Samba problem

I cannot see the Windows machines with samba, i think i miss something in my configuration file,i manage to let the windows machine to see mine.

smb:/Home give me a time out on server.

my config file is:

global]
workgroup = Home
server string = Ali-Liux
security = user
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
wins support = yes

[home]
comment = Home Directory
path = /home/ali/
valid users = nobody


does anybody knows what is missing to see the Windows XP machines.

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by aliov

I cannot see the Windows machines with samba, i think i miss something in my configuration file,i manage to let the windows machine to see mine.

smb:/Home give me a time out on server.

my config file is:

global]
workgroup = Home
server string = Ali-Liux
security = user
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
wins support = yes

[home]
comment = Home Directory
path = /home/ali/
valid users = nobody


does anybody knows what is missing to see the Windows XP machines.

Cheers.

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Try adding these lines after the wins support line
# the smb.conf man page
; hosts allow = x.x.x. x.x.x. 127.

Where the x's are put the first three octets of your ip scheme. For example if your ip is 192.168.1.10 put in 192.168.1. 192.168.1. 127.

That should allow your windows boxes to be seen by your server. If not then there is another line missing. Try posting your config here and I will sort through it to let you know what is missing. Also if you have an active firewall disable that and try it. I found that one time the firewall was retarded enough to restrict it so I added a line for samba.

I was wrong it's working without the host allows, but my problem is the following, i'm using KDE so in my desktop there is a icon called system allow you too see some useful information but when i go to the Samba network there is the name of the workgroup (Home) but clicking on it gives me after 30 s timeout, if i ping in my konqueror (smb://192.168.1.2) directly to the ip of any other computer i can read the shared files ..... so how can i fix this ? imagine that i don't know wish ip correspond to wish PC,so it's a pain in a big Worgroup to start trying

Thanks in advance for helping me.

Cheers.

Send me your smb.conf file copied into a txt file and I will look through it. I had the same problem as you months back and I found that there were 3 or 4 things I did wrong. I will look through yours and compare it to mine and see what I can find.

You can try webmin to configure samba.

I'm just using know smb4k ,and everything is ok.