Can't Access Public Samba Share

[Dave Bour]

From the start-run dialog box, type:
\\debian_name
If it doesn't prompt for user/password, replace the name with IP and repeat
If still fails, look for firewalls especially Norton Internet Security. Disable if found. Repeat. 
What happens?
D
Dave Bour
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug at ss.org <owner-tlug at ss.org>
To: tlug at ss.org <tlug at ss.org>
Sent: Wed Oct 11 14:46:50 2006
Subject: [TLUG]: Can't Access Public Samba Share


I've got someone's Windows box here for a cleaup, and for some reason it cannot
access the public share on my Debian server. I can access the share without a
user or pass from my Linux box, and my smb.conf looks (to me) like it should
allow full access:

# A publicly accessible directory
[public]
   comment = Public
   path = /home/samba/public
   read only = no
   writable = yes
   create mask = 0644
   directory mask = 755
   browseable = yes
   public = yes
   guest ok = yes
#   force user = name_of_my_main_user_ID
#   force group = users

Is there anything else I should be looking for?

Thanks!

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