The whole linux machine will not be browsable. Create a user (say lin1) in both windows and linux with the same password. Then edit the smb.conf file and set appropriate permissions. Consult man pages and samba howto for more details. Then log on to windows as lin1. then go to netwok neighbourhood and see if its browsable. -Saugata --- Sayamindu Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > well, i managed to install mandrake in my school > recently (took a whole day 12:00-5:00 to install). > the system is running quite nicely, but i've not yet > managed to configure samba > we have a lan consisting of 24 boxes (23 of them > running winblows 98), and i have managed to > configure the networking, so that the > lin-box is showing up in the network neighbourhood > in the win-boxes > but when one tries to browse that box thru network > neighborhood, it prompts for a password > how do i set that passowrd? > secondly, how do i browse the other winblows boxes > thru my linux box..i heard of something about > smbmount, but i cannot > get the syntax right :( > plzz help > -TIA- > Sayamindu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
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