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On 8/11/2012 5:29 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:users-request@lists.fedoraproject.org">users-request@lists.fedoraproject.org</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">This still isn't terribly clear...
do you mean that WINDOWS machines on the network can't see Fedora
as a member of the WINDOWS network? and vice-versa?</pre>
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Yes sir. All the other machines are Windows machines.<br>
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If so, I suggest you probably need to:
1. make sure samba is installed. on my F17 machine it's samba-2:3.6.6-92.fc17.1. I think it is a placeholder that brings in all the other necessary packages.
But in case I'm wrong, you'd also need samba-client-2:3.6.6-92.fc17.1 and
samba-common-2:3.6.6-fc17.1.
2. we used to use system-config-services to make sure samba server starts
at boot, but I think in F17 that tool doesn't exist anymore. looks like
we need to use "systemctl enable samba" followed by either "systemctl
daemon-reload" or a reboot.
3. use the firewall configuration tool (system-config-firewall) to make
sure the necessary ports in the firewall are open. (make sure there is a
checkmark in the box for both "Samba" and "Samba Client".)
if you've already got the samba stuff installed, it may be that you
only need to do #3 above. the default firewall is fairly closed, and
it does not let samba stuff thru without tweaking.
It's been a while since I've done this, so this is all from memory. I think
it's at least near-correct, though, if not perfect.
Good luck!</pre>
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Thanks so much. I am storing this information away <br>
for the next time, which will probably be in a couple <br>
weeks. I just downloaded and installed VMWare on this <br>
new Windows machine.<br>
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