Kubuntu not reading files on one Windows machine? Also Treo Question.

[Ian Whitfield]

Subject: Re: Kubuntu not reading files on one Windows machine?

Ian Whitfield wrote:


> > I have 4 Windows machines and one Linux machine on a network. The Linux
> > machine will read all the files/printers on 3 of the windows machines
> > only! All files etc are shared. The Windows machines can all 'see' each
> > other fine.
> > 
> > Any suggestion where I should look for the difference? All I can think
> > of is that the 3 that I can read are running NOD 32 whereas the one I
> > can't read is running Trend as Anti-Virus. Could this be the problem??
>   
Derek replied - 

DHCP.  /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf should contain
 send host-name "<hostname>";
or may even have <hostname> replaced with your real host name.  

If you can do an "nslookup" for the linux host name from the windows boxes,
you have no problem, if you can't, I'd bet it's not sending its hostname to
the DHCP server, and if it isn't then netbios doesn't know its name,
either.
-- Derek Comment back from Ian.... Thank you Derek!! You are no doubt 
correct (or at least MUCH more knowledgeable than me) but your reply is 
completely meaningless to me being still a "newbe"!! Maybe we should 
indicate in the posts what level of understanding we have so as to 
receive help at a level we can understand. I have solved my problem by a 
"back-door" method by moving all the files I need onto an external drive 
and moving this drive to one of the Windows machines that Linux can 
"see". This does not solve the problem but does let me carry on in the 
meantime. (BTW - disabling the Virus and Firewall software on the 
Windows machine made no difference!) So - New Question - What book (or 
other source) would you suggest that I can get to carry on my 
understanding of the underlaying structure of Linux so that the kind of 
reply you gave me can be understood!!??? Last of all I have a Treo 650 
which works fine on the Windows machines but will not link to the Linux 
box. Tried two different (working) USB ports but no luck. ('lsusb' does 
not show any USB devices). Has anybody got this to work?? Thanks in 
advanced to all for hand-holding a "New Guy"!! Ian

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