Linux to Linux

[sam]

I have 2 machines. One has XP Pro and RH9 and the other has Win98SE and RH9. Both machines will see the network from Redhat if the other one is in Windows. When both machines are booted into Rdhat I get this error meaasge;

Couldn't display "smb:///", because Nautilus cannot contact the SMB master browser.
Check that an SMB server is running in the local network.

How can I make them connect? I have checked
SMB in the server settings with no success.

[bpark]

What happens when you use UNC like smb://<comp name>/<share name>?

Can you tell us more about the settings of this network and possibly post the smb.conf file using the "code" buttons from the tool area?

[sam]

Thanks for the help but I am very new to Linux and don't know

smb://<comp name>/<share name>

or where to find my smb.conf in tools.

[sam]

I did manage to find the raw smb.conf file and it is large. Should I try to send the whole thing?

[Hellmasker]

post it after u have removed all the commented lines. (lines starting with #)

<edit> dont actually delete them from the file, jsut the posted version</edit>

[logan5]

Sam, just an fyi,

smb://<comp name>/<share name>

means to open a terminal (something like the dos command line in a windows machine) and type in

smb://<the computer that I want to connect to>/<the share on the computer that I want to connect to>

minus the < and >

and hit the enter key.

[andutt]

I didnt really understand what you want to accomplish but here is some examples. Your samba configuration is located under /etc/samba/smb.conf, you can open that with a terminal... an easy configration section can look like this..

[music]
        comment =  My music share
        path = /mnt/mp3
        valid users = +musicusers

That means that /mnt/mp3 structure will be shared as music on the windows network.

To connect for example windowsshares to you linux box you should use follwing commands:

smbmount //client IP/dir /mnt/mountdir -o username=windowsusername,password=windowspassword

# Or this one...if you have shared your windows drive for everyone you can skip username and password

mount -t smbfs -o username=windowsusername,password=windowspassword //client IP/dir /mnt/mountdir

[sam]

Thanks to everyone for the help. My main goal here is to be able to share files and a printer on the network between the two machines when both are booted into Linux.
Here is my smb.conf file with comments removed.

[global]

; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.

; guest account = pcguest

; password server = <NT-Server-Name>

; password level = 8
; username level = 8

; ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt

unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*success fully*


pam password change = yes


; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m


obey pam restrictions = yes

; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24

; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255

; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44

; local master = no

; os level = 33

; domain master = yes

; preferred master = yes

; domain logons = yes

; logon script = %m.bat

; logon script = %U.bat

; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

; wins support = yes

; wins server = w.x.y.z

; wins proxy = yes

dns proxy = no

; preserve case = no
; short preserve case = no

; default case = lower

; case sensitive = no


[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775

; map to guest = bad user



; [netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no


;[Profiles]
; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
; browseable = no
; guest ok = yes


[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no

guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes


;[tmp]
; comment = Temporary file space
; path = /tmp
; read only = no
; public = yes

;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; write list = @staff

;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /home/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = no
; writable = no
; printable = yes

;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no

;[pchome]
; comment = PC Directories
; path = /usr/local/pc/%m
; public = no
; writable = yes

;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no

;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765