Craig White wrote:
actually, service smb restart isn't truly necessary because samba automatically re-reads it's config files on some regular basis (perhaps once per minute or so) but it helps speed things along if nothing else...and of course, once you have a 'connection' established, even changing and restarting smb service isn't going to change things for those connections. You might want to verify that a pointless connection doesn't already exist from client to server...'smbstatus' Craig
# smbstatus Samba version 3.0.10-1.fc2 PID Username Group Machine ------------------------------------------------------------------- Service pid machine Connected at ------------------------------------------------------- tmp 11998 amd586 Fri Mar 17 00:54:27 2006 No locked files Only thing is, I can't connect to my home directory. MSCLIENT complains that the syntax isn't correct. Apparently it can only handle one level of directory... JMCCARTY@AMD586 Q:\NET> net use * \\presario-1\home\jmccarty ? Enter password: The syntax is incorrect. So, it doesn't like the multiple levels. However, I added a soft link /jmccarty -> /home/jmccarty which I shared only to my user jmccarty, and it works just fine to let me access my home directory. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!