samba issues ...

[*nixX]

I got it all set up and configured.
When I type: smbclient -L "my server name" -U%
It shows the shares that I want to be shared.
When I do a netstat on the Linux comp it shows netbios sessions.
So I go to my win2k pc map one of my shares "\\server\public" and I get "the network path \\server\public could not be found. Yet I can ping the server by its netbios name and IP, also when I nmap the Linux comp from my 2k comp it shows port 139 open and 901 open and waiting ...what gives?

[jumpedintothefire]

Did you set up a user/password in samba for the person who is logged into the 2000 box?

[*nixX]

o.k. couple more questions on the same topic.
I found out I was running samba 2.0.7 so I figured I would upgrade to 2.2.2 to help the issue. My first question is this version more compatible with win2k?
Also, how can I find out "with a command" the version of samba that is running?

TIA :)

[jumpedintothefire]

1) only if your samba is going to be a pdc for a win2k client in a domain setup.
2) try: loacte smb

under /usr/doc it should list samba-version

[chikn]

Just a bit of information for the samba and Windows 2K users.

2K has support for mounting NFS shares, I have found it much easier to make the linux box an NFS server then mount the share as usual from the 2K box. This keeps samba out of it and makes the networking and authorization scheming alot easier.

But it only works with 2000 if you have 95-98 boxen then Samba it must be(at least without a third party NFS client)

[*nixX]

O.k.
How would I go about making my mandrake 8.0 a NFS server?
Is there anything special I have to with the Win2k client pc?

Thanks

[*nixX]

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