I get a problem of setup samba connection with a Windows 98
My Linux box has RH8.0 on it and is networked with a Windows 98 PC
What I have done:
(1) Follow the instructions on "The Official Red Hat Linux Customization
Guide" and config smb.conf
(2) Run the test in DIAGNOSIS.txt, failed in step 5.
(3) Step 7 is OK, which means local smb client can connect to smbd
service and access the shared. (smbclient)
(4) Because Windows client is unable to connect, I guess that the
problem might be the inproper configuration on client PC. I search
hosts file on client PC, find one called hosts.sam (I guess it
is a samlpe file). copy hosts.sam to hosts and add a line of
ip(of linux box) linux-hostname (so I can ping linux box from client
PC using linux-hostname.
(5) On linux box, add client PC's ip win98-hostname (so I can ping
client from linux box using win98-hostname.
(6) When client PC restart, click netowrk nerghbor, I can see both
linux-hostname and win98-hostname but when click linux-hostname
I get "\\linux-hostname is not accessable. the computer name might
not be correct" error.
(7) I could not find where on client PC win98-hostname is stored
(definatly not in hosts file). ping win98-hostname does work fine.
(8) The smb.conf looks like:
[global]
workgroup = HOMENET
server string = Samba Server
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
printing = lprng
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
security = user
encrypt passwords = no
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
pam password change = yes
obey pam restrictions = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = no
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
Can someone advice me of what should I try next?
