[ubuntu-ca] Samba, 1 2 3....

[Jim Little]

Quoting Master Cougar:

> Jim Little wrote:
> >
> > I did have to edit the configuration files first, however.
> 
>   I think I did that, now to find where they are located.

/etc/samba/smb.conf


> Just a Ubuntu machine and an Xbox  Both machines are connected to an
> ethernet hub, which is in turn connected to a cable modem.

That should be okay, I assume by hub you mean a NAT switch that is allocating
internal IPs using DHCP?  Make sure you have the firewall feature of that switch
turned on.


> Okay, when I do that I get
> 
> marc at marc-desktop:~$ ps -ef | grep mbd
> root      4354     1  0 08:59 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
> marc     10576 10552  0 12:41 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mbd
> marc at marc-desktop:~$

You should also see a smbd process.  Use the "testparm" program to check your
samba config, that's likely your problem.  Also look at the smbclient program,
it's quite useful.

eg. "smbclient -L YourServerName"
where YourServerName is the name you gave your machine on the "netbios name ="
line of /etc/samba/smb.conf

Jim