On Sunday 10 December 2000 05:39, you wrote:
> jiten wrote:
> > i am using LinNeighborhood. look for rpm at tucows.with this i am able to
> > mount windows share but only as root that too which are not password
> > protected. but i would like to know more about gnomba. also how to mount
> > windows share which are password protected ( of course i know the
> > passwords but where to supply these) r there any command line options
> >
> > I have a small net work at home (2 machines). I am trying to network a
> >
> > > windows machine to a Linux Machine. I am using a software called gnomba
> > > through Linux. when I connect to Windows gnomba gives me a Select Mount
> > > Point window. and tells me that the mount point is going to be at
> > > /tmp/"directory name". When I got to that directory under tmp I can't
> > > see any thing there?
> > >
> > > Is there any thing I can do to fix that? Also is there any other was to
> >
> > get
> >
> > > a Linux and windows talking to gather?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Michael
>
> A couple of things here. First, LinNeighborhood WILL mount shares as
> "user", but you need to chmod your /usr/bin/smbmount ,smbmnt and
> smbumount files to allow you to do it. As root, cd to /usr/bin.
>
> then: ls -l smbmnt your smbmnt file will show -rwxr -xr -x
>
> you need to change permissions so that an ordinary non-root user can
> mount smb shares.
>
> Do this: chmod +s smbmnt That will change your perms to -rwsr -sr -x
>
> Repeat with smbmount and with smbumount
>
> On the second part of your question--your username and password on the
> Windows machine should exactly match your Linux box. Also, in the
> "Global" section of your smb.conf file encrypt passwords = yes
> Win98 uses encrypted passwords, the default in samba is NO
>
> To see your shares
> #smbclient //YourWindowsBoxName/YourWindowsSharedDrive /tmp
>
> mine looks like this #smbclient //Hightop/c /home/mnt
>
> This will tell you what's really available to share, and will show you
> if your smb.conf is set-up correctly. There is A LOT more to it, but
> this should be a start.
Thanks for the help. I've been having trouble with this one myself. After
changing the permissions, I can mount the Windows box as a user. The rest
should be down hill from here!!
Happy Holidays
--
Paul
Linux User #191842 <http://counter.li.org>
2.2.17-21MDK
