Re: cant map to samba share from linux



In article <e52rel$1t7$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tony wrote:
I am getting a timeout error when trying to map to a samba share both on
linux.

smbmount //test/up2date2 /var/spool/test/ -o username=root

timeout connecting to


no firewall enabled.

Have you set up the Samba server to have a netbios name of "test"? Is the
server its on named "test"? If not, what makes you think you can connect to
server "//test"?

Do you have Samba started? Can you 'ping test'? What about 'traceroute test'?

Kevin

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