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Re: Access to Samba shares

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From: Zebee Johnstone
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:00
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In aus.computers.linux on Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:47:59 +1000
D.T. <dtroake@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>I have problems accessing some samba shares from win95.
>
>The linux box is a pentium 133 with RH 6.01 Samba 2.05a-12
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>I can display all the shares using Network neighborhood but on 2,  
> I get a message 'The Network name cannot be found'

That's usually cos there's no netbios name.

If a WINS server isn't running, you will ahve to have an LMHOSTS file
 - at least on NT.

Zebee
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From: zebee@zip.com.au (Zebee Johnstone)
Subject: Re: Access to Samba shares
Date: 2000/04/30
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