[Sussex] SAMBA server / Win2k client

[Tony Austin]

> OK, I've now got the "big spare disk" in the new Debian box, and am trying
> to set it up as a server.
>
> I have Samba installed, and it's running, to the extent that the debian
> box
> appears in windows network browsing.
>
> However, when I try to connect to it, I get the error "the semaphore
> period
> timed out". This is with a Windows 2000 client.

groups.google.com comes up with this

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=the+semaphore+period%0D%0Athe+semaphore+period+timed+out&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

several of which mention DHCP, maybe it's not a Samba error

what does the event log have to say about it?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> M.
>
>
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Regards.

Tony Austin
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