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Lynn Kilroy wrote: [snip] > #### Debugging/Accounting #### > > # This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine > # that connects > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m [snip] > Logfile is actually missing. I just looked for it. Unless it's hidden > or soemthing, which makes no sense at all. > > If there were errors, there would be a log file, correct? And since > there is no log file, we can assume there are no errors. Or samba is not running. Did you start samba? # /etc/init.d/samba start Please go ahead and install the documentation, if you haven't done so already. Package: samba-doc Reading and understanding /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-ByExample/index.html should get you running. Additional reference is found in /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/index.html > This is the configuration file. I copied it TO my Windows PC, and I > can recover it FROM the Windows PC. This means that the Windows PC and > the Linux machine can communicate. However, I can not log on to the > Linux machine from the Windows PC. Samba is about copying files from and to windows. If you want to log into you linux box, you could use a terminal like ssh. What is it actually that you want to achieve? > I have repeatedly indicated this is the problem, and there is as much > detail as I am aware of that's going on. You should buy and READ a book that introduces you to the basics of linux. > One last thing: There is no manual page for smb.config. Type "man smb.conf" (without quotes) on a line of your terminal. > You need to create a space hog file in your root directory called "-rf." Then unlink it. Why? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
