[PLUG] Samba server can't see WinME

[Mike De La Mater]

What do you mean by "see" the Win box?

IIRC, the server doesn't look for win shares, only the client does. When I need 
to mount a Win share, I use smbmount.

Mike

8/6/02 9:10:01 AM, Stephen Liu <satimis at writeme.com> wrote:

>Hi All Guys,
>
>I have a WinME box connected to a Samba Server (RH7.3) via a crossover 
>cable as experiment.  Both boxes can be connected.  WinME can transfer 
>files from the share folder of Samba Server and to the folder of the same 
>but not the other way round.  Samba Server can't see the WinME box.
>
>Test No.1
>
>-------- snip -----------
>/etc/samba/smb.conf
>
>[test]
>comment = test share
>path = /test
>writable = yes
>browsable = yes
>follow symlinks = yes
>wide links = yes
>public = yes
>read only = No
>guest ok = Yes
>guest only = Yes
>
>
>(Remark :  Computer_name of WinME = IWILL
>                  shared = share_folder of WinME)
>IP address of RH7.3 = 192..168.0.2  Subnet : 255.255.255.-0
>IP address of WinME = 192.168.0.2  Subnet : 255.255.255.-0
>
># smbclient -L IWILL
>added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>Got a positive name query response from 192.168.0.2 ( 218.188.76.202 
>192.168.0.2 )
>error connecting to 218.188.76.202:139 (Network is unreachable)
>Error connecting to 218.188.76.202 (Network is unreachable)
>Connection to IWILL failed
>
># mount -t smbfs //IWILL/shared/ /mnt/WinME/
>Error connecting to 218.188.76.202 (Network is unreachable)
>1668: Connection to IWILL failed
>SMB connection failed
>
>
>Test No.2
>
>/etc/samba/smb.conf
>
>------ snip -------
>[test]
>comment = test share
>path = /test
>writable = yes
>browsable = yes
>public = yes
>read only = No
>guest ok = Yes
>guest only = Yes
>
># mount -t smbfs //IWILL/shared/ /mnt/WinME/
>Error connecting to 218.188.76.202 (Network is unreachable)
>1628: Connection to IWILL failed
>SMB connection failed
>
># smbclient -L IWILL
>added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>Got a positive name query response from 192.168.0.2 ( 218.188.76.202 
>192.168.0.2 )
>error connecting to 218.188.76.202:139 (Network is unreachable)
>Error connecting to 218.188.76.202 (Network is unreachable)
>Connection to IWILL failed
>
>Please advise.   Thanks in advance.
>
>Stephen Liu
>
>
>
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