Samba question

[sarahwithanx at gmail.com (Sarah McGlinchey)]

By default, nmbd uses the system's short hostname for netbios.

It uses ports 137/138/139 over UDP.

I would ensure your system's hostname is set correctly, and check for any
firewall rules.

On 11/7/06, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>
> I am exporting a directory from a Samba server in my office. We can easily
> mount the directory on Windows XP if we either explicityly specify the ip
> address or if we include the hostname in the Windows hosts file. However,
> I would like this to show up in "my network places".
> My smb.conf looks like this:
> [TheDirectoryInQuestion]
>         comment = Boston Team Share
>         path = /Sambas/TheDirectoryInQuestion
>         public = yes
>         writeable = yes
>         browseable = yes
>         only guest = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>
> In the [global] section I have the workgroup set up the same as the
> workstations. Both the Windows boxes and the Linux systems are on the same
> subnet:
> 10.xx.yy.zz
> mask 255.255.0.0
> hosts allow = 10.xx.
>
> Note that I can see the share from another Linux system on the subnet, but
> not from the Windows XP workstations.
>
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> Boston Linux and Unix
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