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From: didds on 14 Jan 2010 10:00
this may well be a FAQ but having searched I can;t find anything that
seems as "simple" as this query so here goes...

server platform: dell PC + solaris 10 x 86 u8 10/09 named sun2
client platform: Dell + windows XP (SP3)

vanilla install of solaris, a single user ian added with home
directory /export/home/ian

smb.conf edited to change the workgroup name to NIKKO (local network
windows networking workgroup name) otherwise left "as is" and samba
restarted via svcadm.

However, I cannot "see" the server on "my network" ... but then again
i can;t see another solaris 8 server (named sun1) on the same network
that is successfully running samba 3.2.0 either so whatever is
happening is seemingly not unusual!

But... what I can do is connect to shares on the solaris 8 server -
but I can't do that on the sol 10 server.

I can start-run "\\sun2" which prompts me for a login... but "ian"
login doesn;t connect like what it does on sun1 (sol8).

I am clearly missing something - like how to get samba working out of
the box :-)

anybody know what I need to tweak/change?

cheers

ian
From: ITguy on 14 Jan 2010 23:13
> vanilla install of solaris, a single user ian added with home
> directory /export/home/ian
>
> smb.conf edited to change the workgroup name to NIKKO (local network
> windows networking workgroup name) otherwise left "as is" and samba
> restarted via svcadm.
>
> However, I cannot "see" the server on "my network" ...  but then again
> i can;t see another solaris 8 server  (named sun1) on the same network
> that is successfully running samba 3.2.0 either so whatever is
> happening is seemingly not unusual!

To "see" the system on the network, enable the "wins" service.

> But...  what I can do is connect to shares on the solaris 8 server -
> but I can't do that on the sol 10 server.
>
> I can start-run "\\sun2" which prompts me for a login...  but "ian"
> login doesn;t connect like what it does on sun1 (sol8).
>
> I am clearly missing something - like how to get samba working out of
> the box :-)
>
> anybody know what I need to tweak/change?

You must create the Samba password for the user with "smbpasswd -a
<user>"
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