NetBSD->FreeBSD move: samba problem

[Peter Risdon]

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> i had NetBSD with samba:
> 
> [snip]
> samba starts
> 
> smbclient started from host shows like everything is ok.
> but - from windose i see empty "network environment" when clicked on
> "Whole network" i see message that network can't be browsed etc. etc.
> [snip]
> 
> smbclient shows:
>         Sharename      Type      Comment
>         ---------      ----      -------
>         domowy         Disk      Katalog domowy uzytkownika
>         public         Disk      Publiczny
>         faxy           Disk      FAXY odebrane
>         IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (wojtek)
>         ADMIN$         Disk      IPC Service (wojtek)
> 
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
>         WOJTEK               wojtek
> 
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>         DOM                  WOJTEK
> 
> 
> i can log in with smbclient to any exported disk with password and all
> works right. but not from windoze.
> 
> 
> i really can't believe that it can be FreeBSD problem, but i have same
> config file and same samba version.
> 
> any ideas?

Hi,

You haven't had any replies yet, so...

Have you tried Start --> Run

\\ipaddress.of.samba.server

from the Windows machine? Might help narrow the problem down to 
netbios/browsing issues if it does find the machine.

Peter.