[Gllug] Browsing a SAMBA machine from Windoze

[Xander D Harkness]

Richard Jones wrote:

>Hi:
>
>I've just added a W2K server machine to my network. I've got Samba
>running on my other machines, and I want the W2K server to be able to
>see the other machines and access files on them.  Easy enough? Ha ha ...
>
>So far I've got the Samba configuration below on one machine. I can
>now explicitly mount \\linux\rich and \\linux\tmp (I have to manually
>type a password, which is a pain, but it works).
>
>But I can't get the machine to be listed in the "Network
>neighbourhood" at all. It just doesn't appear there ...
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Rich.
>
>PS. Setting 'os level' doesn't make things work, but it does slow down
>the process of mounting drives a lot.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>security = user
>
>encrypt passwords = yes
>local master = yes
>domain master = yes
>preferred master = yes
>os level = 65
>
>printing = cups
>
>[global]
>        workgroup = WORKGROUP
>
>[homes]
>        guest ok = no
>        read only = no
>        browseable = yes
>
>[tmp]
>        comment = Temporary space
>        path = /tmp
>        read only = no
>        public = yes
>        browseable = yes
>
>  
>
Use security equals share, which is less secure but will allow you to 
browse shares before you put a password in.

Kind regards
Xander


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