help with samba please

[peto]

i'm trying to set up file/print sharing between my winxp computer and my new linux system with fedora 2. i'm totally new to linux, so it's probably something easy to fix. the smb daemon on the linux system is running, and on the windows system, it locates the linux system in network neighborhood, but when i try to access it i get this error.

also on the linux system, it can't even locate the windows system. i think i need a samba gui client. i tried to install gnomba, but when i try it fails saying there's something wrong with my gcc.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Are permissions set up correctly on the samba server?

If something's wrong with gcc, you should do something to fix it.

 

[Nothinman]

Check the samba logs on the Linux box, usually in /var/log/samba. If you want you can turn up the log level in smb.conf to 3 or 4 to get more details, going higher will probably too much unless you understand the SMB protocol.

As for gnomba, get an RPM or better yet find a yum repository with it in there so you don't have to fiddle with RPMs manually. You probably don't have development tools installed so you can't compile anything.

 

[peto]

ok so here's the deal now, i got a gui samba client working for kde (which i like much more than gnome btw), and i managed to mount a share from my xp box to my linux box. i'm listening to mp3s off the xp box right now. BUT i still can't access the linux box from the windows box. it can locate it in network neighborhood, but when i try to access it it gives the same error. i'm stumped on this one. i can access other windows machines fine from that computer, i have no idea what i'm doing wrong.

and i checked the samba logs and there's nothing showing up from the xp box's internal ip.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Did you use the right username/password? Share security, or user(?) security? Are smbd and nmbd running?

 

[peto]

smbd and nmbd are running, and i think i'm using all the right security settings, usernames, shares, etc. buti never even have a chance to enter a username/pw from the xp box.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Did you setup a username/password using the smbpasswd (or something similar...) tool? If not, set one up using the username/password you use on the Windows machine.

 

[peto]

ah i finally figured it out, my firewall was blocking it. opened up a few ports and i was good to go. thanks for all your help everyone.

 

[n0cmonkey]

It's always something silly.