I also have vmware running on my linux machine so I can do tests locally. When I run "net view \\gmc" on my vmware guest I get a list of shares and can connect to the printer and see the files in the "testshare" share. If I run the same comand on my bf's computer I get access denied. It's not firewall related because I'm testing it with no rules set.
I'm including my smb.conf below.
[global] workgroup = HOME interfaces = eth1 vmnet1 bind interfaces only = yes load printers = yes printing = cups printcap name = cups guest account = smbprint domain master = no local master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 65 [testshare] comment = test path to tmp path =/tmp browseable = yes guest ok = yes writable = no [printers] comment = Linux printer path = /home/smbprint browseable = yes public = yes guest ok = yes writable = yes printable = yes printer admin = root use client driver = yes
-- Gordon Charrick gordonmc@xxxxxxx