On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 09:12 +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote: > I am absolutely confused... > > For example I have a FEDORA pc and a Windows (MAXDATA name on the > network running XP professional, but similar results with XP Home > machines) connected. > > 1) If I issue the command findsmb i get: > *=DMB > +=LMB > IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 192.168.0.1 FEDORA *[FEDORA] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.10-1.fc3] > > no trace of the Windows machine.... > > 2) I issue the command: > smbclient -L //MAXDATA > Password: > Domain=[MAXDATA] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > > Sharename Type Comment > --------- ---- ------- > Lavoro Disk > IPC$ IPC IPC remoto > print$ Disk Driver della stampante > SharedDocs Disk > Musica Disk > ADMIN$ Disk Amministrazione remota > Immagini Disk > C$ Disk Condivisione predefinita > Software Disk > Musicaok Disk > Domain=[MAXDATA] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > > Server Comment > --------- ------- > > Workgroup Master > --------- ------- > > 3) If i digit the command smb:/// in Nautilus I see my Workgroup, then I > click on it and I see the list of the connected machines, I click on my > MAXDATA machine and I see the shares, but when I click on a shared > folders, Nautilus freezes, no password request....and I have to kill > Nautilus by System Monitor... > > 4) If I digit smb://192.168.0.5/ (that is IP number of MAXDATA) > everything works fine..I can access my shared folders through Nautilus, > copy, delete files, etc, etc..... > > 5) If I digit smb://MAXDATA/ I get the poor results like point 3. > > Samba shares on my Fedora machine are fine and seen on all network > What am I missing??? ---- a wins server and windows machines that find it on fedora system, in smb.conf add wins support = yes on windows systems, add the ip address of the fedora machine to the wins server section in the 'Advanced' tab of the TCP/IP properties of the network adaptors or if you are using dhcp, add this info to the wins section of your dhcp server. Restart samba on the fedora machine 'service smb restart' and you should be able to browse Windows Networking in a short amount of time. Craig
