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["david rankin" <drankin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Jerome Lyles" <susemail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "SuSE Linux" <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:21 AM
Subject: [SLE] Using Samba


> I'm trying to use Samba to transfer some pictures on my local network from 
> one
> of my Linux machines to my windows XP one.  I set up the Samba Server 
> using
> Yast.  The output from 'testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf' is good.  My Global
> parameters are:
>
> [global]
>        workgroup = MYHOME
>        netbios name = MYSAMBASERVER
>        map to guest = Bad User
>        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>        printcap cache time = 750
>        printcap name = cups
>        add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd  -c Machine -d 
> /var/lib/nobody
> -s
>
> When I run smbclient to list my shares I get this:
>
> # smbclient -L Linux
> Error connecting to 127.0.0.2 (Connection refused)
> Connection to Linux failed


as root, what do:

rcnmb status
rcsmb status

tell you?

have you run testparm against your smb.conf?

also, try

smbclient -U% -L localhost



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