[mdlug] Samba issues.

[Pritpaul Mahal]

Sorry if this is side tracking, but have you considered using a upnp server instead? 
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R Kannan <rk111810 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Thanks for all those who tried to help.
>
>Tony, I have uncommented browseable.
>
>Bob, All of the tests below seem OK.
>
>Now I can access the share from a windows 7 laptop using IP address.
>However, it does not appear when I search the networks (discovery). The
>ultimate aim is to share this with a media player which needs windows
>share / local file system for subtitles to work with video files.
>
>I believe the problem of the server not showing up on discovery, is
>something to do with 'nmbd'.
>
>On 11/24/2014 08:07 AM, Bob wrote:
>> Run testparm -s /etc/samba/smb.conf
>>
>> us your path to the samba config file, see if anything pops out.
>>
>> You can ping the server right?
>>
>> Run these on the server:
>>
>>  smbclient -L 'your host name' -N
>>
>>  nmblookup -U 127.0.0.1 'your host name'
>>
>> Simplify one of your shares to the bare minimum config, something
>like this
>>
>> # A sample share for sharing photos with others.
>> [photos]
>>    comment = Sample photos
>>    read only = yes
>>    locking = no
>>    path = /Data/photos/samples
>>    guest ok = yes
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>
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