Fwd: RE: guy with samba problem

Robert Meyer meyer_rm at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 29 14:34:53 EDT 2002


I hope everyone realizes that a Linux geek ALWAYS types slashes like '/',
so if you take the previous mess and flip the slashes the other way, it works
in a Windows environment... :-)

Cheers!

Bob

--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:16:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: guy with samba problem
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> 
> Try going to Start->run and typing '//linuxmachine/sharename' and see if the 
> browser will pick it up.  You should get a login and password prompt for
> the share so that you can connect.  I've seen a lot of bizarre behavior
> with random versions of Windows being able to browse shares in a Linux
> network.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Bob
> 
> --- "Riga, Anthony" <Anthony.Riga at searbrown.com> wrote:
> > I can see the linux redhat 7.2 workgroup name in windows 2000 Network
> > neighborhood  but when I click on it says network not found type of  error.
> I
> > can t acccess my linux box. I created a share on SWAT. It must have to do
> > with with rights or a setting I am not doing in SWAT! I had problems
> setting
> > it up too because 7.2 uses xinetd and there is all this info for inetd
> which
> > I think was used with older versions. There is too much misinformation! I
> > tried using the Linux Bible 7.1 and it dosent tell you everything. thank
> god
> > there is a users group everyone has been a great help!
> > 
> > [Riga, Anthony]  ----Original Message-----
> > From: Cyber Source [mailto:peter at thecybersource.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:29 AM
> > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > Subject: guy with samba problem
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I don't remember who was having the samba problem with w2k or if they are
> > still having it but..... 
> > I too was having a problem, not with the w2k computer getting into Linux
> but
> > trying to get into the w2k computer from Linux. I stumbled upon this and it
> > rocked right on in.... 
> > "mount -t smbfs -o username=useronw2k,password=whatever
> > //w2kcomputer/sharename /mnt/wherever 
> > Try that and see how it works, hope this helps, btw this was on Mandrake
> 8.2 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> =====
> Bob Meyer
> Knightwing Communications, Inc.
> 36 Cayuga Blvd
> Depew, NY 14043
> Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
> Meyer_RM at Yahoo.com
> 
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Bob Meyer
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36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
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