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Thanks for the info. HEre is what I found and used to eventually solve the problem:<br />
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Run system-config-securityleve<wbr />l<br />
Firewall Options:<br />
To allow Samba access to work through your firewall you must set 'Samba' as a 'Trusted service'.<br />
SELinux:<br />
Modify SELinux Policy &gt;&nbsp;Samba Disable SELinux protection for smbd daemon<br />
On the command line you can run:<br />
[root@charon ~]# setsebool -P smbd_disable_trans 1<br />
Run man samba_selinux for more help.<br />
For any changes made above to the SELinux settings or smb.conf, it is recommended to restart Samba.
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Thanks for the info. HEre is what I found and used to eventually solve the problem:

Run system-config-securitylevel
Firewall Options:
To allow Samba access to work through your firewall you must set 'Samba' as a 'Trusted service'.
SELinux:
Modify SELinux Policy > Samba Disable SELinux protection for smbd daemon
On the command line you can run:
[root@charon ~]# setsebool -P smbd_disable_trans 1
Run man samba_selinux for more help.
For any changes made above to the SELinux settings or smb.conf, it is recommended to restart Samba.

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I am trying to setup Fedora as a file server. I cant seem to get access to the shares from a windows PC.<br />
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I have a clean build of Fedora running. Samba is setup. All the components I could find in the Yum downloader have been installed. The workgroups match. I can see the share I setup on the Fedora box from a PC laptop, but when I go to access them i get \\COMPUTER\SHARE is not accessible. I have setup the share to be r/w, visible and public. The only thing I am real curious about is the wireless thing. Both Fedora and the Laptop are running wirelessly, Does anybody have any I dea?<br />
Thanks Jim
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I am trying to setup Fedora as a file server. I cant seem to get access to the shares from a windows PC.

I have a clean build of Fedora running. Samba is setup. All the components I could find in the Yum downloader have been installed. The workgroups match. I can see the share I setup on the Fedora box from a PC laptop, but when I go to access them i get \\COMPUTER\SHARE is not accessible. I have setup the share to be r/w, visible and public. The only thing I am real curious about is the wireless thing. Both Fedora and the Laptop are running wirelessly, Does anybody have any I dea?
Thanks Jim

Linux box shares not accessible from windows PC. Both are wireless.

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