Samba on Jaunty

[Mike A]

Tom H wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Mike A<mlnx at mho.com> wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone got Samba to work on Jaunty.  Specifically I set up samba to
>> share a folder on my linux box with  my windows workgroup. The PCs are
>> all in the same workgroup and not running firewalls.  My machine does
>> not show on any PC and If I click the Window Network icon on my box I
>> get this error.
>> Unable to mount location
>> failed to retrieve share list from server
>>     
>
> Can you map a drive on a Windows box without the GUI?
>
> with:
> net use <drive_letter>: \\<ip_address> <password> /user:<user> /persistent:no
>
> where:
> net = C:\Windows\System32\net.exe (in case it is not in the PATH)
> drive_letter = unused drive letter on the Win box
> ip_address = ip address of the Samba box
> user and password = user and password on the Samba box
>
> I have always found Windows quirky when browsing a network with
> explorer. The above should enable you to determine whether the Samba
> settings (and the firewall settings) on the Samba box are correct.
>
>   
Tried and got the error:

Network name can not be found.

I have a wireless pc and a printer on the LAN. I can ping the printer 
but not the pc. However, the pc can ping me (linux box). The settings on 
the PC have not changed since I last had sharing working!

Thanks,
Mike