Re: [uug] File Sharing and Printing with a windows machine

[Wade Preston Shearer]

thanks for that great reply, Michael. it wasn't for me, but i wanted to say thanks. answers like that are what make this forum soooo nice.


On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 09:20 AM, Michael L Torrie wrote:

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 22:10, Matthew Larson wrote:

Hey, does anybody know how I would connect to a windows machine to
transfer files? Whould I have to mount to some network folder?

Also, if my printer is attached to this same printer? How do I print to
it? I was able to find a utility in my gnome menu under "system
settings -> printing", but I can't seem to get it to work right.

Any ideas?

1. Install samba packages (using apt (http://uug.byu.edu/apt), apt-get
install samba, etc).
2. type the following commands (this is important to allow non-root
users to map samba shares):
chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbmnt
chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbumount
3. Install LinNeighborhood
(ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/sourceforge/crux/LinNeighborhood-0.6.3- 0.i386.rpm)
4. Run LinNeighborhood. You should be able to browse files from a
windows network and mount the shares using LinNeighborhood.

For printing, the redhat printer setup tool (under system settings) lets
you install printers that are accessed via samba. The only catch is
that the printer has to be supported by linux.

For sharing files out from linux, I recommend using swat to set up
samba:

apt-get install samba-swat
/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 swat on
/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 smb on
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
/etc/init.d/smb restart

in browser:
http://localhost:901

Then you can set up shares, passwords, users, etc.

Michael

Thanks,

Matthew Larson




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