On 8/29/06, Rodolfo Alcazar <rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have installed samba in order to be able to exchange files with a > VMWare server, where I have a MS Windows virtual machine. I configured > samba with Webmin and it was working fine yesterday. However, today I > am using a different share directory. Surprisingly, I cannot open that > new share directory (from MS Windows), as I always get the following > message: > > «\\Localhost\mydirectory is not accessible. > The network name cannot be found.» Well, vmware has another focus to share directories, the so-called shared folders. try accessing .\\host\ > Any ideas? Yep. a) try \\ip_number b) try adding your hostname (must be the same hostname) in c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts c) recheck your permissions, firewall settings, and so on.
OK, Rodolfo. How can I find out the IP number of my FC5 machine to try to access it from VMWare? Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
