I think you guys are reading the question round the wrong way? I think he wants to know if there is anything special he has to do to Samba to connect to it from Windows. The main thing is how you have the shares and workgroup configured in your smb.conf. By the default I believe the shares are accessed as user based shares so using usernames and passwords on your PC.
I know for example in Ubuntu I need to first reset the smb password for the user using smbpasswd in order for the user to be able to logon on to the box. If the machine is doing nothing other than file share I'd recommend looking into some kind of dedicated tool i.e. ebox, WebMin, or just using a FreeNAS box. This tends to make the admin easy in the long run. Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinier Battenberg" <[email protected]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 13 October, 2009 14:49:17 GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: Re: [LUG] connecting a Linux PC with Samba to a windows network/Domain This will work, but not all programs know how to deal with an smb:// link (for example OpenOffice has not clue how to open a file like that) We use KDE and always install SMB4K. This will let you explore the winblows network and mount shares in the linux filesystem. That way OpenOffice can access them smoothly. You'll find smb4k in your package manager. rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug On Tuesday 13 October 2009 14:44:23 Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: > To connect to windows shares in Linux is easy. > > Just enter smb:// in Dolphin (for KDE4.3), Konqueror (for KDE3.x) or > Nautilus (for GNOME) > > This will display the windows computers on your network. > > If you're accessing computer JOHNNY and share MOVIES, in windows you'd do > \\johnny\movies, in Linux, use smb://johnny/movies > > Should work. > > Peter > > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > -- Robert Frost > > > 2009/10/13 Emmanuel Sekyewa <[email protected]> > > > Hi! > > > > In a situation in which I have samba installed on a Linux PC, is there > > anything that I would have to do on a windows file server or domain > > controller to enable me access shared network files and folders from > > my linux PC? > > > > Regards > > > > Emmanuel > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
