Hello all.
I am using OpenSuse 11.4 (64 bits) with KDE on my PC. I have another PC running with Windows Vista. Both are connected to an Internet box (hub), the OpenSuse one by RJ45 link and the Vista one by Wifi. I would like to share files between them with Samba but I do not succeed in… I have followed this note: How To Samba With openSUSE 11.2 and Windows. I do exactly what is written (except under YaST → System Services (Runlevel), there is no smbfs service). I also added my user login typing “>smbpasswd -aen my_user_name” in a su terminal.
Under YaST → AppArmor configuration panel, I set nmbd and smbd to “Complain”: now, on http://localhost:901/status, smbd, nmbd and winbindd are running.
But on Vista, the OpenSuse PC does not appear on the network.
Thanks for your help. This is the first time I try to use Samba…
On Thu March 17 2011 03:36 pm, olyv wrote:
>
> Hello all.
> I am using OpenSuse 11.4 (64 bits) with KDE on my PC. I have another PC
> running with Windows Vista. Both are connected to an Internet box (hub),
> the OpenSuse one by RJ45 link and the Vista one by Wifi. I would like to
> share files between them with Samba but I do not succeed in… I have
> followed this note: ‘How To Samba With openSUSE 11.2 and Windows’
> (http://tweakhound.com/linux/suse/112/samba.html). I do exactly what is
> written (except under YaST → System Services (Runlevel), there is no
> smbfs service). I also added my user login typing “>smbpasswd -aen
> my_user_name” in a su terminal.
> Under YaST → AppArmor configuration panel, I set nmbd and smbd to
> “Complain”: now, on http://localhost:901/status, smbd, nmbd and winbindd
> are running.
> But on Vista, the OpenSuse PC does not appear on the network.
> Thanks for your help. This is the first time I try to use Samba…
>
>
olyv;
Have you set, Samba Server, Samba Client and NetBios Server as allowed
services in the firewall: Yast–> Security and Users–> Firewall Allowed
Services. Make sure both smb and nmb are running.
ps -A | grep mbd
You should see at least one occurrence of smbd and nmbd.
I’ve not looked at the Howto on tweakhound, but this one I know is well
written and specific to OpenSuSE:
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/suselanprimer.html
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Yes, Samba client, Samba server and NetBios server services are allowed by my firewall. And both smb and nmb are running:
>ps -A | grep mbd
15613 ? 00:00:00 smbd
15614 ? 00:00:00 smbd
16783 ? 00:00:00 nmbd
I will have a look on the other documentation you mention, thanks a lot for your answer, I will let you know. 
It might be useful to set windows 7 for easy coupling to openSUSE via Samba. I found that win 7 just locked in the network browser if I didn’t adjust it a bit to see openSUSE easily. Here’s the discussion: HowTo Setup Windows 7 for Network Sharing with Samba and openSUSE
It is working correctly now, thanks a lot for your help ! Regards.