* Kai Ponte <kai@perfectreign.com> [09-26-08 17:49]:
On Friday 26 September 2008 02:10:46 pm you wrote:
as root: rcsmb start rcnmb start
both *must* be running, then try access from windoz machine
start -> run -> \\111.222.333.444\
However, I get nyah...
kai@xwing:~> su Password: xwing:/home/kai # rcsmb start Starting Samba SMB daemon - Warning: /var/run/samba/smbd.pid exists. done xwing:/home/kai # rcnmb start Starting Samba NMB daemon - Warning: /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid exists. failed
note: failed means failed as in "it didn't start" failure message also says that a pid exists, perhaps removing it will allow nmb to start. hint: rm /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid note2: I am not a lawyer or linux expert, especially samba. But I do have it providing access to my machine from windoz and to windoz. gud luk, -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org