Hi, I just installed Samba on my Centos 6.4 computer. Smbstatus says my version is 3.6.9-151.el6-4.1. My smb.conf file only has a [global] and [homes] section. My configuration works, as expected, from a Win7 Virtual Box computer and a Win8 Virtual Box computer. I can see the share from the Windows file explorer and can map the share to a network drive. The Samba server is not virtual. The problem is my wife's Win7 laptop which is running some sort of home edition of Win7. I did everything I could in control panel to enable file sharing but I still can't see the Samba share. I can ping the computer running Samba? I tried to launch "gpedit.msc" but this program was not there. Do you think it would work if I upgraded Samba to the latest version 4.1? Should I consider upgrading to Win7 professional? Thank you, Joe Hesse
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 04:19:21PM -0500, Joseph Hesse wrote:> > Do you think it would work if I upgraded Samba to the latest version > 4.1? Should I consider upgrading to Win7 professional?I believe win7 home only supports simple file sharing, which precludes its ability for mounting real shares. If this is indeed true you will likely need to upgrade to win7 pro or premium. John -- Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. -- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), civil-rights leader -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20131023/763764da/attachment-0003.sig>
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I just installed Samba on my Centos 6.4 computer. Smbstatus says my > version is 3.6.9-151.el6-4.1. > > My smb.conf file only has a [global] and [homes] section. > > My configuration works, as expected, from a Win7 Virtual Box computer > and a Win8 Virtual Box computer. I can see the share from the Windows > file explorer and can map the share to a network drive. The Samba server > is not virtual. > > The problem is my wife's Win7 laptop which is running some sort of home > edition of Win7. I did everything I could in control panel to enable > file sharing but I still can't see the Samba share. I can ping the > computer running Samba? I tried to launch "gpedit.msc" but this program > was not there. > > Do you think it would work if I upgraded Samba to the latest version > 4.1? Should I consider upgrading to Win7 professional?I have a Windows machine that says "Windows7 Home Premium". There is no problem seeing / accessing Samba shares from there. Samba is 3.x. Akemi
Chances are there is firewall software on the laptop blocking it. Mike On 10/23/2013 05:19 PM, Joseph Hesse wrote:> Hi, > > I just installed Samba on my Centos 6.4 computer. Smbstatus says my > version is 3.6.9-151.el6-4.1. > > My smb.conf file only has a [global] and [homes] section. > > My configuration works, as expected, from a Win7 Virtual Box computer > and a Win8 Virtual Box computer. I can see the share from the Windows > file explorer and can map the share to a network drive. The Samba server > is not virtual. > > The problem is my wife's Win7 laptop which is running some sort of home > edition of Win7. I did everything I could in control panel to enable > file sharing but I still can't see the Samba share. I can ping the > computer running Samba? I tried to launch "gpedit.msc" but this program > was not there. > > Do you think it would work if I upgraded Samba to the latest version > 4.1? Should I consider upgrading to Win7 professional? > > Thank you, > Joe Hesse > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
From: Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com>> The problem is my wife's Win7 laptop which is running some sort of home > edition of Win7.? I did everything I could in control panel to enable > file sharing but I still can't see the Samba share.? I can ping the > computer running Samba?? I tried to launch "gpedit.msc" but this > program > was not there.What workgroup did you set on the laptop...? The pro version is for joining domains I think. Maybe you'd have more answers on the samba mailing list... JD