On Mon, 09 May 2022 01:31:35 +0200 Hussein Yahia <h.ya...@orange.fr> wrote:
> > 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. I should probably clarify: SMB (Service Message Block) is the protocol, originally from IBM, later Microsoft. Samba is a server and client suite of programs for Linux and Unix that implement SMB. Microsoft has its own suite. Apple has at least a client. SMB is also known as CIFS (Common Internet File System, I think). You downloaded the packages, but didn't install them. Gnome might include a Samba client, I don't know. I doubt it includes a server. The best way to tell if a Samba server is running is to check to see if there is one or more processes running. Run in a terminal: ps aux | grep -i smbd If it's running, you should get something like: root@hawk:~# ps aux | grep -i smb root 1433 0.0 0.0 82592 14004 ? Ss May03 0:01 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 1490 0.0 0.0 80424 6164 ? S May03 0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 1492 0.0 0.0 80432 5244 ? S May03 0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 1520 0.0 0.0 82664 9332 ? S May03 0:03 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 2875 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< May03 0:00 [smb3decryptd] root 2883 0.0 0.0 100080 13004 ? S May03 0:03 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 25184 0.0 0.0 91804 13512 ? S May04 0:03 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 73157 0.0 0.0 83084 11740 ? S May06 0:01 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 73160 0.0 0.0 82960 11768 ? S May06 0:01 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 137417 0.0 0.0 83088 13844 ? S 09:49 0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 141258 0.0 0.0 83088 14552 ? S 12:08 0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group root 147939 0.0 0.0 6312 716 pts/8 S+ 19:49 0:00 grep --colour=auto -i smb root@hawk:~# (And I have no idea what that will look like on your mail program because it consists of a lot of long lines which your mail program will probably mangle.) Otherwise you'll get only a few lines. If it isn't running, I have no idea why you are seeing 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. Unfortunately I don't know either Gnome or Macs at all. I suspect that the reason you don't see the Mac from the Linux desktop is that it doesn't have a server running, or you haven't authorized it to share files. You might find the Debian wiki useful: https://wiki.debian.org/Samba -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
