Re: [LI] Regarding SAMBA server

["Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>]

>Hello
>      I had edited /etc/smb.conf   file  and restarted smb, my NT
>workstaions can'nt see the Linux machine through the network neighbourhood,
>
>
>; Please uncomment the following entry and replace the
>; ip number and netmask with the correct numbers for
>; your ethernet interface.
>;   interfaces = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
>interfaces = 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
;this is used when u have multiple interfaces and to restrict
;samba to one interface only [if u don't have multiple interface
;then this can be ignored
>

if ur NT runs wins server service, this is okay, else change it to yes
>; If you want Samba to act as a wins server, please set
>; 'wins support = yes'
>   wins support = no
>

if ur NT does not run wins server service, this is okay, else provide the
NT's IP no
>; If you want Samba to use an existing wins server,
>; please uncomment the following line and replace
>; the dummy with the wins server's ip number.
>;   wins server = 192.168.1.1
>
>[homes]
>   comment = Homes
>   browseable = yes        // it should be no
>   read only = no
>   create mode = 0750
>
>; The following share gives all users access to the Server's CD drive,
>; assuming it is mounted under /cd. To enable this share, please remove
>; the semicolons before the lines
>;
>[cdrom]
>   comment = Linux CD-ROM
>   path = /cdrom        // is this the path where u mount CD ?
//   browsable = yes  ; give this to view the network share in the NN system
folder (WINNT)
>   read only = yes
>   locking = no
>
>
>[utils]
>   comment = Utils for Wincvs
>   path = /local/utils
>   read only = yes
>   valid users = user1 user2 user3 user4 user5 user6 user7
//   browsable = yes  ; give this to view the network share in the NN system
folder (WINNT)


try this config

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