Chris

You must use the Universal Naming Convention \\'s


C:\>net view \\atlantic
Shared resources at \\ATLANTIC

Sharename    Type         Comment
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
guest1       Disk         serves /tmp (readonly) for guest
guest2       Disk         serves /tmp (writable) for guest
htmldocs     Disk         HTML documents
root         Disk         Entire machine
The command was completed successfully.

C:\>net view atlantic
The syntax is incorrect.
For help, type NET VIEW /? at the command prompt.

C:\>

Regards

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Chris Breemer
> Sent: 27 February 1997 11:11
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: SAMBA config help!
>
> Micheal Gueterman wrote:
> > >
> > >   You should be able to do a 'NET VIEW \\sambaservername' to see
> > > the shares which are browseable on the 3000.  This is a function
 of
> > > SMBD.  If you do a simple 'NET VIEW' without a server name
> specified,
> > > then that is asking each server in your workgroup to respond
> saying
> > > they are available for browsing.  This is a function of NMBD.
> Once
> > > you can get your NMBD problem solved, you should see your 3000
> > > should up there too.
> > >
> Micheal Anderson replied:
>
> > So, into my DOS window I went and this is what happened:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R) Version 6.22
> >              (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1994.
> >
> > C:\MSOFFICE>net view \\hp928
> >
> > Error 53: The computer name specified in the network path cannot be
> located.
> >
>
> This was probably under Win95?
> What I get is
>
>         Microsoft(R) Windows NT(TM)
>         (C) Copyright 1985-1996 Microsoft Corp.
>
>         C:\net view felix
>         System error 86 has occurred.
>
>         The specified network password is not correct.
>
> This also happens if I use the IP adress instead of the node name.
> Note the target is HP-UX but I have the same problems finding the
> HP3000; they
> both run samba smbd and nmbd. Not ethat drive maaping to this host
> works fine...
>
> I'm confused !?
>
>         Chris Breemer
>         Compuware Europe B.V.