I know this question has already been asked a zillion times, but I have done my homework (Teach yourself samba in x hours + newsgoup search + web search) and I have not been able to solve the problem. Setup: Suse 8.1 samba server smb - nmb running 4 win98 boxes network configured and working workgroup = workgroup on all 5 machines, no spelling mistakes EnablePlainTextPassword=1 No wins server Internet connection via dsl, successfully shared Network neighborhood shows all win98 boxes, but no samba server Start>Search>computer finds the samba server, and shares can be mounted my smb.conf hereafter. I seem to have read somewhere that it was caused by the local loopback device lo. If I shut down lo, my problem is not solved, and on top of it I cannot ping the server from the win boxes, so I guess lo is needed. I know network neighborhood is supposed to be unreliable, but why does it work for most people an not for me? Why me??? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and best samba wishes for 2003. fx
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Vertigo Samba Server load printers = yes guest account = pcguest log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m max log size = 50 security = user socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 interfaces = 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 local master = yes os level = 33 domain master = no preferred master = yes wins support = no dns proxy = no message command = /usr/local/bin/LinPopUp "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s
[homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = yes writable = yes hide dot files = yes
[printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba browseable = yes guest ok = yes writable = no printable = yes public = yes
[tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes browseable = yes
[public] comment = Public Stuff path = /home/public public = yes writable = yes printable = yes write list = @staff browseable = yes
[Samba-share] comment = Samba share path = /home/Samba-share browsable = yes guest ok = yes
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