[Samba] Samba newbie question

[Erik Hertzel]

Here is the rest, sorry...

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        valid users = %S
        read only = No
"smb.conf" 38L, 893C

        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775
        browseable = Yes

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

[net-progs]
        path = /hdb
        read only = No
        guest ok = Yes
        hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.0.

Torsten Geile wrote:
> Erik Hertzel schrieb:
>> All,
>>
>> I am setting up a SAMBA server on a Redhat 8 Linux box.  I have 
>> gotten it set up and can ping the server and do have SAMBA installed 
>> on the machine.  I have gotten SWAT set up and can access the SAMBA 
>> server on a Windows PC on the network going through SWAT.  But, I 
>> can't see the SAMBA server yet in my Network Places.  I have set up 
>> the smb.conf file and changed the workgroup to the right name and 
>> have set the hostname for the SAMBA server.  I just can't see it.  I 
>> have disabled the iptables and still can't see it.
>>
>> Then, once I get that far, I am having problems getting the shares 
>> setup.  I just need one share for a new hard drive that I set up (the 
>> server has two hard drives, the 10 GIG is for the LINUX redhat 
>> installations, etc...) and the 80 GIG (hdb) is for my SAMBA file 
>> server.  How do I set the share up with the hdb so I can see it and 
>> copy files to it from a Windows box on the same workgroup?
>>
>
> Please post your smb.conf to see, what you have configured already.
>
> Torsten
>
>

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Erik Hertzel
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