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Fokke Nauta wrote:

> "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

I don't have any Windoze boxes here, but maybe if you made samba the master
browser on your network, it will give you what you're after?

Cheers.

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