[NTLUG:Discuss] Samba and XP

[Bug Hunter]

  hmm.  a thought:  edit /windows/lmhosts (or wherever they have it now,
there is usually an lmhosts.sam file to be copied to lmhosts) and then put
the symbolic name with the ip in it.  Then try to mount the host by
symbolic name.

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On 26 Feb 2002, Patrick Parks wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 10:13, Bob Byron wrote:
> > > From: "Bug Hunter" <bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net>
> > >  If you are using the XP "Home" version, it lacks the ability to mount
> 
> This is XP Professional. I do no have this on my machine by choice, I am
> so tired of playing with Windows, if it were my choice, it would be
> Linux only! :)
> 
> I get this when I run the command:
> 
> [pparks at Vaio pparks]$ smbclient -L 192.168.0.1 -U pparks -W MSHome
> added interface ip=192.168.0.5 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> session request to 192.168.0.1 failed (Called name not present)
> session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
> Password:
> Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> 
>         Sharename      Type      Comment
>         ---------      ----      -------
>         IPC$           IPC       Remote IPC
>         SharedDocs     Disk
>         print$         Disk      Printer Drivers
>         Backup         Disk
>         My Pictures    Disk
>         ADMIN$         Disk      Remote Admin
>         C$             Disk      Default share
>         Printer        Printer   Canon Bubble-Jet BJC-3000
> 
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
> 
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
> 
> So it appears that I am able to see the shares, but can not mount them.
> This has to be an XP problem, cause when I was running ME I was able to
> mount the Windows share with no problem. Or it could very well be a user
> (me) error :)
> 
> Patrick Parks
> 
>