Well I'm making "progress". I have tried net use from the windows boxes but I did not know the sintax properly. I tried as you suggested and the error has changed! It now says that no service is running at the the Samba end. Any ideas there. Yes I can Ping Deneb from both windows boxes. Thanks for all your help Bob Parry On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 21:23, toby wrote: > Bob Parry wrote: > > > > Thanks for the help. Then computer name, Deneb, shows up in RH console > > as well as in /etc/sysconfig/network. > > > > I assume you can ping DeneB from Win and that you login to the win boxes as > bobp,robpar or PMartinez. Also as another poster suggested, that you've verified > that smbd & nmbd are running and checked the log files for error messages. > > > Can you mount Test explicitly - net use z: \\DeneB\Test ? > > > ># Global parameters > >[global] > > netbios name = Deneb > > server string = Samba %v %h > > Security = SHARE > > workgroup = CASA.MARTINEZ > > os level = 0 > ># force user = robpar > > encrypt passwords = Yes > > > I assume you setup account info in /etc/samba/passwd.smb for the users. > > > > log file =/var/log/samba/log.%m > > max log size = 50 > > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > > local master = No > > guest account = samba_guest > > hosts allow = 192.168.1.100,192.168.1.101,192,168.1.102 > > create mode = 766 > > > >[Test] > > comment = Home directory on Linux box > > path = /home/Test > > valid users = bobp,robpar,PMartinez > > force create mode = 0600 > > force directory mode = 0700 > > > What's the permissions on /home/Test - can bobp,robpar,PMartinez rwx? > > > > valid users = bobp,robpar,PMartinez > > force create mode = 0600 > > force directory mode = 0700 > > > > -tkb > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list