Hi Charles, Thank you for quick answering me.
I'm going to guess that this is a simple network, such as a home, > with > just the two computers on it. Yes ! > What exactly do you mean by "connect"? SSH? ping? If you mean via > SMB, > that suggests you successfully set the Linux computer up as an SMB > server. Did you? I don't remeber to have installed smb on my Linux. I just downloaded the packages. On the mac, I click on the Linux Desktop'name, (which appears in any window), a window appears, I can login in the Desktop Linux with my name and password, and I see my files, when I'm on the mac. > When you go to what "Network" directory? How do you go to it? Is this > in the GUI or command line? What GUI are you using? XFCE? Gnome? KDE? I have Gnome only only on the Linux desktop. You see, the is a "Network" in the GUI, I expect the mac to appear here. Thank you for your time ! Cheers hussein Le dimanche 08 mai 2022 à 16:52 -0600, Charles Curley a écrit : > On Sun, 08 May 2022 23:58:28 +0200 > Hussein Yahia <h.ya...@orange.fr> wrote: > > > I'm new to Linux, sorry if my question is naive. > > Your question isn't naive. But we need a lot more information from > you > in order to help you. > > Some of it may be obtained by executing command line commands we > provide. Open a terminal, copy and paste the command into the > terminal. > When you have the results, copy and paste from the terminal to your > reply email, and include the command line prompt and the one that > follows the command's output. > > Also, be aware that SMB is a complicate mess of a protocol, and has > lots op options. For that reason, SMB clients and servers such as > Samba > are not easy to configure. > > > I just installed debian 11 on my computer. It's wire-connected to > > internet. I have another computer, a mac, which is connected > > through > > wifi. > > I'm going to guess that this is a simple network, such as a home, > with > just the two computers on it. > > > > > I can connect from my mac to the Linux desktop. > > What exactly do you mean by "connect"? SSH? ping? If you mean via > SMB, > that suggests you successfully set the Linux computer up as an SMB > server. Did you? > > > But I can't connect > > from the Linux to the mac: when I go in the "Network" directory, > > the > > mac does not appear. I installed smb on the Linux desktop. > > When you go to what "Network" directory? How do you go to it? Is this > in the GUI or command line? What GUI are you using? XFCE? Gnome? KDE? > > I'm going to guess that you have a file manger open, and it has a > "Network" option, and that when you select it, you are suppose to get > a > list of local SMB servers. Unless you know that the Mac is also an > SMB > server you should not expect to see it. If my earlier guess is > correct, > and the Linux box is an SMB server, do you see the Linux box in that > window? > > > >
