Stephen Kuhn mentioned this, too. As I said, the Win boxes were a cinch. All I had to do was browse through the Network Neighborhood. I'll check it out. Thanks for your referral!
T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francisco Alcaraz Ariza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Using Samba With Linux Clients I solved all my problems with the next url: http://mozillaquest.com/Linux02/LinNeighborhood_Network_Neighborhood_Story-0 1.html Now we have 10 computeres, 6-8 runing linux (1 Debian Woody, the rest Mandrake 9.0) and 2-4 runing windows 98; we share files without problems in a very transparent way; the windows computers never knows that they are sharing files with linux boxes; but the linux computers, thanks to LinNeigborhood knows what computer are using windows and what linux. El Sáb 30 Nov 2002 21:25, Technoslick escribió: > Hey, Anne, > > Thanks for being the first to jump into my problem. :-) > > I think that the bulk of my problem is not understanding how to configure > the Samba client. The 'smb.conf' file, as far as the server is concerned, > seems pretty straight-forward to me. So, how does the client mount the > shares? How did you configure your MDK client? Or was your server also the > client (the only Linux machine in the house?) > > I will look over your smb.conf and try a few changes that make some sense. > > Thanks, > > T > > P.S. Thanksgiving was a a great change of pace! More of that....later. ;-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 2:27 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Using Samba With Linux Clients > > On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 4:05 pm, Technoslick wrote: > > I finally got around to setting up my Linux server, with the main idea > > being to use it for file sharing on the network. As my luck would have > > it, I cannot get my MDK 9.0 computer to "see" what's inside of my Samba > > shares off the server. What makes this a concern to me is that I "can" > > see and > > use > > > the shares off of all of my Windows PCs, which are made up of Win 2K, Win > > XP and Win 98 SE. I can see them from my MDK 9.0 box, just can't "see" > > anything within. > > Hi, Techno, > > OK - you gave me the kick I needed to get my network running again - I had > it > fine under 8.2, so it wasn't a big job. > > I had a lot of problems similar to yours when I first set up, and got a lot > of > help. The main lesson appears to be 'kiss'. I would try a simpler setup > first, then when that is working you can assess whether you need anything > more. I've confirmed that the win98 boxes can see my shared directories > and also reach their own home directory. I can't confirm the w2k box until > nigel > is back from holiday. > > Here's my smb.conf > > [global] > workgroup = lydgate.net > server string = Samba Server %v > security = user > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > wins support = yes > local master = yes > domain master = yes > preferred master = yes > os level = 99 > encrypt passwords = yes > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 50 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > printcap name = lpstat > printing = cups > dns proxy = no > ; message command = /usr/bin/linpopup > ; share modes = yes > hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. > ; interfaces = 192.168.0.1/24 > interfaces = eth0 > password server = anne-linux > username level = 3 > netbios name = anne-linux > load printers = yes > ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > writable = yes > browseable = no > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > # to allow user 'guest account' to print. > guest ok = yes > writable = no > printable = yes > create mode = 0700 > # ===================================== > # print command: see above for details. > # ===================================== > print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r > # using client side printer drivers. > ; print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic > # PostScript on clients). > # The following two commands are the samba defaults for printing=cups > # change them only if you need different options: > ; lpq command = lpq -P %p > ; lprm command = cancel %p-%j > > [print$] > path = /var/lib/samba/printers > browseable = yes > read only = yes > write list = @adm root > > [Anne_Public] > path = /mnt/Data/Public > writable = yes > browsable = yes > ; allow hosts = 192.168.0. > public = yes > create mask = 0775 > # guest ok = yes > > [MP3] > path = /home/anne/Mp3 > comment = /home/anne/Mp3 > public = yes > # guest ok = yes > writable = yes > > HTH > > Anne > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 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