Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
On Friday 26 Sep 2003 5:47 am, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: At 11:21 PM 9/25/2003, Miark said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:04:53 -0400, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you again for the help. Yer welcome. I looked at samba.org, and they have rpms. I tried the latest RPM available, which is for Red Hat 9, and it is 2.2.8, but it would not install. Is that what I should be using? As a rule, no--use Mandrake-specific RPMs. As Vincent demonstrated in the last day or so, it's often best to use Mandrake RPMs, even if it's not the latest. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and configure urpmi sources. Then whenever you want to install something, do a urpmi packagename It'll take care of downloading, installing, and dependencies. Thank you. I now have Samba server running on my system. Now all I need to do is figure out how to configure it.g To get Samba working all you need to do is set the Workgroup name in the config file. You can do that by GUI simply by installing the drakwizard RPM using your Mandrake Software Manager. Restart Mandrake control Centre and there will be a new 'server' category. Go through the Samba Wizard. At the end of the wizard it tells you to open a terminal. Enter 'su' to become root and then for each user of your system enter smbpasswd -a user_name The user_name must exist in both Linux and Windows. The password given is the **WIndows** password for that user. It does not have to be the same as the Linux password. Afterwards users will be able to access theit /home folders from a Windows computer. HTH derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
At 03:27 AM 9/26/2003, Derek Jennings said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): To get Samba working all you need to do is set the Workgroup name in the config file. You can do that by GUI simply by installing the drakwizard RPM using your Mandrake Software Manager. Restart Mandrake control Centre and there will be a new 'server' category. Go through the Samba Wizard. At the end of the wizard it tells you to open a terminal. Enter 'su' to become root and then for each user of your system enter smbpasswd -a user_name The user_name must exist in both Linux and Windows. The password given is the **WIndows** password for that user. It does not have to be the same as the Linux password. Afterwards users will be able to access theit /home folders from a Windows computer. Thank you. I think I got this working right, but I am getting errors from my Windows machines. I suspect the problem is now on the Windows side. -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. -- Bertrand Russell Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
On Friday 26 Sep 2003 4:22 pm, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: At 03:27 AM 9/26/2003, Derek Jennings said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): To get Samba working all you need to do is set the Workgroup name in the config file. You can do that by GUI simply by installing the drakwizard RPM using your Mandrake Software Manager. Restart Mandrake control Centre and there will be a new 'server' category. Go through the Samba Wizard. At the end of the wizard it tells you to open a terminal. Enter 'su' to become root and then for each user of your system enter smbpasswd -a user_name The user_name must exist in both Linux and Windows. The password given is the **WIndows** password for that user. It does not have to be the same as the Linux password. Afterwards users will be able to access theit /home folders from a Windows computer. Thank you. I think I got this working right, but I am getting errors from my Windows machines. I suspect the problem is now on the Windows side. What kind of errors? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 26 Sep 2003 7:49 pm, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: At 02:08 PM 9/26/2003, Anne Wilson said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): Afterwards users will be able to access theit /home folders from a Windows computer. Thank you. I think I got this working right, but I am getting errors from my Windows machines. I suspect the problem is now on the Windows side. What kind of errors? Using Windows Explorer, I can see the Samba server, and when I click on it I get a login screen. But when I try to login I get: *** *** \\LOCALHOST is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again. *** *** Now, I know that my home network does not have duplicate computer names. I have a workgroup setup among three Windows machines and it works fine. Might the problem be that I cannot belong to two different workgroups? The Samba server shows up as part of MDKGROUP. In /etc/smb/conf you must set the workgroup to the same name (case-sensitive) that your windows users have. Is there any way to configure samba to work for more than one workgroup? Sir Robin -- I can say: 'Thank these bees for their honey as though they were kind people who have prepared it for you'; that is intelligible and describes how I should like you to conduct yourself. But I cannot say: 'Thank them because, look, how kind they are!'--since the next moment they may sting you. - Wittgenstein Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
I just installed WebMin on my Mandrake 9.1 machine, and it tells me that it cannot find Samba. Does this mean that Samba is not installed? -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. -- Carl Sagan Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
Kevin, You can answer this yourself in a terminal: rpm -qa | grep samba This will list all the installed RPMs that have samba in the name. Miark On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:50:17 -0400, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed WebMin on my Mandrake 9.1 machine, and it tells me that it cannot find Samba. Does this mean that Samba is not installed? -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. -- Carl Sagan Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
At 02:00 PM 9/25/2003, Miark said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): Kevin, You can answer this yourself in a terminal: rpm -qa | grep samba This will list all the installed RPMs that have samba in the name. Miark On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:50:17 -0400, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed WebMin on my Mandrake 9.1 machine, and it tells me that it cannot find Samba. Does this mean that Samba is not installed? OK, it looks like I have two rpms installed Both are 2.2.7a-8mdk, and one is a client, the other is common. Is common the server? -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. -- G.K. Chesterton Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
At 04:50 PM 9/25/2003, Miark said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:31:17 -0400, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, it looks like I have two rpms installed Both are 2.2.7a-8mdk, and one is a client, the other is common. Is common the server? No, you'll need samba-server too. Thank you again for the help. I looked at samba.org, and they have rpms. I tried the latest RPM available, which is for Red Hat 9, and it is 2.2.8, but it would not install. Is that what I should be using? -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have not failed. I have discovered 1,000 things that do not work. -- Thomas Edison Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:04:53 -0400, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you again for the help. Yer welcome. I looked at samba.org, and they have rpms. I tried the latest RPM available, which is for Red Hat 9, and it is 2.2.8, but it would not install. Is that what I should be using? As a rule, no--use Mandrake-specific RPMs. As Vincent demonstrated in the last day or so, it's often best to use Mandrake RPMs, even if it's not the latest. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and configure urpmi sources. Then whenever you want to install something, do a urpmi packagename It'll take care of downloading, installing, and dependencies. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba in Mandrake 9.1
At 11:21 PM 9/25/2003, Miark said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:04:53 -0400, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you again for the help. Yer welcome. I looked at samba.org, and they have rpms. I tried the latest RPM available, which is for Red Hat 9, and it is 2.2.8, but it would not install. Is that what I should be using? As a rule, no--use Mandrake-specific RPMs. As Vincent demonstrated in the last day or so, it's often best to use Mandrake RPMs, even if it's not the latest. Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and configure urpmi sources. Then whenever you want to install something, do a urpmi packagename It'll take care of downloading, installing, and dependencies. Thank you. I now have Samba server running on my system. Now all I need to do is figure out how to configure it.g -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. -- I.F. Stone Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
