[Samba] New installation does not show on network

[John Drescher]

On 8/7/07, durwin at mgtsciences.com <durwin at mgtsciences.com> wrote:
>
> Ever since installing Fedora 7, samba stopped showing the machine on the
> network.  I can connect to it by entering the machine name (\\lazarus),
> but it will not show itself from a Windows machine.  I tried a command
> suggested to test if it was listening and this is what I got;
>
> $ smbclient -L localhost -U%
> Domain=[LAZARUS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.25b-2.fc7]
>
>         Sharename       Type      Comment
>         ---------       ----      -------
>         docs            Disk
>         IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server Version
> 3.0.25b-2.fc7)
> Domain=[LAZARUS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.25b-2.fc7]
>
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
>
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>
>
> Notice there is nothing shown under 'Server', 'Comment', 'Workgroup', or
> 'Master'.  Does this suggest anything?  In this case, the smb.conf was
> directly from samba-guide.pdf.
>
> # Global Parameters
> [global]
> workgroup = MIDEARTH
> security = SHARE
> [Plans]
> path = /plans
> read only = Yes
> guest ok = Yes
>

Is nmbd running?

John