Fokke Nauta

"Joe" <joe@hits-buffalo.no.spam.com> wrote in message
news:svCdnaSs_cAmDdDanZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:37:30 +0100, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>
> > "William Colls" <william@procomsys.com> wrote in message
> > news:1196263440_3957@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
> >> Fokke Nauta wrote:
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I recently installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a PC. This PC is connected in a
> > Windows
> >> > network. All Windows PC's can see eachother when browsing the network
> > but
> >> > they can't see the Ubuntu box. I shared a directory on this Ubuntu
> >> > PC.
> > From
> >> > a Windows machine I can access this map by "Run as 10.0.0.157" (the
> >> > IP adress from the Ubuntu machine). But I still can't see the machine
> >> > when browsing the Windows network.
> >> > The Windows PC's use Netbeui for internal communication and TCP/IP
> >> > for
> > the
> >> > outside world. The Ubuntu box works fine and can even print over a
> > Windows
> >> > printserver.
> >> > How can I make this Ubuntu PC appear in the network for the Windows
> > PC's,
> >> > just like the other Windows PC's?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >> >
> >> > With best regards,
> >> > Fokke Nauta
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Have you installed, and configured, samba?
> >>
> >>
> > Yes, Samba is configured as far as Ubuntu lets me configure it. It
> > works, as when I type on a Windows machine "Run (open) 10.0.0.175" I see
> > a log-in window and after giving the correct password I am in the shared
> > directory of the Linux PC and can access the files there. Note that
> > 10.0.0.175 is the IP address of the Linux PC.
>
> Ubuntu lets you configure it as much as you'd possibly ever need to.
> Just edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. You'll want to make sure you
> have the workgroup properly defined.
>
> sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> It is pretty well documented.
>
>
>
> --
> Joe - Registered Linux User #449481
> joe at hits - buffalo dot com
> "Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
> time..." - Danny, American History X

I thought I had configured Samba correctly and looking into the smb.conf
file I did not see anything wrong. Of course I have defined the workgroup
name.
Samba works OK as I am able to connect to a shared directory from a Windows
PC. I have to hut Run and then the IP address of the Ubuntu PC. That works
fine. But I would have liked the Ubunto PC to turn up as a PC in the network
just like the other PC's, as seen from a Windows PC. And that doesn't seem
to happen.

Fokke