From: Jeff Shultz 

Adam Flinton wrote:

> Jeff Shultz wrote:
>
>> Adam Flinton wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jeff Shultz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Wheeee! I want NFS on my Windows2k box.... Samba hasn't
been working
>>>>>with it since the Mandrake 9.2 upgrade (but worked fine
with a Win98SE
>>>>>box I had running temporarily).
>>>>>
>>>>>I can get around it one way with LinNeighborhood, but I
want to see my
>>>>>Linux box from Windows again.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>By the way, I just finished downloading this - I just went to
>>>>Microsoft.com, put Unix in the search box and it was the
first hit. One
>>>>note: you do need a Passport account.
>>>>But I did everything through Galeon on my Linux box.
>>>
>>>I know...the passport thing stopped me coz while I have one (for MSN
>>>messenger via GAIM) I just couldn't remember it.
>>>
>>
>> I'd set mine up recently to get back on MSN IM.
>>
>>
>>>BTW what's up with your samba thingy as I've had 0 problemo with Mdk 9.0
>>> > 9.2 & win2k & WinXP.....
>>>
>>
>> No flipping clue. My Win2k machine sees the fact there is a machine
>> there, at least enough to name it, but trying to go any further and it
>> refuses to believe the Linux box exists.
>> Win98SE otoh had no problem accessing the Linux box (it shouldn't, the
>> thing is practically wide open via Samba.
>>
> what happens if you just type in the machinename\\ in the url bar?
>

Same thing - "Master cannot be found. No Network path, blah blah blah"

I'm thinking it has something to do with encrypted passwords, since I think
that requirement is the only big difference between Win98SE and Win2k.

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Jeff Shultz

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