SAMBA Check List

[Amichai Rotman]

Thanks Robert !
 Great tip. Ofcourse, that is what I should have done to begin with...
 I'll try it.

 On 10/20/05, STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) <stymar at lucent.com> wrote:
>
> > What am I missing?!
> > Can anyone provide me with a checklist for FC4 so I can verify all is
> configured correctly?
> >Thanks !
>
> Depending on what all you are having Samba do, the checklist
> could be long and convoluted.
>
> The /etc/samba/smb.conf file will have a list of what directory
> structures are shared and what the share name is for these. Since you
> did not mention this in the post, make sure you have something shared.
>
> Also, samba uses one of several methods to validate access to the
> files on the Linux box. It can be the primary domain controller (PDC)
> for your network; It can use some other existing PDC; etc.
>
> I suggest you cd to /var/log/samba and run "tail -f smbd.log" and then
> try the access from the windows box. If the Linux box does not show
> up in the browse list of network neighborhood, go to Start->Run and
> enter "\\your_linux_node" where your_linux_node is replaced by whatever
> is in the value you specified in the "netbiosname = " line on the
> smb.conf file. The messages in the smbd.log file should give you a
> clue as to what is going wrong.
>
> Bob Styma
>
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