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Samba frustrationThis is the second time I've tried Debian, and this time the samba configuration was somewhat annoying. It seems that the standard smb.conf file that gets installed with the samba package is a little too advanced for its own good. After some hours of wondering why I couldn't connect to the samba server from my windows machine, I ended up creating the config file from scratch, using the simple example in the howto. I'm not sure why the default config file caused trouble, but this post may at least help some others struggling with samba. Try the simple examples in the howto to get the hang of things, as the Debain configuration seems to contain a lot of stuff you don't really need for simple file sharing. Bookmark/Search this post with:
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Try installing SWAT for Samba
Samba is generally a PITA to configure, IMHO.
The last time I used it I played with the Samba client software for more than a half hour to connect it to a WinXP machine. Finally, I typed "smb://servername" into KDE's Konqueror web browser and voila!
For configuring the Samba server, try installing SWAT. It's the web-based config tool that the Samba authors support/recommend.
Be warned though: The Debian install of SWAT doesn't automatically activate it (?!). You have to uncomment a line at the bottom of /etc/inetd.conf before port 901 will work.
Right, I was going to try
Right, I was going to try SWAT but didn't know why it wasn't working - thanks for the tip :)