Re: Browsing a Windoze network

From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 10/21/03 

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:10:10 -0700

Jan Janssen wrote:

>> I've connecting my RedHat9/KDE3.1 Linux PC to a Windows network.
>> I do however rarely succeed in browsing the network using Konqueror.
>> If I type smb:/kemps (my workgroup name is kemps) in the address
>> bar, a message box appears: "Unable to browse localhost"
>
>> Sometimes however, the different machines on my network DO appear.
>> at that time my pc asks for authorisation for one of these
>> machines.
>
>> What could be the problem?
>
> Well, thank you for answering the mail anyway. Lisa IS running, but
> somenthing is configured incorrectly. But at least I now know where
> to look.

All the machines must be running Samba, properly configured. This browsing
method requires SMB. 

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

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