Linux Computer Names not found

[Dazed_75]

>
> > Perhaps it is a misunderstanding on my part, but I was assuming Samba
> > was running simply because I am able to use the printers and shared
> > disk space of the windows machines from ubuntu.
> ----
> that is as a cups client - no registration of a netbios name with a
> broadcast that I am aware of doing this
> ----
>

Craig, I don't think you meant to say that the Common UNIX Print System is
responsible for my being able to use Windows disk shares.  I am probably
wrong, but also I don't think CUPS is responsible for finding the Windows
Printer shares from the fact that I had to locate the Windows Printers first
by identifying that I was looking for a networked printer, then looking into
the Windows network and workgroup and signifying the desired printer.  Once
located I had to select a driver and it was a CUPS driver.  Am I being too
fussy here or overreading between the lines?

----
perhaps it isn't started at all...I believe in ubuntu, something like
'/etc/init.d/smb start' should suffice to start samba server - something
like '/etc/init.d/smb status' should tell you if it's running or not.
----

I think you are right that it is not started.  In fact, there is no smb
element in init.d and no references I can find in the rc?.d directories
either.

On 9/6/06, Alex LeDonne <aledonne.listmail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Time for more precision in the discussion. Using shared windows disk
> and printers requires use of the samba _client_. Broadcasting your
> NetBIOS name and showing up on the windows network requires running
> the samba NetBIOS name server, nmbd. Try
>
> ps -ef | grep nmbd
>
> to see if it's running at all.
>
> For more info, man nmbd.
>
Not only does there not seem to be an nmbd running.  There does not seem to
be one on the machine and man nmbd or man -k nmbd yield nothing at all.
Ain't it wonderful how distros differ even in the basics?


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