excurse the poor gwammer &co
samba
sits on a linux box (or other any othe os it has been ported to) it can access
netbios resources on other machines and also provide resources to other
machines. (2.0.6 dosn't seem to work with windows 2000 though, i'm just getting
2.0.7 down to see if that fixes things).
the
basic configuration is fairly simple.
after installing samba
go-into drakconf.
then network config.
servertasks then samba.
select
defs.
the
help on this tool is quite good,
heres my configuration if its any help
SMB
acc mang. ACCT & passwords
Sync Linux from smb passwords checked.
serverdiscription oliverthered
work group =brimpton (our NT workgroup)
netbios name and aliases are the same as the server
description.
passwords.
it's
well worth reading the help to sort this section out.
i'm
using a pdc for nt passwords so i have server checked and a password server of
my pdc
for
the access section.
i have my local subnet in allow hosts
10.10.1.0/255.255.255.0
for
networking
(i
dont want to scare nt too much so)
os level = 67
and remote anounce to the pdc.
i have
also put in the ip for the wins server. (even though it's
shot).
the
howto's describe setting up of shares quite well as does www.mandrakeuser.org under
connectivity.
you
can use nmblookup to serach the network and
smbclient to browse.
i
havn't yet worked out howto get a windows share on my linux box, (i'm wating for
an answer to 1proble, two questions).
-----Original Message-----Hi, all --
From: Pete Clapham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 June 2000 15:11
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] SAMBA
I have, for some time, been trying to figure out how to use my Linux box to access files and printers on my NT and Warp Server
networks. The obvious answer is SAMBA. As one who does not like to bother my colleagues on this list, I wanted to go to
www.samba.org first to see how to configure SAMBA, but navigating the site is next to impossible.
Questions:
1. I assume that the SAMBA Server goes on the Linux box that is trying to access NETBIOS resources. Is this correct?
2. How do I configure the SAMBA Server so that it can access the NETBIOS resources? I've tried various combinations of
TCP/IP and NETBIOS names and numbers, but none seem to work. Has anybody actually done this, so that you can either
tell me how to do it or where to go to find out?
Thanks.
petePete Clapham
Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio, 44115
Voice: [216] 687-4820
Fax: [216] 523-7200
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