Re: [Sheflug] Samba & win95

["Andrew Basterfield" <nospam [at] mailandnews.com>]

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From: wulfie <wulfie [at] wulfric7.co.uk>
To: Sheflug <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Samba & win95


> You are members of the same workgroup/domain I suppose?
Yup.

 Who's the browse master on your network ?
The linux box is - the os level is 65 so it beats everything else. All PCs
appear in Network Neighbourhood but I can't connect to the linux server.

 Can you do, for instance, "net use
> X: \\server\share" and then see the X: in My Computer/Explorer?
Nope. It asks me for a password which it then tells me is wrong.

> And remember that any shares suffixed with $ (eg, D$) are non-browseable
> but still connectable.

Yup admin shares etc

> NT (LanMan) sharing is as bog as standard comes in networking - it's a
> sure sign that either your basic network setup is, well, crap, or your
> security setup is not working.

Or both :-)

--
If you can't do it well - learn to enjoy doing it badly

Andrew Basterfield
MEng Electronic & Communication Engineering Undergraduate
The University of Sheffield, England
Tel. 0114 222 9999 ex. 53198



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