Set up samba.

[William Rowden]

I'm grateful for the comments, Cliff.

Today, Cliff wrote:
> For your purposes of file-transfers, you don't need to have the
> linux box be the master browser.  You also don't want to be a
> domain controller.  Comment out those lines in smbd.conf.

The following lines are comments in "smb.conf":

	;	local master = no
	;	domain master = yes
	#	preferred master = yes

Perhaps I'll try un-commenting "local master = no".  First, I'll try
the following, though:

> I have found that "share" level browsing has worked for me quite
> well as opposed to the default "user" mode.
[snip]
> Another trouble I have had is making sure the subnet addresses
> for all boxes are the same.  If you are running a class c
> network, the subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0 with broadcast
> address of 192.168.0.255.

Currently it's set to "user".  I'll try "share"--and check the Win98
network settings--next time I'm there.  I can access the Linux
server remotely but I can't test the Windoze boxes remotely, so I'll
report back later.

> Also, keep in mind that it takes some time for netbios names to
> show up on a win9x box after rebooting.

Yes, I noticed that.

> Can you give us the output from "smbclient -L hurston"?

Here it is:

	[root at hurston samba]# smbclient -L hurston
	INFO: Debug class all level = 2   (pid 20335 from pid 20335)
	added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255
	nmask=255.255.255.0
	Password:
	Anonymous login successful
	Domain=[HARLEM] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.1a]
	
	        Sharename      Type      Comment
	        ---------      ----      -------
	        tmp            Disk      Temporary file space
	        IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (Linux Samba Server)
	        ADMIN$         Disk      IPC Service (Linux Samba Server)
	
	        Server               Comment
	        ---------            -------
	        HURSTON              Linux Samba Server
	
	        Workgroup            Master
	        ---------            -------
	        HARLEM               HURSTON

The password was null, btw.

> William Rowden wrote:
> >I find this broadcast network frustrating, though, as
> >shares disappear as they time out and reappear on use.
[...]
> >From the Linux box, "smbclient -L" works for all Linux and Win98
> >shares.  The only difference is that the Win98 boxes consider one of
> >themselves the master, while the Linux box considers itself as
> >master.
[...]
> >Note that "smb.conf" file has the following:
> >
> >	[tmp]
> >        	comment = Temporary file space
> >	        path = /tmp
> >	        read only = yes
> >	        public = yes
-- 
    -William
Well, I'll just go get hit by a truck and come back.