Other workgroups in vista

This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the smb. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which are not shown in this example Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as commented-out examples in this file.

A well-established practice is to name the original file "smb. See Debian bug for a case where using a master file is not a good idea. It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly. If you want to log through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.

This will require a Unix account in this server for every user accessing the server. See the section on 'encrypt passwords' in the smb. This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in 'passwd program'.

The default is 'no'. See also the cupsaddsmb 8 manpage in the cupsys-client package. See smb. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.

If this machine will be configured as a BDC a secondary logon server , you must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended. Maximum number of usershare. Change the next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them. If you want to create dirs. You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are members of.

Click to expand Reactions: cliffordcooley. The Samba feature of Linux is how the linux system provides shares for other systems to access. You can always do this manually via SU smbmount Perhaps Vista adds that kink too. Is it the file you supplied or a folder? I assume symbolic link is akin to a windows shortcut.

I have no K01local and S99local files in rc3. If I did have these files would I use the same name for the symbolic link? So If I want to set up a second share I just repeat the variable declarations and the switch statement or what? As I said in my first post I did have file sharing and network discovery enabled on Vista. Is the Linux firewall likely to be a problem in trying to access Vista shares? What is the purpose of rc. Many thanks for being patient.

Ok, I can go through all of that, but first please verify that XP can access Vista shares. XP cannot access Vista shares. XP can see Vista in the network explorer but gets the usual Cheers Steve. That's what I feared - - need to solve this first. Under Group or user names, you should see all users with permission. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Networking.

For specific hardware-related issues, please use the Windows Vista Hardware forum 0 0. Sign in to vote. Hi all Just figured out how to get Vista to properly show me all the computers in all the workgroups and the domain on my network. I've gone from not being able to see any other computers, to being able to see the other workgroups but not the domain, to finally seeing all of them. Ruri Ranbe has been working as a writer since She received an A.

Ranbe also has more than six years of professional information-technology experience, specializing in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, server administration, virtualization and Web design. Share on Facebook. Basics To become a member of a workgroup, a computer must reside on the same local area network as all of the other PCs connected to the group. Protocols A network adapter -- the hardware that allows the computer to connect to a LAN -- must have Link-Layer Topology Discovery, or LLTD, enabled to discover other computers on the network and generate the network map, a graphical representation of how the hosts in a workgroup are connected.