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Posted: Aug. 15 2005,01:14 QUOTE

Hmm.. my samba config file is found at /opt/samba/smb.conf  ..

Works for me..

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Posted: Aug. 15 2005,13:59 QUOTE

Can someone tell me what should be running in "ps -ax" to confirm that Samba is running so Windows can see Linux?

I have tried "sndb -D" and "nmbd -D" but even after running these they do not output anything to the shell window and "ps -ax" does not list them?

Trying with smb.conf in the /opt/samba folders at the moment at that is what LnNeighbourhood seems to use.

Any further help much appreciated.

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Posted: Aug. 15 2005,15:55 QUOTE

I guess the smb.conf file is at /opt/samba/ because Samba was installed from a dsl package.
It sounds like you're getting closer.  Just a few points -

LinNeighborhood provides a gui to access Windows from Linux.  It is not involved when you are accessing Linux from Windows.  And it has its own configuration file separate from smb.conf - /home/dsl/.LinNeighborhood/preferences.  This may contain the line "workgroup = WORKGROUP" but this is not a fixed parameter, it just provides this text in the gui, which you can change prior to logging onto the Windows client.

If you are using DHCP, you need to do a full DHCP negotiation with "pump -i eth0", not just "ifup eth0" or "ifconfig eth0 up".
Or if you are setting up a static address, you may need to specify other parameters to ifconfig as well as the IP address, namely broadcast address and netmask.

One simple way to know if smbd and nmbd are working is that when they are running, LinNeighborhood will not only see the Windows machine, but also see itself!
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Posted: Oct. 30 2005,04:08 QUOTE

DO make sure the firewall on windows system, if any, to authorize the connection to dsl box. I got the same problem and sovled in this way.
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Posted: Nov. 09 2005,17:12 QUOTE

i run samba and i can see linux to windows 98se, linux to linux no and windows to linux no.

the workgroup is ok in smb.conf and .lin... is ok who is wrong ? i suposed in smb.conf

i make the net by a wireless card atmel chip
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