Samba Shares not showing

[davened]

Hi,

I have Fedora Core 3 still : ) and an running Samba 3.0.8 pre1.

Have configured the file like this:
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# Global parameters
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
load printers = No
idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
guest ok = Yes
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
dns proxy = No
cups options = raw
server string = Samba Server
password server = None
idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
remote announce = 192.168.0.255/MYWORKGROUP
workgroup = MYWORKGROUP
default service = music
debug level = 10
printcap name = /etc/printcap
preload = music
preferred master = No
max log size = 50

[music]
comment = MP3 Storage
path = /music
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
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I have a user called music on this Machine called music and has a folder /music/ which is shared through the Samba GUI config provided with Fedora. I've also put in SWAT AND I can see it in Web min as well.

ANYWAY, The problem is that in my windows network I can only see the windows clients...? I can't see my Fedora machine at all BUT BUT BUT....
I can connect and map drives from winXP(all win machines) using the
"C:\\ net use m: \\SERVERNAME\share" using the correct SAMBA username and password

This command lets me map a drive and I can browse it though window files explorer....

OTHER NOTES :
Firewall disabled - Security GUI
Open ports - services
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp open ftp
22/tcp open ssh
25/tcp open smtp
80/tcp open http
110/tcp open pop3
111/tcp open rpcbind
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
389/tcp open ldap
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
631/tcp open ipp
901/tcp open samba-swat
3306/tcp open mysql
5900/tcp open vnc
9090/tcp open zeus-admin
10000/tcp open snet-sensor-mgmt

I have also run the Etherreal Analyser which returns results which Im not skilled enough to interprit.
Mast browser issues could be in play here? since i do a NBTSTAT -a NAME and a windows machine returns __MASTER_BROWSER__ and also the Fedora server says it's a MASTER BROWSER also...
Strange the I can NBTSTAT from windows and get a results but can't see the share...?


I dont' know what microsoft-ds is BUT there were references to it in the Etherreal logs...

Please help, No idea why I can mapp a drive but can't see it in the Neighbourhood netowrk..

Thanks in advance,

Dave

[Roxoff]

If you're not using:

encrypt passwords = yes

in your smb.conf file, then you need to be certain that your windows machines are all configured for plain text passwords. For windows XP and 2000, just upen up the registry editor and do a search keys named:

EnablePlainTextPassword

and set each to the value of 1 for on (the default is 0). Repeat the search and make sure you've found and set every one, then reboot the windows machine and retry.