How to get networking working for windows 2000 within vmware??

[Walter Tautz <wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca>]

 I am unclear what settings within windows 2000 i should be inputting.

 I had a look at the smb.conf file vmware manages and it has entries like:

lsof -i:

 vmware-nm 1486   root    7u  IPv4   1710       UDP 172.16.61.1:netbios-ns
 vmware-nm 1486   root    8u  IPv4   1715       UDP 172.16.61.1:netbios-dgm
 vmware-sm 1488   root    5u  IPv4   1722       TCP 172.16.61.1:netbios-ssn
 (LISTEN)

 Is this suppose the IP I put in during the windows networking option
 under LAN?


 I include the smb.conf file from vmware:

It looks like I have to enable the  hosts allow line? Since
it seems to be commented out?

-walter

ps. Anyone who has windows 2000 network working within vmware with
a host-only configuration please enlighten me.
I keep getting an error message from the windows configuration tool
about an incorrect mask.


;
; Configuration file for Samba 2.0.6 vmware-[sn]mbd operating on vmnet1.
;
; This file was automatically generated by the VMware configuration program.
; If you modify it, it will be backed up the next time you run the
; configuration program.
;

; Global settings
[global]
;
; Identity
;

; Allow several Samba servers on different subnet without conflicts
   socket address = 172.16.61.1
   interfaces = 172.16.61.0/255.255.255.0
   bind interfaces only = yes

; Workgroup the host belongs to
  workgroup = WORKGROUP

; SMB name of the host (the hostname by default)
;  netbios name = 

; Description of the host
  server string = VMware host

;
; Access
;

;  Allow connections from
;   Beware: if we use this directive, smbd will try to do a reverse resolution
;   of the guest IP. If the host is disconnected from the network and uses
;   named, that reverse resolution will take a long time, and the smb client
;   (the guest) will give up waiting for a smb reply before the reverse
;   resolution timeout occurs :(
;   Because it doesn't add any real security, we don't use this --hpreg
;  hosts allow = 172.16.61.0/255.255.255.0

;  Authentication scheme
  security = user
  encrypt passwords = yes

;
; Options
;

; Automatically load the printer list (from /etc/printcap by default)
  load printers = yes

; Gives better performance
  socket options = TCP_NODELAY 

; VMware extension to use a different shared memory access key on each
; Samba server running on this host
  sysv shm key = /dev/vmnet1

;
; Files and directories
;

;  Debug log for _both_ daemons
;  log file = /etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb/var/log.smb
;  log level = 1
;   Max log size in KB 
;  max log size = 50

;  Locks
  lock directory = /etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb/var/locks

;  SMB passwords
  smb passwd file = /etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb/private/smbpasswd

;  VMware extension to use codepages in a different directory
  codepage dir = /usr/local/lib/vmware/smb/codepages

;
; Name browsing
;

; Allow the host to participate in master browser elections
  local master = yes

; Force a local browser election upon startup
; We need that otherwise it takes a long time before the windows network is
; browsable
  preferred master = yes

; Do not try to resolve SMB names via DNS
  dns proxy = no 

;
; Shared resources
;

; Home directories
[homes]
  comment = Home directories
  browseable = no
  writable = yes

; Printers
[printers]
  comment = All printers
  path = /var/lpd
  browseable = no
  guest ok = no
  writable = no
  printable = yes

[HostFS]
  comment = VMware host filesystem
  path = /
  public = no
  writeable = yes
  printable = no