[plug] samba connection problems

[Quintin Lette]

ok..
As WIndows XP (and 2000) can use solely dns for resolution try adding an entry 
in C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts which says:

192.168.0.3	Server2

Sorry I have been trying to not modify anything on the XP box but this should 
tell us something (and might even work)

On Sunday 16 February 2003 04:37, Ari Finander wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Quintin Lette <quintin at arach.net.au>
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 03:59:36 +0800
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] samba connection problems
>
> > Gee we're having fun :(
> >
> > ok, have you tried manual mapping (as suggested in other posting) by ip?
> > ie:
> > net use q: \\192.168.0.3\linux * /user:username
>
> yes, I thought I included the "error 53" text just after that suggestion,
> it didn't work either :-(
>
> > also try substituting "server string = Server2" for "netbios name =
> > Server2"
>
> One step ahead of you there.  I went through the smb.conf file from the
> older version of e-smith that I've been running for about a year problem
> free and added/changed several settings, including this one, testing and
> restarting samba as I went along, no luck  :-(
>
> > Have you tried accessing other services on Redhat machine remotely?
>
> Such as?  (I may have been toying with linux on and off for some time now,
> but I'm still really a newbie)

ssh? Try connecting via ssh from another machine, or using putty from the xp 
box. 

my suggestion would be from the esmith (easier)

ssh 192.168.0.3 will suffice as long as you have the same users on both 
machines (atleast the currently logged in user) otherwise ssh -l knownuser 
192.168.0.3

This won't fix samba, but it will atleast tell us if there are connectivity 
issues

Quintin