[lug] Ethereal installed - Samba question

[Trent Turner]

OK, Ethereal is up, but haven't figured out how to make a trace work, so
...

Trying to run Samba, I've followed most of the documentation from
several places, including
/usr/share/doc/samba-3.0.7/docs/htmldocs/using_samba/toc.html (which is
pretty cool that O'Reilly includes this book for free!)

So before reviewing the doc below, here's the basic goal:
I have two laptops & 2 desktops that I would like to be able to access
files & printers on my main machine.
Laptop #1: Compaq NC6000 from work - already pointing to a work domain
	WinXPpro Service Pack 1
Laptop #2: Averatec - WinXPhome 
Desktop #1 - dsl (damnsmalllinux) 
Desktop #2 - not yet running

Basic Questions:
Should I be able to get Laptop1 to access the home Samba network without
destroying my work access?

Should winxphome work with samba out of the box, or will configs be
necessary?

Are there any fundamental gotchas I should be looking for here?

So far neither laptop or desktop can access the Samba Server.

I've got everything running (smbd nmbd swat) & have configured samba
(file included below).

I've also run the smbclient program as suggested to verify everything's
up & running on the server, e.g. smbclient -U% -L localhost
I get this kinda output:
Domain=[TURNER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.7-2.FC1]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        homes           Disk      Home Directories
        NewPSC2355      Printer   HP All-In-One Printer Scanner Copier
        tt              Disk      Trent's files
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Turner Samba Server)
        ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (Turner Samba Server)
Domain=[TURNER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.7-2.FC1]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        TRENTTURNER          Turner Samba Server

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        TURNER               TRENTTURNER

which seems to match the config file.

I've gone into the network config on Laptop #1 & made all the necessary
changes, including pointing the WINS server to my Samba server machine
(which amazingly made my son's laptop suddenly appear on my work laptop)

When I click on the "Turner" entry in Windoze Exploder, I get the
following message:
"Turner not accessible.  You might not have permission to use this
network resource.  Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.

The network path was not found"

I have not yet tried to configure Laptop #2 per the instructions
referenced above.

I'll try to configure it later & if there's still problems check with
the list.

As usual thanks in advance!
Trent (linux protozoa - recently evolved from amoeba!)


# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2005/01/15 16:40:41

# Global parameters
[global]
	workgroup = TURNER
	server string = Turner Samba Server
	guest account = tt
	log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
	max log size = 50
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	printcap name = /etc/printcap
	dns proxy = No
	wins support = Yes
	cups options = raw

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	path = /home
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	printable = Yes
	browseable = No

[NewPSC2355]
	comment = HP All-In-One Printer Scanner Copier
	path = /var/spool/samba
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes
	printable = Yes
	printer name = NewPSC2355
	oplocks = No
	share modes = No

[tt]
	comment = Trent's files
	path = /home/tt
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes