Samba up, but only able to share CDROM.

My Samba have been set up and now i can share my CDROM between 2000 .
Using my network place---Workgroup---CDROM from 2000.

I tried to put my Root folder from RH9 to share .

I used my win 2000 to access the folder ,
i get a message

" \\Localhost\root is not accessible. The network name cannot be found"

But the strange is that i can access RH9 CDROM folder from WINDOWS!

i wonder if my Samba setting is set right!
But my CDROM settings from Samba is exactly the same as ROOT settings.
The Samba settings is displayed below.

Base Options:
path: /root

Security Options:
guest account :nobody
read only:Yes
guest ok: No

Browse Options
Browseble :Yes

Miscellaneous Options
Available: Yes

I have also tried playing resetting the Base Option
Base Options:
path: /10.0.0.13/root

but still it doesn't work

First of all, there is no need to create multiple threads for the same problem.

& as allready said in your other thread, if from the windows machine you are trying to access localhost, you are accessing THE WINDOWS MACHINE, not the Linux machine.

localhost refers to the machine you are working on, not the machine you are connecting to.

Originally posted by Didou
First of all, there is no need to create multiple threads for the same problem.

& as allready said in your other thread, if from the windows machine you are trying to access localhost, you are accessing THE WINDOWS MACHINE, not the Linux machine.

localhost refers to the machine you are working on, not the machine you are connecting to.

Oops sorry for that!

Here is my samba.conf file. Please Help!

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2000/04/30 15:56:56

# Global parameters
[global]
server string = Samba Server
encrypt passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
printing = cups

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[cdrom]
comment = Share CDROM
path = /mnt/cdrom

[windows]
comment = Windows File
path = \\10.0.0.13\mnt

[root]
comment = root
path = \10.0.0.13\root
guest account = novkhan

Tried \\10.0.0.13\...
//10.0.0.13/......
all sorts of way but in vain!

Onli able to share CDROM!
strange huh!.....

You are supposed to specify pathnames, not network addresses.

Forget the IP addresses: you should specify the root share just like the CDROM share:
[root]
path=/

And while you're at it..
[windows]
path=/mnt

And the slashes go forward in Linux when you are defining path names.