On Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Second post requesting help > > (See my post Firefox problem for an explanation of my total infancy in > Linux) > > I have several PCs running Win98 plus one running Win98 / Ubuntu as a > dual-boot on a LAN. > > I can see the Ubuntu PC on the Win 98 PCs but when I try to access I get a > pop-up box asking for a password to "resource \\MAC2\IPC$" > > My Ubuntu passwords do not work. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Again, words of one syllable as I really am a novice at this
I'm not exactly sure what you are asking <sorry> but if you want to see network the neighborhood on your ubuntu box and have samba up-n-running and suitable shares mapped then you must provide a login passwd, typically smbpasswd -a me-or-other secret secret Also choose the same workgroup for all systems eg WORKGROUP, MSHOME TUX etc Then when you access network->all networks->WORKGROUP as me-or-other and secret you have access. You may also specify public shares and have no login requirements typical eg /tmp swat makes this easy for a newby, but don't bother its too hard to make it work on ubuntu! James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html