Fokke Nauta

"Moog" <efcmoog@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> Fokke Nauta illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>
>> <...>
>> 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.
>
> Hi Fokke,
>
> You may have the same issue I had. If you are talking about a Vista box.
>
> You need to go to "networking and sharing centre"
> select "view status" of the network your windows boxes connect with
> Select properties....
> Click the UAC "continue" popup.
> Make sure there is in a tick in the box titled
> "Link Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O"
> Click OK. OK.
>
> This is the MS piece of technology that shows network icons. If it
> isn't selected you won't see any. I had exactly this issue and it
> stumped me for months.
>
> Long shot, but as you've stated Samba is configured correctly it's
> worth a look.
>
> --
> Moog
>
> "Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
> leather straps."
>

Hi Moog

Thanks. But it wasn't a Vista box, it was XP Home and XP Pro.
They don't have the options you mentioned.

Fokke