Re: Unable to access linux files from windows using samba configured in linux Vmware

Napster wrote:

Hi

I had thw same issue with my network....check if the DNS translation for the Ip address of the system thats running Samba server.Or there is a work around to get this working...
Check if u\you are able to access the files by going to the run option and then entering the ip address
start->Run->\\192.168.0.143

Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ there you would find a file by the name hosts add the ip address and also the host name for the server there.
The file would look like this

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.0.143   napster-server1


Where 192.168.0.143 is the ip address of the system thats running Samba and napter-Server1 the hostname.

If you are running DNS server then check the configuration file of the server.


Napster