Rob wrote:
> Thanks for the idea. I think I like this idea better. Can you point me
> to a good resource for learning/understanding Samba better?
>
> I have multiple machines and KVM, at present. My Windows box is Win98.
> I refuse to pay $200 for XP to have MS babysit/spy on me. I shudder to
> think how much Windows Vista will cost and spy on it's users.
Just last week, when I was setting up Samba, I posted a message to this
list, that said:
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I've been messing with setting up Samba, but had a major problem that is
not covered in most Samba tutorials and books, because it is not really
a 'Samba' issue... it is a TCP/IP issue... but one that I suspect a lot
ow Windows refugees, moving over to Linux, will miss (I sure did), so I
am posting it here.
On my Linux machines, I have IP addresses in the 192.168.0.x range assigned.
On my Windows machines, I had Microsoft Networking automatically
assigning IP addresses. This is the default, of course. I was unable to
ping my Linux server from whatever IP addy Microsoft Networking assigned
(I know they have a reserved block, but don't know the numbers).
What I did, was I right clicked on the Icon for the Microsoft Networking
setup (on one of my Win2k workstations) I had created previously, that
worked fine between my Windows machines, and in the 'Properties' tables,
I manually assigned it an IP in the 192.168.0.x range, and voila, I
could ping the Linux server, and the 'localhost' (Linux server) icon
appeared in the 'wittig' workgroup.
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The second thing I did, that was messing with things, was that I added a
user to /etc/smbpasswd by using the 'smbpasswd' app as root (see 'man
smbpasswd'), so I could log in.
Also, I used a very, very simple smb.conf file, to get myself started:
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[global]
workgroup = wittig
[homes]
guest ok = yes
read only = no
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This really simple file is nice for setting things up, so you can just
visit your home directory.
It doesn't have a lot of variables to play with, any one of which, might
cause a problem in an initial setup.
--
-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
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