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| Thread ID: 37128 | 2003-08-29 05:04:00 | Networking Linux to Windows | jcr1 (893) | Press F1 |
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| 171565 | 2003-08-29 05:04:00 | I have Libranet Linux (as near to Debian as you will get) on my laptop and I want to network with my PC which runs Win XP. I have set both up with IP numbers 192.168.1.1 on XP and 192.168.1.3 on linux with subnet masks etc. and the networking devices are OK. Plus I can ping both computers; where do I go from here? Can someone help me, I know its to do with Samba, but where do I start, how do i look at files on other machine? I would be grateful if someone could step me through this, or point me to a nice step by step tutorial on it. I have previously networked XP with 2000 & 98 quite successfully, but I'm missing something here |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 171566 | 2003-08-29 06:31:00 | Yes, it is samba, try editing /etc/samba/smb.conf file Im in a rush now, but have a look through previous posts by Chilling_Silence as well as Chilling_Silently and you'll see Ive asked and answered a few. I'll post back later if nobody else has responded :-) Dont forget to start the service 'smb' ;-) Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 171567 | 2003-08-29 06:59:00 | Of course you would pick on one of the more obscure distros (I'm only joking :D) Of course debian is one of the less friendly distro's. As Chilling said you need to change the smb.conf file. This could be helpful... www.linux-mag.com | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 171568 | 2003-08-29 09:41:00 | Have a loook at some notes I have made at: homepages.paradise.net.nz John |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 171569 | 2003-08-29 12:04:00 | Thanks for replying to my query, I'll try out those sites tomorrow (had to go out tonight). I've obviously got a bit of a learning curve here, but I'll persevere, even though it might take a little while. Anyway thanks for the responses. | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 171570 | 2003-08-30 01:53:00 | Linux drives me mad! Thanks Dolby I used your tutorial, got so far; tried editing the files with vim, but that was !@#** hopeless, so found out how to use kedit in root. So, learnt something there. But wanted to use swat, so entered swat 901/tcp, but couldn't find swat in usr/sbin or anywhere else for that matter, so I got libranet installation disks out to make sure samba was all there, and it isn't, and samba clients won't install, I get a message to contact Libranet support about it, some dependancy problems, weird really. I know I didn't install samba when I first installed libranet. Maybe I should change to RH8 or Mandrake 9 as I have disks for both of those, but trouble is I paid for Libranet and it configured sound perfectly and picked up Xircom modem no trouble. I'll keep trying, if all else fails I know I can network in windows (i need laptop to interact with my XP machine for digital photos) |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 171571 | 2003-08-30 02:33:00 | If you'd like I can post a sample up later on.. It helps to set the: security=share and not user, its not as secure, but it'll start you off on the right track! See here: nzlinuxfaq.orcon.net.nz |
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| 171572 | 2003-08-30 03:39:00 | Yes please, that would be most appreciated, Chilling Silently. I've sent an e-mail off to Libranet support as well to see what they have to say. I also tried to use the much vaunted apt-get facility to update things, but I got a message, after going through all the 'package getting' routine, to say that there was no such file as samba..... . Which is silly because I went to the Debian package site to make sure I got it right. Put the idea of changing to Red Hat or Mandrake on hold for now as I really quite like Libranet, but it could be an option. Thanks for the link too, by the way |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 171573 | 2003-08-30 03:41:00 | One other query, what do people think of using SWAT. | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 171574 | 2003-08-30 09:01:00 | I never use a GUI tool for configuring servers. Often they over write the plain text file taking out all the useful hints about how to configure your server. Much better to learn to edit the configuration file directly. I am not against the GUI - I use it for normal day productivity - Open Office, the GIMP, .... |
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