Samba

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Stanley Wright wrote:

>I'm having a problem setting up Samba(Ver 2.2.7a) on FreeBSD. Ive already set Samba up on RedHAt and Mandrake with no issues.
> 
>I can see the icon for the FreeBSD share under Network Neighborhood but when it is clicked I get the message:
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>The computer or sharename could not be found. 
>On the FreeBSD box if I run for example \\\\smbclient\\homes it prompts for a password and I connect getting the smb: \> prompt.
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>Also, I can map a network drive thru windows explorer and this works fine as well as testparm.
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>The following is the global section of my smb.conf file:
>[global]
>   hosts allow = 169.254.
>   workgroup = FREEBSD
>   printing = bsd
>   printcap name = /etc/printcap
>   encrypt passwords = yes
>   load printers = yes
>   guest account = pcguest
>   remote announce = 169.254.190.255/FREEBSD
>   security = share
> 
>Any idea where I'm going wrong ??
> 
>Stanley
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Really, I don't.  Just a wild shot in the dark: Name resolution?
Seems in my experience Winboxen are occasionally bad about not
looking too hard to find a host...

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.