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| Thread ID: 23024 | 2002-08-05 12:41:00 | linux + 98Se network | Chris Wilson (431) | Press F1 |
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| 68481 | 2002-08-14 03:55:00 | Well as Gorela suggested, the easy way to give a windows system access to files on the linux is to run a Samba server. You will have it there. It's fairly easy to configure. Therre will be documentation installed. Look for the "samba.conf" file (use locate ) Swat is the "web" configure for Samba, but I couldn't be bothered with it. It's a server itself, and you don't want any non-eseential services running. Once you have uncommented a few lines in samba.conf, and change directory names, you can look for the "/etc/xinet.d/samba" file. There will be a line which disables it from running. (You may need to fix the similar line in the httpd file if Apache doen's start at boot up). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 68482 | 2002-08-14 06:55:00 | I did find the samba.conf file, and now have a couple more clues as to what to do with it... Thanks again, i thinks i have tonights learning experiance mapped out for me. |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 68483 | 2002-08-15 13:26:00 | Hi Chris, As Graham mentioned you should'nt run Samba all of the time. If I read the earlier posts correctly you are running Suse 8.0? If this is the case you log on as root and access inetd through Yast2. Make Swat active and then access 127.0.0.1:901 through your browser. This opens the first page of Swat which contains the help files. You can also access the relevant help files at any place you get stuck during the set-up. BTW it's a good idea to save the original smb.conf PRIOR to starting Swat. You should have already set up proper accounts on sam for each of the users who will be using Samba. Go to the last page (link) and creat users and passwords through Swat and also creat home page links on the user accounts page. This is also a place where you can permit allowed users to access different home sections. It is really quite simple to get it running. Then it's just necessary to tweak a few things to have it running sweeter! |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 68484 | 2002-08-15 15:44:00 | Thanks Gorela One problem >>then access 127.0.0.1:901 through your browser. this bit doesn't work, i have made "swat" active, but i suspect because i have appache running, i am only able to view the site the machine is hosting 127.0.0.1:901 just gets me an "unable to find host" message would you know what file i am supposed to be veiwing with 127.0.0.1:901? hopefully i could climb through the file system and find it that way! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 68485 | 2002-08-15 15:59:00 | turning apache off did nothing to make 127.0.0.1:901 work either......... ............actually the problem exsists in front of the monitor, D'oh! It goes now, i forgot the wee "finish" button when activating swat Not enough sleep, time to quit for the night. I wont make much progress over the next few days as i'm either going to either have a busy, or very busy weekend, so as soon as i find time i'll get back onto this one. I't coming together amasing well well considering how little time i have had to learn something that is foriegn. Thanks to Graham and Gorela for your help |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 68486 | 2002-08-16 00:04:00 | Getting win98+ to talk to samba can be awkward because it encrypts its passwords. Your choice is to either disable encrypted passwords or have a play with /etc/smbpasswd. Have a read of the docs in: /usr/share/doc/samba/ especially in docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt They should cover everything. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 68487 | 2002-08-16 12:57:00 | Hi B, I take it you are meaning to disable Win9x password encryption? With the latest versions of Samba there is no problem with password encryption and from memory it accepts encryption is a default for Samba. There is even the ability to sync the "unix" password file with the Windows, although I haven't experimented with this option at this time. Just call me chicken! |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 68488 | 2002-08-17 04:21:00 | This looks like a useful thing, Chris: a Using Samba (samba.he.net) book. Unpack the file with tar xvzf using_samba.tar.gz Also, a Samba site (de.samba.org) . | Graham L (2) | ||
| 68489 | 2002-08-17 05:33:00 | I got samba ½ running last night, (or was it the night before Sorry if i make little sense, im a tad jetlagged by living/working weird hours @ the moment).. Got as far as realising that 192.168 .0.1:901 would open that tool on vanessa with the nicer 15" screen (which is much nicer than the 14" free screen that ½s its height from time to time) changed enough security settings to stop it being over the whole internet, and then locked myself out as well, turned sams screen back on, allowed vanessa access again, and gave up for the night.. The pages/book looks usefull, but i'm in no state to deal with that at the moment Thankyou once again Chris. |
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