Re: Samba and XP support discussion. Where is the XP shares?

Note: I interpret "seeing Windows XP shares" to mean that I can use XP
to view shares exported by samba.  These shares reside on my Linux box.
 I'm running Slackware 10.2

>
> Can you view your windows XP shares in linux?
> If you Can:
> What linux distribution are you using?
I've had no problem (yet) viewing Windows XP shares in Linux.  I'm
using Slackware 10.x series.
> Are you using DHCP?
No.
> Does your linux machine also have shares on it?
Yes.  Also visible from both the OSD and my XP laptop.
> Did you manually setup a WINS server?
No.
> Is your machine the NIS server?
No - actually, I don't know for certain(!), but I didn't explicitly set
it up to be.  I used SWAT to configure my samba shares.
> Are you hosting or part of a windows server domain?
>
No.
> Please attach your smb.conf if you ARE able to see Windows XP shares.
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2007/01/26 22:40:59

# Global parameters
[global]
	server string = Big Blue
	security = SHARE
	guest account = guest
	log file = /var/log/samba.%m
	max log size = 50
	show add printer wizard = No
	dns proxy = No
	wins support = Yes
	hosts allow = 192.168.1.

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	read only = No

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

[public]
	path = /home/samba
	read only = No
	guest only = Yes
	guest ok = Yes
	fstype = FAT

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Some other notes of interest: I'm not using DHCP to configure the OSD
IP address.  I haven't recently tried viewing Win XP shares from my
Linux box, but I remember being able to do it with something like
"smb://user <at> ip/share-name" in Konqueror when I did have shares on an XP
box. (I don't use XP for hosting anything anymore due to security
concerns).

Also, maybe a little OT, but I'm playing both video (.mp4) and audio
(.mp3) across the network from my samba shares.  I'm using the 3.27.54
release; I get an occasional stutter, but otherwise works well.   I'm
kind of excited about the whole media server thing - so far it is
working well for me.  I'll test encode across the network later.

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