[Lucid] Network Error

[Jim Smith]

On 08/27/2010 10:22 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/23/2010 04:30 PM, Jim Smith wrote:
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>> When I click on the "Network" location the window opens showing "Windows
>> Network."
>> Clicking on that item gives the following error message: "Unable to
>> mount location, failed to retrieve share list from server." Curious as
>> this did not happen before the upgrade to Lucid. Using the Lucid LiveCD
>> the network mounts fine and I can do the usual things with the shared
>> files on our other computer. Ideas? Googling didn't get me anything
>> seemingly connected with Lucid. Probably right in front of me, just
>> can't see it.
>>      
>
> Anyway; what is the output of:
>
> $ findsmb
>    
jim at JimsBook:~$ findsmb

                                 *=DMB
                                 +=LMB
IP ADDR         NETBIOS NAME     WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
---------------------------------------------------------------------
jim at JimsBook:~$

> and what do you have in this line of /etc/samba/smb.conf?
>
> # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
>     workgroup =
>    
WORKGROUP=RUDYSHOME
Which it always has been.
> Typically, I try to keep all of my machines on the same workgroup when
> possible.
>    
Easy as there are normally only two machines.


Thanks

Jim
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