[newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread g. sanders
Hi all, I have a problem I've been struggling with for a little while, so I'm going to break down and ask here. I purchased a powerbook G4 last xmas, and since then I've only been able to network between the 2 in one direction. My powerbook has no problem seeing and accessing shares on my

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 05:32, g. sanders wrote: Hi all, I have a problem I've been struggling with for a little while, so I'm going to break down and ask here. I purchased a powerbook G4 last xmas, and since then I've only been able to network between the 2 in one direction. My

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread g. sanders
On Sunday 16 May 2004 12:33, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 05:32, g. sanders wrote: Hi all, I have a problem I've been struggling with for a little while, so I'm going to break down and ask here. I purchased a powerbook G4 last xmas, and since then I've only been able to

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 06:01, g. sanders wrote: Are you running SAMBA on both? I most definitely have it running on the linux box. Here's where my lack of knowledge about max osx comes in though: on the powerbook, under system preferences, I've checked windows sharing which says that my

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread g. sanders
So it's safe to assume that you've set up the same workgroup name, and that you've got a static IP for both the G4 and the MDK box, ya? yes, that would be safe to assume. workgroup is simply, well, WORKGROUP (original, I know. :-) and they both have static ip's within my home lan. One

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 06:20, g. sanders wrote: So it's safe to assume that you've set up the same workgroup name, and that you've got a static IP for both the G4 and the MDK box, ya? yes, that would be safe to assume. workgroup is simply, well, WORKGROUP (original, I know. :-) and they

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 17 May 2004 07:19:27 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: workgroup is simply, well, WORKGROUP (original, I know. :-) and they both have static ip's within my home lan. One other thing, that is probably fairly critical, I can see the printer shares on my G4 from

Re: [newbie] sharing files between mandrake and osx

2004-05-16 Thread g. sanders
I think that this might have something to do with the firewall on the MDK machine; have you tried disabling it and then being able to share the files? Wouldn't the firewall only block inbound connection attempts? And even if it was blocking outgoing, why is the shared printer showing?

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-21 Thread Seth Zirin
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 05:58, Randy Kramer wrote: * Is there an easy way to find such email if they are delayed by Postfix? (I tried looking in the defer directory (or was it deferred -- there are both) and it is filled with 10 or 15 (16?) directories with names like 1, 2, 3 ..., and some

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-21 Thread Randy Kramer
Seth, Thanks very much! I'll try these out over the next several days (and check the man page for postqueue). Randy Kramer Seth Zirin wrote: Postfix now includes sendmail compatibility commands so you should be able to display all queued mail with the simple command mailq. You can get a

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 19 Aug 2002 4:46 pm, you wrote: On Monday August 19 2002 09:47 am, Randy Kramer wrote: et wrote: I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some long time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I now have 3 mails in my outbox waiting (and

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-20 Thread Randy Kramer
Seth Zirin wrote: [2] Install the Bind package and setup a caching DNS. This will enable your system to cache DNS information for the sites and addresses that you use frequently. Bind automatically updates stale DNS info so there is no problem with out of date

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread FemmeFatale
FemmeFatale wrote: You're corrected. One word: SAMBA. -- Femme This is sick... i sent these replies 2 days ago. Cept for this SAMBA one. :| STupid isp. or is it the list again? -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread et
On Monday 19 August 2002 04:56 am, you wrote: FemmeFatale wrote: You're corrected. One word: SAMBA. -- Femme This is sick... i sent these replies 2 days ago. Cept for this SAMBA one. :| STupid isp. or is it the list again? I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread Randy Kramer
et wrote: I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some long time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I now have 3 mails in my outbox waiting (and telling me no host to be found) while I download beta3 iso1. since it's dialup, it take a cople of days to

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread et
On Monday 19 August 2002 10:47 am, you wrote: et wrote: I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some long time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I now have 3 mails in my outbox waiting (and telling me no host to be found) while I download beta3

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday August 19 2002 09:47 am, Randy Kramer wrote: et wrote: I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some long time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I now have 3 mails in my outbox waiting (and telling me no host to be found) while I download

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread et
On Monday 19 August 2002 11:46 am, you wrote: On Monday August 19 2002 09:47 am, Randy Kramer wrote: et wrote: I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some long time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I now have 3 mails in my outbox waiting (and

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread FemmeFatale
et wrote: On Monday 19 August 2002 04:56 am, you wrote: FemmeFatale wrote: You're corrected. One word: SAMBA. -- Femme This is sick... i sent these replies 2 days ago. Cept for this SAMBA one. :| STupid isp. or is it the list again? I have even found that Kmail will hold

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files, OT mail to list

2002-08-19 Thread Randy Kramer
Thanks! Randy Kramer et wrote: I believe what Ed is referring to is that so much of his current bandwidth is being used by the d/l, that the connection to his ISP's mail server times out (eg, no host...), and Kmail just keeps the post(s) stored in the Outbox folder. I run into this

[newbie] Sharing Files

2002-08-18 Thread Mehra, Sachiv
How would I setup linux so i can access it's folders from a windows machine i.e \\bob\sharename And where do you give your linux pc the windows machine name type thingy. Not too worried about security as only my pc's on the lan, this linux box is also a proxy server connected to the internet via

Re: [newbie] Sharing Files

2002-08-18 Thread FemmeFatale
You're corrected. One word: SAMBA. -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-25 Thread Luke Randall
: Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 24 August 2001 09:53 pm, thus spake Luke Randall: Ok. here's the info for you: In /var/log/messages: Aug 25 21:22:51 CPE-144-132-190-201 smb: smbd startup succeeded Aug 25 21:22:51

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-25 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 August 2001 04:56 pm, thus spake Luke Randall: Ok, I was messing around with it a bit and now everything works basically. EXCEPT: I can see the linux computer on the Windows 98 machine under Network Neighbourhood but when I try

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-25 Thread Michael D. Viron
In this case, I just disable the firewall temporarily while I share the file or printer, then restart the firewall. That's ok if you are right there at the machine (or within a few minutes of its location). However, if you are trying to remotely administer a machine, that becomes less

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-25 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 August 2001 08:14 am, thus spake Michael D. Viron: In this case, I just disable the firewall temporarily while I share the file or printer, then restart the firewall. That's ok if you are right there at the machine (or within a

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-24 Thread Luke Randall
Subject: Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Have you checked your system log for any error messages? Look at /var/log/messages before and after trying to start Samba, and report the results here. It might also help us if you copy part

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-24 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 24 August 2001 09:53 pm, thus spake Luke Randall: Ok. here's the info for you: In /var/log/messages: Aug 25 21:22:51 CPE-144-132-190-201 smb: smbd startup succeeded Aug 25 21:22:51 CPE-144-132-190-201 smb: nmbd startup succeeded In

[newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Luke Randall
I sent this yesterday but it didn't seem to get through so here it is again: Hi, I'm really new to linux and want to know how to set it up to share files and printers with Windows 9x. (ie: so they can be seen through the network neighbourhood button in windows) and also how I can see other

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Robert MacLean
Hi As far as I know you need to use SAMBA. Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Luke Randall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x I sent this yesterday but it didn't seem to get through

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Paul
I sent this yesterday but it didn't seem to get through so here it is again: Hi, I'm really new to linux and want to know how to set it up to share files an d printers with Windows 9x. (ie: so they can be seen through the network ne ighbourhood button in windows) and also how I can see other

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Colin Jenkins
Hello Luke, Wednesday, August 22, 2001, 10:46:25 AM, you wrote: LR I sent this yesterday but it didn't seem to get through so here it is again: LR Hi, LR I'm really new to linux and want to know how to set it up to share files and printers with Windows 9x. (ie: so they can be seen through the

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Randy Kramer
Luke Randall wrote: I sent this yesterday but it didn't seem to get through so here it is again: Luke, It got through yesterday and today. Several factors may influence if / how soon you get a response: 1. see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Test/AvoidHTMLinEmail 2. how difficult the

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Kirby Urner
Of course on a single machine you can mount your windows partitions and interact with its files from Linux. But you're interested in sharing over a network. Linux can emulate an NT box using Samba, a utility in widespread use for this purpose. Here's a fat book on the subject, available on the

Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x

2001-08-21 Thread Sevatio
dated 8/21/01, 5:46:25 PM Author: Luke Randall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [newbie] Sharing files with windows 9x: I sent this yesterday but it didn't seem to get through so here it is again: Hi, I'm really new to linux and want to know how to set it up to share files and printers with Windows 9x