[Samba] Samba and Windows XP

[Slavisa Popravak]

Jason wrote:

>I am trying to setup a samba server on Redhat Fedora 2 and trying to connect to it through Windows XP Professional.  
>
>This samba server is a standalone server.  I can see it in the Network Places.  Every time I try to connect to it I get the following error in Windows.
>
>"\\Samba is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use this network resource.  Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.  The network path was not found."
>
>Here is my smb.conf file that I created using SWAT.  Can anyone help me?
>
>Thank You
>
>Jason
>
># Samba config file created using SWAT
># from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2)
># Date: 2004/09/15 23:22:05
>
># Global parameters
>[global]
>	log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>	max log size = 50
>	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>	dns proxy = No
>	ldap ssl = no
>	idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>	idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>	hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
>
>[homes]
>	comment = Home Directories
>	path = /home
>	read only = No
>
>[printers]
>	comment = All Printers
>	path = /var/spool/samba
>	printable = Yes
>	browseable = No
>
>[myshare]
>	comment = Jason Test Share
>	path = /home/jason
>	valid users = jason
>	read only = No
>	create mask = 0765
>  
>
Did you create username " jason " on server as a samba user??

smbpasswd -a jason

Then enter password, and when later try to connect to server suply that 
username and password.



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Slaviša Popravak
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