error: samba configuration

[caesarkim]

I have two computers, samson(win 2k server) and frodo(linux).

i can connect to win2k server from linux through the command line like this.

>smbclient //samson/download -U Administrator password

then i can just see the files from public directories existing in win 2k server from linux.

and even though i ping win 2k server with the local ip and computer name on linux, i get a reply from it. but when i try to ping frodo on windows 2k server, i don't get the reply. but i get the reply by pinging the local ip of the linux machine.

what i want to do is browse frodo in windows 2k server so that i can shares files and also use the server, too.

on "Computers Near Me" on win 2k server, it shows "frodo", but when i try to browse, i get "Frodo is not accessible. The network path was not found.". i don't know why i can't get access to the linux machine from windows even though i can get access to windows from linux.

here is my smb.conf
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
load printers = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*success fully*
obey pam restrictions = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
hosts allow = 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.100
encrypt passwords = yes
wins proxy = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
dns proxy = no
netbios name = frodo
browseable = yes
netbios aliases = frodo
server string = samba server
printing = cups
default = public
path = /tmp/download
unix password sync = Yes
workgroup = workgroup
os level = 20
auto services = public
printcap name = /etc/printcap
security = user
max log size = 0
pam password change = yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775


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


[public]
path = /home
public = yes
only guest = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes

[gnubee]

I guess there is no wins server configured on the network or a master browser. Although Frodo shows in network the IP address is not known to the win2k machine.

Try accessing Frodo using its IP address. In Windows Explorer type
\\IP-of-Frodo\sharename

and that should give you a response. You might want to add Frodo to your windoze lmhosts file. Im not sure where it is located coz I'm not very familiar with windows administration.

See if that helps.