Re: samba

ian douglas wrote:

nowayout wrote:

""\\Localhost is not accesible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource and blah blah.. at the end say you are not
connected because a duplicate name exists in the network. Go to System
in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again"

'localhost' is a hostname that every TCP/IP machine will have access to. It should resolve 'localhost' to 127.0.0.1 - which the windows machine will think is itself. You'll need to configure a proper hostname on your linux machine, configure a proper machine name in smb.conf, and restart samba.

-id

Or you can try to use the IP address. Under Windows run \\<ip-address-of-your-linux-host> or use the cmd an enter

net use x: (or other free (net)drive) \\<ip-address-of-your-linux-host>
You should be asked for username and password if needed. After that you have a new drive you can access with explorer or e.g. x:

Jens Frieben