Cr4nberry: How to Configure Samba on RedHat Linux

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Re: Cr4nberry: How to Configure Samba on RedHat Linux

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Apr 7th, 2006

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Originally Posted by DMR

And so you dug up a 1 1/2 year old thread just to let us know? :mrgreen:

Actually it was two things:
1. starting the smb server and
2. adding these lines to the iptables file (got this one here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ead.php?t=5656)

I got sidetracked because "localhost" was showing up in windows and I thought windows was compaining because it didn't like the name "localhost".

I'm putting this here so that when I have this problem again, it might only take 15 minutes instead of 2 hours to fix it...

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Re: Cr4nberry: How to Configure Samba on RedHat Linux

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Apr 8th, 2006

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Originally Posted by jmeree

I got sidetracked because "localhost" was showing up in windows and I thought windows was compaining because it didn't like the name "localhost".

You're right- any computer (regardless of OS) running the TCP/IP protocol uses the local loopback IP address of 127.0.0.1, which is traditionally aliased to the name "localhost".
Given that, the net effect (no pun intended) of using "localhost" as a computer's network hostname can cause about the same amount of confusion as filling a room with a bunch of guys all named Bob Smith and then trying to do a roll call.

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Originally Posted by jmeree

I'm putting this here so that when I have this problem again, it might only take 15 minutes instead of 2 hours to fix it...

lol- good future planning...

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