Samba configuration

1) Start the windows share on the windows computer or 2) allow the
connection through the firewall on the windows computer.

I think this is probably the root of the problem.

Alan

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 15:44 +0000, Bryan Mitchell wrote:
> New question #14443 on Ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/14443
>
> I found Rouben's answer to R K Mission very helpful and I followed his instructions. All went well until I tried the final test, "smbclient //thakur/bryan". The result was asfollows:-
>
> bryan@bryan-desktop:~$ sudo smbpasswd -a bryan
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> Added user bryan.
> bryan@bryan-desktop:~$ smbclient //thakur/bryan
> Connection to thakur failed
>
> Could Rouben please suggest where I am going wrong?
> I am running Ubuntu 7.04 and trying to network to an XP machine.
>
>

My problem now seems to be on the XP computer. On it I can see my Linux machine in the MSHOME workgroup and access my Linux files. However my XP machine does not show up in the workgroup!
On the Linux machine only Linux shows in the MSHOME workgroup, no XP machine.
When I try to share my My Documents folder on XP I get an error message "An error occurred while trying to share My Documents. The Server service is not started."
Both computers ping each other successfully.

On Windows, Run
%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s
Clear out all the logs, reboot, try setting up a share, then check the logs. That might throw some light on why the service isn't starting.

Is the maching running XPHome or XPPro? If XPPro, check
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040
in the "Turning on and turning off Simple File Sharing" section.

Thank you for your suggestion. The machine is running Windows XP Home and I have set up MSHOME networks on other people's machines once or twice without seeing this problem.
The new log showed a failure audit as follows:-
"Logon failure; Unknown user name or bad password"
Username: Bryan
Domain: BLACK (my computer name)
Logon type: 2
Logon process: Advapi
Authentication package: Negotiate
Work station name: BLACK

I have only one account on this computer called "Bryan"
and I am the administrator, therefore I cannot see where
logon comes into it.

Thanks Peter L Jones, that solved my question.