On Friday 21 May 2004 11:16, van Dyk, Wikus wrote: > Hallo everyone , > > I just got Mandrake 10 and want to test it as a good alternative to > Windows. However , I got the download version and don't have any > Manuals or documentation for it. I want to ask 2 things : > > - I am struggling to configure my SAMBA server. I use the wizard and > when > I enter the read and write user and press next it doesn't want to > continue > And keeps highlighting the user names. Does anybody know what I am doing > wrong? > > - And can anybody tell me where on the net can I find good complete > Mandrake 10 documentation or manuals ? > > Thank you > > Wikus Van Dyk Welcome
Manuals are available online at http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdoc.php3 You will also find manuals for heaps of applications at /usr/share/doc on your computer. You will also fine the 'man' command incredibly useful. Open a terminal and type 'man command_name' and you get detailed instructions on the usage of that command. As for Samba the Wizard has a bug in it. If you tick the box for 'Enable public file sharing area' then the wizard will not progress past the name selection. (There is a bug report open for it) If you do not select the public area tick box, it will work OK. You might like to install the ksambaplugin package using your Software Install GUI, the KDE Control Centre (Menu>System>Configuration>Configuredesktop) will contain a new page in Network>SambaConfiguration This allows finer control than the Mandrake Wizard. You should also at least read the text configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf In Linux all configuration is by text files, there is no registry (Hooray!) when you use a Wizard or a GUI it will edit this text file. The Samba default text configuration file is full of explanations and sample configurations which will be very useful to you. After making any change to samba configuration restart samba with service smb restart in a root terminal, or use the GUI in Mandrake Control Centre>System>Services to restart Samba. When using Samba you should bear in mind that if you have enabled the firewall, then Samba traffic is blocked by default, both to the interface to the Internet, and the interface to your local network. You will either have to open ports 137,138,139 to the local network, or disable the firewall. And of course no way should you allow Windows networking to get out onto the Internet. (Unless you want people looking at your files) HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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