Dan....samba is available in rpm form for 386's and up. Get it from the
archives at RedHat. The server ftp server is probably already running
on your system unless you're running mdk 6.0 which was missing the
server part of ftp. In that case you'll need to download it. Read the
how-to's and go to the faq's at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/ for all the
info on how to set up this stuff.
Alan
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>
> << Dan....samba. But before I figured out how to implement samba I would
> ftp into my linux machine from my windows machine to transfer files. >>
>
> This all comes down to my computer being a piece of crap, doesn't it? :)
> Samba won't work because the one that came with my copy was designed for the
> 586 architecture. Maybe I'll try finding a 486 version of Samba, sound like
> a plan? It's not distribution specific is it? Whats that about ftping into
> the linux machine? I do need an ftp server on Linux don't I? Is there one
> built in? How do I go about setting Linux up with an IP address, I don't
> believe I've done it before. It wouldn't automatically be the same one as it
> is in Windows 95 because of the way this computer handles the network is it?
>
> Sorry for all the stupid questions, thanks for any answers.
>
> Happy New Years!
>
> Dan
