[plug] samba connection problems

[Quintin Lette]

Have you tried another service ie. ssh?
sorry I forgot to delete the unneccesary bits of the last mail so you probably 
missed it

see below

Quintin
On Sunday 16 February 2003 19:03, Ari Finander wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Quintin Lette <quintin at arach.net.au>
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:57:46 +0800
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] samba connection problems
>
> > 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
>
> No joy here either :-(
>
> Ari
> > > > 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