On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Joseph Hesse <joehesse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed Samba on my Centos 6.4 computer. Smbstatus says my
> version is 3.6.9-151.el6-4.1.
>
> My smb.conf file only has a [global] and [homes] section.
>
> My configuration works, as expected, from a Win7 Virtual Box computer
> and a Win8 Virtual Box computer. I can see the share from the Windows
> file explorer and can map the share to a network drive. The Samba server
> is not virtual.
>
> The problem is my wife's Win7 laptop which is running some sort of home
> edition of Win7. I did everything I could in control panel to enable
> file sharing but I still can't see the Samba share. I can ping the
> computer running Samba? I tried to launch "gpedit.msc" but this program
> was not there.
>
> Do you think it would work if I upgraded Samba to the latest version
> 4.1? Should I consider upgrading to Win7 professional?
I have a Windows machine that says "Windows7 Home Premium". There is
no problem seeing / accessing Samba shares from there. Samba is 3.x.
Akemi
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