On Thursday 16 March 2006 21:13, Mike McCarty wrote: > Thom Paine wrote: > > Thanks for your kind reply. > > > I think the file name should be > > > > /etc/samba/smb.conf > > That is indeed the name of the file I edited. > > > Test your samba configuration with > > > > # testparm > > # testparm > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf > Processing section "[homes]" > Processing section "[printers]" > Processing section "[jmccarty]" > Loaded services file OK. > Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this possibily the problem? > > Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions > > # Global parameters > [global] > netbios name = PRESARIO > server string = Samba Server > encrypt passwords = No > password server = None > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > max log size = 50 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > printcap name = /etc/printcap > dns proxy = No > idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 > idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > read only = No > browseable = No > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > printable = Yes > browseable = No > > [jmccarty] > comment = My Home > path = /home/jmccarty > read only = No > Mike. I don't think it has anything to do with broadcasting, but that 'encrypt passwords = No' will give you problems. Windows has used encrypted passwords at least since Win98 (maybe earlier). Keep your [Global] to the fewest entries you can get away with. You can always add things back if/when you find you need them. Anne
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