At 10:58 PM 2/2/99 +0700, Shaggy Im-erbtham wrote:
>Thank you for your comments, Ray.
>
>For now, I'd like to (be able to)
>1. run a file server
I infer that you want specifically to run an NT-style file server, the kind
run by samba (there are other kinds, such as NFS, the Unix standard). I
can't help you with the details here, since I don't run samba. But I did
want to let you know that the startup file for samba on Slackware systems is
/etc/rc.d/rc.samba. Probably the easiest way to invoke it is by adding a
line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local that runs it.
>2. run X11
Depending on which of the Slackware X packages you installed, you need to
use either xf86config (text-based, always included) or XF86Setup (gui-based,
included in an optional package) to select and configure your actual X
server. You'll need to know details about your monitor (vertical and
horizontal refreach rates) and your video card (run SuperProbe to, probably,
get all you need) to answe the questions xf86config asks. You'll also need
to have installed the appropriate X server during system setup -- there are
about 40 different ones, so it helps during installation to know which if
any of the specialized ones you want (unless disk space is miserably tight,
ALWAYS include XF86_SVGA, XF86_VGA16 [this is the one XF86Setup needs, I
think], and XF86_mono, as they are useful fallbacks if you have trouble with
installation of a specialized, "accelerated' server).
>Later on
>3. run a print server (apparently this is different from file server)
Depends. The Unix-style print server runs via the lpd daemon and is
indenepdent of Unix-style NFS file service. But samba combines both, though
I *think* samba passes print requests to lpd, so you will need to have that
configured.
>4. run a fax server
>5. run IP masquerading, may be.
I'll leave these for later.
>
>Let me tackle problem no. 1 first. The win95 client still cannot see the
>Linux box in Network Neighbourhood. However, as mentioned earlier, all four
>machines (3 win95, 1 slackware) can happily ping one another and telnet one
>another. I suspect the answer lies somewhere in smb.conf file but can't
>pinpoint it yet.
Start with the basics. Are both smbd and nmbd running (look at the output of
"ps -ax" to determine)? Beyond that, there is a Samba HowTo (on your system
as /usr/doc/Linux-HowTOS/SMB-HOWTO for Slackware 3.5 or in
/usr/doc/faq/howto for 3.4 and older, or at URL
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html). {All these versions date
to 1996 -- does anyone on the list know if there's a newer version and, if
so, where it can be found?]
>And when the file server is operational, where are the files installed? In
>the DOS partition (since they are DOS-type files) or in the Linux partition?
>And how does the client (to use a Windoze term) map and logon to the server
>HDD?
On the Linux partition. Exact location gets set up in smb.conf, but I don't
know the details. Beyond that I don't know, but the HowTo probably explains it.
>
>If I'm not providing enough information for you to help, could you point to
>the general direction where I could find answers?
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