Can't see SAMBA server 2

[erikhertzel]

ll,

I am setting up a SAMBA server on a Redhat 8 Linux box. I have gotten it set up and can ping the server and do have SAMBA installed on the machine. I have gotten SWAT set up and can access the SAMBA server on a Windows PC on the network going through SWAT. But, I can't see the SAMBA server yet in my Network Places. I have set up the smb.conf file and changed the workgroup to the right name and have set the hostname for the SAMBA server. I just can't see it. I have disabled the iptables and still can't see it.

Then, once I get that far, I am having problems getting the shares setup. I just need one share for a new hard drive that I set up (the server has two hard drives, the 10 GIG is for the LINUX redhat installations, etc...) and the 80 GIG (hdb) is for my SAMBA file server. How do I set the share up with the hdb so I can see it and copy files to it from a Windows box on the same workgroup?

Thanks.

Erik

 

[smah]

Have you started the samba service? smb start

 

[erikhertzel]

If I try typing that command as root I get the following:

Under this directory:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/

I try smb start

And get the command not found

If I do a dir on the directory I see the smb there?

I am sure that it's an easy issue, I am just not familiar with Samba or Linux much at all.

Thanks!

 

[PHV]

[!]./[/!]smb start

Have a look at the samba's log files too.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[erikhertzel]

OK, I started it....another question about shares...

[net-progs]
path = /hdb

I am trying to set up a share with the hdb, but I can't use a physical disk as a path.

How do I get or setup a mount point for that hard drive (/dev/hdb)?

Thanks,

Erik

 

[erikhertzel]

Also, how do I get SAMBA to start on boot?

 

[smah]

This is for RH9, but should be the same for RH8. See the 17.2.4 section

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-samba-configuring.html

 

[erikhertzel]

Thanks guys we are making progress here! I am learning some new stuff, so that exciting!