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Re: SMB and Win9$

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From: Hap C
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00
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did you look in smb.conf and make sure that the share name and server
(i.e., domain) name are what you're entering when trying to access the
share?

H

Meryl <joe_tseng@hotmail.com> wrote in article
<3622CF62.E670A88F@hotmail.com>...
> 1. I am currently attempting to get my Win9$ notebook to see the file
> shares on my Linux box.  I have not had any success at all.  I know I am
> close because:
> 
>   - I can access Win9$ using smbclient
>   - I can access SMB itself using smbclient
>   - I can have each of the machines ping each other and ifconfig does
> show eth0
>   - I can attach an SMB file share from home to my NTW4 at work
>   - I can telnet to Linux and carry out HTTP operations
>   - I can map a drive in Win9$ when the other computer is running NTS4
> 
> Yet when I try to map a drive in Win9$ using both machine name and IP
> address it gives me:
> 
>   Error 53: the computer name specified in the network path cannot be
> located.
>   Make sure you are specifying the computer name correctly, or try again
> later
>   when the remote computer is available.
> 
> So what is the deal???
> 
> 
> 2. Does anyone here have a home network?  If so, did you set up Linux as
> a router?  I want to use network address translation to allow for the
> notebook to use my phone line when Linux is available.  If anyone has
> successfully carried this out, how did you do it?
> 
> Joe Tseng
> joe_tseng@hotmail.com
> 
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From: "Hap C" <hapc@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: SMB and Win9$
Date: 1998/10/13
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