On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 01:19:19PM +0300, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: > Well, I tried this, but with no success. The thing is, that I don't know what > to use in place of "sambabox". I tried using by box's IP address, and the > name that comes back from dig -x, but all I get is: > > The network path was not found.
I normally use the short name of the host. In order for it to work, the name must be in DNS and the XP system must be properly set up for DNS. IP addesses such as \\192.168.1.1\sharename also work. To set up the XP system, go into the tcp/ip control panel. You check the DNS settings, it must have a hostname and domain specified and the dns server that reports the proper name of your samba box needs to be in the search list. It probably should be at the bottom. Make sure you can ping the smaba box from the windows machine. > > I'm wondering if I don't have to do something with the lines: > > > # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name > workgroup = MYGROUP it might. check the computer name tab on the system control panel. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
