[SLE] Samba setup gone wrong

From: Gwyneth Saldanha (silken_solitude_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/19/05

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    Hey there.
    Im a noob having a crazy time trying to configure Samba. Heres my setup.

    3 Machines are in a workgroup, connected with D-link Wifi Router. Dont want
    to create a domain.

    1 Suse 9.1 Desktop
    1 Windows XP Pro Desktop
    1 XP/Suse Dual Boot Laptop (Samba not setup on this machine yet, so count it
    as a windows machine)

    I setup the samba server and client thru YaSt. Made some piddley changes in
    the conf file.

    Pinging only works with IP addy, not NetBIOS name. I can view & mount the
    windows shares (using IP only) but I cant see the Suse machine in Network
    Neighbourhood in XP. I tried the LinNeighborhood but that doesnt find any
    workgroups. In fact the 'Browse' for Domains/Workgroups in the Yast samba
    setup didnt find any workgroups either

    I figure its something to do with name resolution and NetBIOS but im lost
    and it's only been 2 weeks since ive had suse and i cant seem to find much
    documentation on setting up samba with XP on a workgroup.

    Any links, tips or walkthoughs appreciated!
    Ill post the .conf file if needed.. lemme know..

    Thanx..
    -gwyneth.. 

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