Hi Network card is up and running. A big thanks to all the ppl who pitched in .. esp. Binulal and jtd.
I then planned my next big jump. Installed Samba and reached my next dead end. This time it appears to be a common problem. Use google with the search string as "samba no service destination end-point" or
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I am getting the same response. Couldn't get far with the docs either.
Also was curious which user account would Samba use. Do I need to create a specific user account on the machine from where I access the share on the Linux box....
Also smbstatus gives me a cryptic lock error
#Samba version 2.2.5 #Service uid gid pid machine #---------------------------------------------- #Can't initialise locking module - exiting Gishu Pillai