From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Luchjenbroers Subject: Re: Linux/Win XP network connection problem Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 21:14:49 +0930 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200301062114.49646.Adam@Luchjenbroers.com> References: Reply-To: Adam@Luchjenbroers.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: James Maki , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > With the help of Red Hat Linux 8 Bible, I think I have SAMBA working on the > Linux box. I can see MyGroup on the Win XP box in Network Places. If I > select Mygroup, I get Samba Server (Localhost). If I double click, I get > the following error message > > ======================= > \\Localhost in not accessible. You might not have permission to use this > network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find if you > have access permissions. > > You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go > to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again. > ======================= Just a quick pointer, try changing the network name from "localhost", localhost is usually a loopback hostname (IP 127.0.0.1) that is used by a machine to connect to itself. -- "Security-wise, NT is a server with a "Kick me" sign taped to it." - Carl Jacobs Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs