Samba Not Visible in the Network Environment

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Symptom:

You have set up a Samba server with SuSE Linux. Although you can see other machines from the Samba server, Samba itself is not displayed in the network environment of the Windows clients. However, Samba is reachable with ping.

Cause:

The dummy device - mainly used for dial-in connections with modem or ISDN - prevents Samba from being shown in the network environment when connecting e.g. via ethernet.

Solution:

Edit the file /etc/rc.config with an editor of your choice. Change the line from:
SETUPDUMMYDEV=yes
to
SETUPDUMMYDEV=no
After starting SuSEconfig and initializing the network with
init 1
followed by
init 3
Samba is visible in the network environment of the Windows clients.
Keywords: SAMBA, WINDOWS, NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

Categories: Samba

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