On Sunday 23 January 2005 04:22 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > On Sunday 23 January 2005 02:19 pm, Siposs Attila wrote: > > 2005. január 23. 17.12 dátummal Mike Adolf ezt írta: > > > I recently went to 10.1 and now would like to set up a simple home > > > network consisting of: > > > > > > Dlink DI-514 router connected to my linux box (it has my cloned mac) > > > XP wireless labtop > > > Another XP 10/100 connected machine. > > > > > > I would like to: > > > share printer (connected to my linux box) > > > share files between all machines > > > > > > What I know--not much > > > 1. I setup private IPs in the router. (I am assuming router firewall is > > > sufficient). > > > 2. All machines have internet access via router. > > > 3. I can ping machines from my machine by ip and name (I've populated > > > the hosts file) > > > 4 I can only ping by ip from the XP machines. (I guess I need a DNS ??, > > > How??) 5. Using mdk control center, sbm mount points, search for > > > servers shows the other machines, but I can't connect. (no domain?) > > > 6. Using XP network wizzard, seems to want a 10/100 connection not a > > > wireless. 7. The more I read the less I know. > > > > > > What do I do on my box? > > > What do I do on the XP machines? > > > > > > Mike > > > > 1. install samba server and client, and smb4k packages if they are not > > installed. > > 2. goto Mandrake Control Center and in section servers configure your > > samba server by the wizard. don't worry, it's easy > > 3. start smb4k for browsing windows machines > > 4. on win machines try to browse the local network. you should see your > > linux share as "Samba Server ..." > > 5. enjoy :) > > Ati > > I installed drakwizard and now have the samba server wizard. I configured > samba to share my printer and a public folder. However, from XP I can't > see the printer or the public folder. I tried adding a printer from XP by > letting it look for one. It only found the windows work group containing > the local machine. I identified the windows work group to samba. What > now.? > > Mike create samba users (as root) with smbpasswd giving them the same names and passwords as the windows users on the windows boxes -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website="http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org";
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