network file sharing help needed

[cogyfarm]

Olaf Stein wrote:

>Did you create samba users that have access to your share?
>
>The other question is going to be if the programs you want to share run from
>a network drive 
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of cogyfarm
>Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:50 AM
>To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
>Subject: network file sharing help needed
>
>Hello, I need to know how to setup a directory on my intranet server to be
>used by any other computer on the network as a single repository of
>programs.  For example, they would be able to install Open Office to this
>folder so that there is ONE installation not 6.  I have already created a
>folder called /samba with 775 permissions and told the server to make it a
>shared network folder in "network neighborhood" but I can't see it from the
>windows machines.
>
>Troy.
>
>  
>
I don't seem to be able to get samba to allow the windows computers to 
have it.  It shows up under samba but not in network neighborhood in 
windows.  I was planning on mapping the share as a drive.
Troy