raw %s;rm %s -r
> 	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq    -P%p %s
> 	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm   -P%p %j
>
> also ADDED the following to [global]
> # jht from redhat.com to correct issue when windows admin is user, add to
> [GLOBAL]
> 	use client driver = yes
>
>
> Good luck,
> jtmoderate876
>
>
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-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org