samba - Dec 2002 - Can't access Linux from Windows Xp box.

Hi, there,

I have 2 machines ( running Linux Red Hat 8.0 and Windows Xp individually),
which share a broadband Internet connection through a router.

After installing Samba 2.2.7.a on Linux machine, I can use "smbclient"
to
access Windows machines, see the files and transfer files.

But from Windows machine, I can only see the Linux machine under "My
Network
Place" --> MSHOME (workgroup). After I double click the icon, it
reported:
    "\\Winny is not accessable. ...
        No service is operating at the destination network endpoint on the
remote system."

Under Windows machine,
    1. I can ping the Linux machine using either IP or machine name.
    2. Using "net view" command, the Linux machine appears on the
list.


I suspect that there is someting wrong with authenicating Windows user on
Linux machine. But I don't know how to diagnostic this problem.

Could you give me any suggestion?

Thanks ahead!

Michael

>
> After installing Samba 2.2.7.a on Linux machine, I can use
"smbclient" to
> access Windows machines, see the files and transfer files.
>
> But from Windows machine, I can only see the Linux machine under
> "My Network
> Place" --> MSHOME (workgroup). After I double click the icon, it
reported:
>     "\\Winny is not accessable. ...
>         No service is operating at the destination network endpoint on the
> remote system."
>
I think this may solve your problem:

http://slakaz.org/articles/6.html

Carey