Samba: the network name cannot be found

[Paul Smith]

On 8/29/06, Rodolfo Alcazar <rodolfo.alcazar at padep.org.bo> wrote:
> > I have installed samba in order to be able to exchange files with a
> > VMWare server, where I have a MS Windows virtual machine. I configured
> > samba with Webmin and it was working fine yesterday. However, today I
> > am using a different share directory. Surprisingly, I cannot open that
> > new share directory (from MS Windows), as I always get the following
> > message:
> >
> > «\\Localhost\mydirectory is not accessible.
> > The network name cannot be found.»
>
> Well, vmware has another focus to share directories, the so-called
> shared folders. try accessing .\\host\
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> Yep.
>
> a) try \\ip_number
> b) try adding your hostname (must be the same hostname) in
> c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
> c) recheck your permissions, firewall settings, and so on.

OK, Rodolfo. How can I find out the IP number of my FC5 machine to try
to access it from VMWare?

Paul