Okay. In Vista, it says that my Ubuntu box is in the workgroup MSHOME, and the network location is Velvet. On the Linux box the workgroup parameter is set to Velvet. When I run smbclient it tidily shows me all the right shares and then says that the Ubuntu box is the master of MSHOME.

I'm kinda confused. Is the goal for the Ubuntu box to be in the velvet workgroup?

Here is my configuration (it's Fedora, but that shouldn't matter) for samba that does three public shares. In the workgroup 'WORKGROUP'.

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = MythTV Computer
hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
printcap name = /etc/printcap
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
security = share
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
dns proxy = no
winbind uid = 16777216-33554431
winbind gid = 16777216-33554431
restrict anonymous = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
max protocol = NT
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto


[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no


[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
printable = yes


[MYTHMUSIC]
path = /storage/media/mythmusic
guest ok = yes
read only = no


[MYTHPICS]
path = /storage/media/mythpics/
guest ok = yes
read only = no


[MYTHVIDEO]
path = /storage/media/mythvideo/
guest ok = yes
read only = no

The server string would be the source of the server description.

Yes. I want Ubuntu in Velvet. Here is the relevant part of my smb.conf:

[global]
workgroup = VELVET
server string = Home base
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passdb backend = tdbsam
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
invalid users = root

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No

[Music]
comment = Shared Music
path = /shared/music
read only = No

And there are a bunch of other shares that follow. When I run smbclient, though, I get this:

Domain=[BLAISE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.26a]


        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Home base)
        print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
        Downloads       Disk      Downloaded from the Internet
        Video           Disk      Shared Video
        HTML            Disk      Shared HTML
        Images          Disk      Shared graphics and images
        Music           Disk      Shared Music
        homes           Disk      Home Directories
        ita             Disk      Home Directories
Domain=[BLAISE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.26a]


        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------


        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        MSHOME               BLAISE
        VELVET               ZOE

Where Blaise is the Ubuntu box, and Zoe the Vista one.

Samba is not picking up the configuration. Is there any chance that the computer hasn't been rebooted or samba re-init'd since making the change?

Is there any chance that the computer hasn't been rebooted or samba re-init'd since making the change?

Nope. I reload after every edit. And it has picked up all the changes I've made wrt adding shares.

I'm not sure what is going on. The workgroup setting is correct. You might try setting..

domain master = yes
preferred master = yes

...to wrest control of VELVET from Vista and see if things straighten themselves out. It might take a minute or so after re-initing. Again, I'm not sure what is up, so this is just a guess.

Thanks. I'm making those changes and heading off to work.

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Hmm... didn't Wired do a big article a while back?

eta: This is it: [link]

Might be a good place to start....

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