On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 16:02 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On 8/29/06, Rodolfo Alcazar <rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have installed samba in order to be able to exchange files with a > > > VMWare server, where I have a MS Windows virtual machine. I configured > > > samba with Webmin and it was working fine yesterday. However, today I > > > am using a different share directory. Surprisingly, I cannot open that > > > new share directory (from MS Windows), as I always get the following > > > message: > > > > > > «\\Localhost\mydirectory is not accessible. > > > The network name cannot be found.» > > > > Well, vmware has another focus to share directories, the so-called > > shared folders. try accessing .\\host\ > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Yep. > > > > a) try \\ip_number > > b) try adding your hostname (must be the same hostname) in > > c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts > > c) recheck your permissions, firewall settings, and so on. > > OK, Rodolfo. How can I find out the IP number of my FC5 machine to try > to access it from VMWare? Well, I dont know what are you are talking about. If you can handle webmin, and samba, I dont. Besides.. which way? Supposing you want to avoid samba. To access your linux from vmware, without using samba, open vmware, select your windows installation/settings/options/shared folders/ and add a shared folder, say "paul - /home/paul - enabled"; run your windows, open your file explorer and write textually .\\host\paul\ then press the enter key. Good luck! -- Rodolfo Alcazar - rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx Netzmanager Padep, GTZ 591-70656800, -22417628, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA http://otbits.blogspot.com -- Ist Linux zu stark, bist Du zu schwach.
