Problems

I cant see earth_server

Make sure it is not just that single pc. Check on another pc too. If it is a global problem, then restart the smb service as shown below.

smbstatus will show you what samba is doing.

Check samba with the following (and you should get a similar output).

[root@kali rcas]# sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb status
smbd (pid 4178 3547 3087 13648 1194) is running...
nmbd (pid 1208 1205) is running...

I want to see some web directory

Samba follows symlinks, so if a user fred wants access to /WWW/fred.org, then put a link in ~fred to /WWW/fred.org and the user should be able to use it normally.

What are the .AppleDouble directories?

These store the mac icon and finder information. Yes they are annoying. They do nothing for the pc.

Samba

The server earth_server.earth.monash.edu.au provides Windows computers access to its disk with the samba package.

This package can be stopped and started with sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start or stop.

If you are experiancing problems, then I suggest that you restart the serice.

/etc/smb.conf contains config files for samba. Make sure you change the workgroup to EARTH, the netbios name to earth_server and up the nmb voteing value so that it wins elections.

The file /etc/smb.conf is big and complex. Look at it. diff /etc/smb.conf /etc/smb.conf.rpmnew may lead you to some intesting observations.