Firewall! I "entrusted" the whole dang ethernet card (it's my LAN) and, and...it worked. Now, any ideas how to craft a Fedora firewall to allow Samba (as well as ssh, ftp, http) without enabling the whole dang card? Sam MacDonald wrote: > The book that solved 99% of my Samba problems is... > *"Linux Network Toolkit"* > > It has step by step instructions on setting up a network using a Linux > server for use with windows based clients. > The version I have was published in 1998, came with Red Hat 5.0 and > worked with Windows 95 clients. > It does not use GUI tools (shell based) so it may be undesirable for > some, but it's so easy to follow. > Best investment I made in a technology book "ever" it was almost $50 > new back in 1998. > > Windows 98 and NT use encrypted passwords so I had to make a change > when I went to Windows 98... > I found that fix on the Red Hat site. > Let me know if you want that I have it. > I also have "The Samba Trouble Shooting Guide in DOC format. > Let me know if you would like it. > > I did google the book name and found this list on bookchecker.com > Amazon has it for $1.99 + shipping. > > http://www.bookchecker.com/0764531468 > > I know this is not an answer but you may thank me later. > > You may need to check your host name, in a shell type "hostname" no > quotes > If it returns Localhost you will need to change the host name. > BTW, it takes a long time for a host name to fall off the windows > browser list. > > Sam. > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list