Have you setup smbd and nmbd in /etc/inetd.conf, and installed a valid
smb.conf? Try telnet to test smbd (telnet marvin netbios-ssn). Check
logs (samba and system) for activity. Increase debug level in
smb.conf.

NoRM writes:
 > 
 > unhappily doing nothing - the testing procedure of:
 > 
 > 	smbclient -L marvin
 > 
 > just returns 'your server software is being unfriendly'.  Has anyone got
 > this working?  
 > 
 > If not, I'll just take it to the Samba mailing list...
 > 
 > 
 > Norman R. McBride                               http://www.city.ac.uk/~norm/
 > Computing Services, City University, England          norm@city.ac.uk (MIME)
 >  
 > "...the extreme case best illustrates the norm..."              Stephen King
 > 

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