problem using samba

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hello frndzz…
i am new to suse. i am having problem using samba, i am not able to access systems on LAN but i can ping them. whenever i open my network folders using samba share, it shows error ‘no workgroup found’. tell me what to do ASAP plzz.

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Hi

Have a read of this tutorial for getting a Samba installation on openSUSE going:
Samba and Suse: HowTo Set up an openSUSE-Windows Home Office LAN/Network. Versions 10, 11
here’s a checklist that might be useful:

  1. Check the software RPMs
    This command in a console will tell you:
rpm-qa | grep samba
  1. Check the nmb and smb daemons are running
    This command in a console will tell you:
sudo /usr/sbin/rcnmb status ; sudo /usr/sbin/rcsmb status
  1. Check that name resolution is set to work with a workgroup in the samba config file (smb.conf)
    This command in a console will tell you:
testparm -v | egrep -i "name resolve|netbios name|local master|preferred master|workgroup"
  1. Check the nmb and smb daemons are running
    This command in a console will tell you:
testparm
  1. Check that (1) netbios-server (for 11.1) and samba-server are allowed/enabled in SuSEfirewall2 and that (2) you have allowed broadcast tracking in SuSefirewall2
    This command in a console will tell you:
cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | egrep "FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT=|FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT="
  1. Check that you have added users to the samba user database so that you can supply username and password if asked.
    This command in a console will tell you:
sudo pdbedit -L

It might be as well to use copy/paste to enter some of these commands into a console window.
If you have any questions about the responses you get to these commands, just post the responses here.

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I used the tutorial to set up a laptop yesterday. That worked so well, I tried it on a desktop that I seldom use. It worked and I went to lunch. A few hours later, I tried to move some files between two machines and samba no longer worked. I got the red message about the firewall, but nothing had changed except, after a couple of hours, samba stopped working.

Ever see this before?

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Only occasionally. I have to restart my router. But that’s a flaw with my hardware. All I can suggest to you is to use the checklist to see which machine lost connectivity.