On the linux box, make sure you have Homes browseable in smb.conf (it's one of the default options, look around for it, already should be there). Then make sure you have the same users as the Windows users on the linux box (useradd). Once you have that in place, use 'smbpasswd username passwd' to set the samba passwds of the users. This setup will make the home directories for each user on the linux browseable by windows machines (this is a favourite samba config of unix/windows network admins out here).
To mount shares from the linux box, try this: mount -t smbfs -o username=xyz,workgroup=your_workgroup,password=mypass //hostname_of_windows_box/share_name Get all that on one line, and make sure you have the hostname either on dns or in your /etc/hosts Arup > --- 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > -- > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com -- 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
