gargoyle wrote:

> Hi,
> I have been trying to set up Samba_swat.
> I have gone to the point where in win98 my linux box shows up.
> However when I doubleclick on it gives the following messege.
>
> \\Pen2 is not accessible
> The computer or share name could not be found. Make sure you typed it in
> correctly, and try again.
>
>
> I have checked but I guess I am missing something.
>
> The win98 box is " iwill".
> I am a user on " iwill " user name " ed ".
> The linux computer name is " pen2 ". This is what is entered in under
> NetBios name in the swat configure.
> The sharename is " ed "
> The share folder is " /home/ed "
> I am user on " pen2 " with the name " ed ".
> I have added thru Swat a user named " ed ".
> I have a password that is the same one that is used on win98 as the user
> network sign on.
> The pass word consists of 3 letters 2 number and 3 letters.
>
> The share folder is one that I added when I add the user eded to the
> linux system. Then I create the samba user " ed ".
>
> If you want I can post my smb.conf
> Can you tell me what I am missing.
> Thanks
>

Post your smb.conf.

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gargoyle wrote:

> Hi,
> I have been trying to set up Samba_swat.
> I have gone to the point where in win98 my linux box shows up.
> However when I doubleclick on it gives the following messege.
>
> \\Pen2 is not accessible
> The computer or share name could not be found. Make sure you typed it in
> correctly, and try again.
>
>
> I have checked but I guess I am missing something.
>
> The win98 box is " iwill".
> I am a user on " iwill " user name " ed ".
> The linux computer name is " pen2 ". This is what is entered in under
> NetBios name in the swat configure.
> The sharename is " ed "
> The share folder is " /home/ed "
> I am user on " pen2 " with the name " ed ".
> I have added thru Swat a user named " ed ".
> I have a password that is the same one that is used on win98 as the user
> network sign on.
> The pass word consists of 3 letters 2 number and 3 letters.
>
> The share folder is one that I added when I add the user eded to the
> linux system. Then I create the samba user " ed ".
>
> If you want I can post my smb.conf
> Can you tell me what I am missing.
> Thanks
>

my guess is you didn't add the password with smbpasswd

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I would say that you need to make sure your netbios name is correct.
Try from you linux terminal:
check your smb.conf with testparm
fix errors.
Then
smbclient -L //servername -Uusername%passwd

That may say something about your network name.