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["Sheldon Isaac" <SheldonIsaac AT MyRealBox.com>]

Using BL3.32 with bzimage on machine 'other', Ethernet crossover cabled 
to machine 'asus' which has Windows 98 First Edition.

> > smbclient \\\\asus\\E
> > the response is
> > Added interface ip=127.0.0.1  bcast=127.255.255.255  nmask=255.0.0.0
> > error connecting to 192.168.1.3:139  

> Have you tried:  smbclient -L asus

Nowadays (depending on the setting on the Win98 machine, see below), the 
response to that command line is: [and I don't know why the error message 
is different than above]

-------------
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file 
"etc/smb.conf": No such file or directory
Can't load etc/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
Added interface ip=127.0.0.1  bcast=127.255.255.255  nmask=255.0.0.0
session request to ASUS failed
session request to *SMBSERVER failed

-------------

So I rename  etc/smb.good  to  etc/smb.conf , containing   [global]   and 
on the next line   encrypt passwords = yes

and try again with  smbclient -L asus

This time it skips the stuff about no smb.conf, but still the session 
requests fail.

> > (Connection refused)
> > Connection to asus failed
> 
> This is probably an authentication problem, perhaps
> encrypted password.  Do the same command again with
> the -d3 parameter to get debugging info.
> 
> If the problem is occuring because win98 wants an encrypted 
> password (which is likely), you have two options.  Turn off
> that feature on win98 or tell smbclient to use encryption.

Now I've set the sharing on the Windows 98 machine so that drive E: is 
shared read-only, no passwords.

Same result, the session requests fail.

Now, on the Windows 98 machine, under Network Properties, I go to the 
screen for Properties of the TCP/IP protocol which is bound to the 
Ethernet card.
I click the tab regarding Bindings. I check the box called "File and 
printer sharing for Microsoft Networks".
The dialog says I have to reboot to make that effective, so I will save 
this message and hope it's still there after the reboot.

===========

OK, the message is still here to be edited in my Windows e-mail program 
on machine   asus .

Now, when I issue the command
smbclient -L asus   on machine 'other',
the response is 
Added interface ip=127.0.0.1  bcast=127.255.255.255  nmask=255.0.0.0
Password:
[at this prompt I press the  Enter  key]

And then the response is

Sharename       Type    Comment
-------------   -----   -----------
E   Disk        
FPROT                   Disk    
IPC$                    IPC             Remote Inter Process Communication

Server                  Comment
----------              -----------
ASUS                    

Workgroup                       Master
------------                    --------
WORKGROUP                       ASUS


And then when I say

smbclient \\\\asus\\E

I soon can get to a prompt that looks like

smb: \>

and if I say

help  or  ?

it gives a list of commands, looks kind of like the ones in an  ftp  
program.

If I say   ls  

it shows the files in the Windows computer's  E:\

This message is long enough, so will report more later.

Many thanks, Steven.

Sheldon