samba server question

[JayKarabin]

i have installed samba server on home test lan.
the lan is w2k AD, with internal DNS.

I can ping samba server by name and ip, also vice vers..

the problem i'm getting to is i can't see samba server in net neighborhood.

i have done searches on forums and net for configuration details, but they all seem to be the same, and i think i have the smb.conf file set up correctly...

any help and/or point in the right direction would be great!

I am heavy into w2k server and envir but really loving what linux has to offer.

thanks - jay

 

[KarveR]

Is smb running ? - easy way to finnd out is restart it.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart

Any errors reported after doing that? ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

 

[Guest_imported]

Also, you may look at the processes running by typing:
#ps -aux
and look for the smbd process. If it isn't there, then do as KarveR says and start or restart the daemon by typing:
#/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
or
#/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
unless you have some major config problems, the server should start up. Then you should be able to see the server in Network Neighborhood.

 

[JayKarabin]

I found some documentation on setting up samba, i'm going to read through it and see where i'm going wrong

i have config'd the smb.conf correctly for my lan, i think..

when i try

thanks for the help though

jason

i'm sure i'll be back

 

[JayKarabin]

ok, i'm kinda getting somewhere. learning little by little

i can mount a w2k share to a folder on my linux box by:

mount -t smbfs -o username=name,password=pass
//server/share /home/jason/http/

how do i get it so i don't have to pass the username and password each time??

 

[QatQat]

Just make sure that your samba box joins the domain:

type

smbpasswd -j domain name -r NTservername

By doing so you syncronize the password list with the one from NT.

More info

type man passwd

Hope it helps

Antonio