windows machine can see the Linux but Linux cant access win through samba

[UNI_MATRIX_0]

windows machine can see the Linux but Linux cant access win through samba? I configured the smb.conf
as follows

[global]
; General server settings
netbios name = Laptop
server string =
workgroup = MSHOME
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast

wins support = no

printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS

syslog = 1
syslog only = yes

; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
;[homes]
;valid users = %S
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0755
;browseable = no
;read only = no
;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/

; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.
;[netlogon]
;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
;admin users = Administrator
;valid users = %U
;read only = no

; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.
;[Profiles]
;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
;valid users = %U
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0700
;writeable = yes
;browseable = no

; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest OK = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775

[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no

; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
;[DVD-ROM Drive]
;path = /media/cdrom
;browseable = yes
;read only = yes
;guest ok = yes

[MyFiles]
path = /
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = garry
force group = garry[global]
; General server settings
netbios name = garry
server string =
workgroup = MSHOME
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast

wins support = yes

printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS

syslog = 1
syslog only = yes

; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
;[homes]
;valid users = %S
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0755
;browseable = no
;read only = no
;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/

; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.
;[netlogon]
;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
;admin users = Administrator
;valid users = %U
;read only = no

; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.
;[Profiles]
;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
;valid users = %U
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0700
;writeable = yes
;browseable = no

; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775

[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no

; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
;[DVD-ROM Drive]
;path = /media/cdrom
;browseable = yes
;read only = yes
;guest ok = yes

[MyFiles]
path = /home/garry
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = no
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = garry
force group = garry

lol yes my names Garry i can access it from windows and transfare from and to ok but on my kunbuntu it wont see the workgroup?

[lykwydchykyn]

Re: windows machine can see the Linux but Linux cant access win through samba

Workgroups work primarily by broadcasting information on the network. If you're running a firewall on Kubuntu, it's probably blocking those broadcasts. I believe if you'll open up UDP ports 137, 138, and 139 on your Kubuntu firewall, you should be able to browse the network. Or just shut off your firewall, because based on your smb.conf you aren't much concerned about having security (you do realize you're sharing your filesystem root read/write, don't you?).

Also some things to check:
Firewall running on the windows box?
"Simple filesharing" enabled on the windows box (this is only on XP and possibly Vista, not sure)?
Are you able to bring up shares in konqueror using "smb://ip.address.of.the.windowsbox"?

[dhfx]

Re: windows machine can see the Linux but Linux cant access win through samba

I have the same problem. I can see the files on the Windows machine (running Win98) from Konqueror using smb://<IP address>, and there are (AFAIK) no firewalls running.