[ale] Samba Server on SuSE Professional 9.0

[griffisb at bellsouth.net]

Hey all, I'm running into some (more) Samba confusion. I was running SuSE 
Personal 8.2, but decided to upgrade to SuSE Professional 9.0. Desktop does not 
include Samba, Professional does. I thought that would make things simple. 
 
I went into YaST and clicked Enable Samba Server, selected File and Printer 
Sharing, Domain or Workgroup is Personal, and set a server name. For 
authentication, I selected smbpasswd. Then I created the users with same user 
names as users on the server - so they can store files in their /home 
directories. Under Available Shares I allow sharing printers and directories. 
 
When I click the Local Network icon (starting smb:/) I get an error message, 
unable to find any workgroups in your local network. I am not able to see my 
WinXP that has directory sharing. I also can't see my own Samba server. I can't 
see the Samba server from my Win2K laptop. 
 
I do not have a PDC or BDC and am not using LDAP. Do I need a PDC in this 
environment (home use)? On Samba client configuration in YaST, I selected 
Membership Workgroup as PERSONAL. I did not select "Also use SMB for Linux 
Authentication." Do I need to do this? 
 
On Samba client configuration in YaST, when I click Browse, I can see the 
workgroup Personal. But when I click the Local Network icon, I can't see it. 
Bruce