On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:38 PM, John Curry <curryjm at eircom.net> wrote:
> Hello Harry,
>> 'because it just works' is not a phrase I would associate with samba
> and windows networking.
>> I frequently encounter a situation where I cannot access windows
> shares by name (network unavailable or computer not listed) whilst
> being able to access the same item via a previously mapped network
> drive.
Try adding the line:
netbios name = <name of server>
to your smb.conf, without it, you'll get your experience, with it, in
my experience, you don't.
Harry.
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