Samba Networking

[Thomas]

Stop smbd and nmbd (open a shell window, enter status to see which processes they run on then enter break for each), then go to Samba:log and delete all files (keep the locks directory). Then try to access the Amiga again and look into Samba:log for log files with error messages.

To access the Amiga, open Windows Explorer and enter \\amiga into the address line (amiga being the host name of your Amiga). It might not appear in Network Neighbourhood until access is working.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Forgot one thing: you should use Samba V2.0.7 from www.amigasamba.org. Later versions don't work.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

I have installed yesterday V2.2.5. Works very fine on my A1200. Mounts the various shares on the XP-box without any problem! And rather fast that is.

Yes, I didn't consider the new port of V2.2.5. The ixemul-based port available on amigasamba.org doesn't work. The new port available at amigaos.dk is quite fine.

Here, my Win2K needs to be set up with "people need to enter a login + password to use this computer" in order to access my Samba-ed A1.

Well, I am not so firm with all the security settings. However, on my home network I can access any share on any computer, no matter if I supply a password or not. Even those drives which were set up with a password can be mounted without. I'm using WinXP Home, though.

So my suggestion for every Samba beginner is to hide his network from the internet by a NAT router in all cases. (I for one will never again connect a Windows computer to the internet without an external router/firewall. Last time I did it lasted about one minute until the PC was shut down by one of those Blaster viruses or whatever they are called).

Bye,
Thomas