Upgraded to Breezy, other computers can't connect to samba

[Mario Guerra]

2005/9/27, Ben Novack <bhn3 at pitt.edu>:
> On 9/26/05, Ben Novack <bhn3 at pitt.edu> wrote:
> > On 9/25/05, Mario Guerra <guerramarioalberto at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 2005/9/25, Ben Novack <bhn3 at pitt.edu>:
> > > > My Ubuntu machine has a pair of Samba shares for other systems on my
> > > > LAN to access. I can still access them by going to smb://localhost on
> > > > the Ubuntu system, but the other computers on my network time out.
> > > > Both are macs; I used to be able to punch in smb://saraswati (my
> > > > Ubuntu machine's name), and they connected fine; I also tried the IP
> > > > address without success.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not running any firewall on the system itself; the whole LAN's
> > > > behind one. Any ideas about what's wrong?
> > > >
> > > > ---Ben
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ubuntu-users mailing list
> > > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> > > >
> > >
> > > Perhaps your /etc/samba/smb.conf was overwritten so the workgroup line
> > > is  the default one?.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mario A. Guerra
> > > San José, Costa RIca
> > >
> >
> > smb.conf appears to be just the way I had it before the update.
> >
> > --Ben
>
> An update: I did a Complete Remove on Samba after backing up my
> smb.conf, then reinstalled it. The situation remains unchanged.
>
> ---Ben
>

Ben:

1. Do the boxes see your machine network-wise (ping, etc.)?.

2. What does this command gives?:

smbclient -L <your machine name>

It should show your workgroup and Samba shares, among other things.

--
Mario A. Guerra
San José, Costa RIca