Thank you for all the help.
I made some progress since. By adding these two lines at the prompt,
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up <enter>
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0 eth0 <enter>
I can get Win95 Network Neighbourhood to detect the Linux box, i.e.
Network Neighbourhood -> Entire Network ---> I get
domain (name of Win95 workgroup)
domain.name (domain name of Linux box)
Then clicking on domain.name, I get
EITHER domain.name is not available
The computer or share name could not be found. Make sure you
typed it correctly.....
OR domain.name is not accessible
The specified computer did not receive you request. Try again
later.
My questions:
1. Could someone suggest a bare-bone configuration for smb.conf? I need
three Win95 clients (say, user1,
user2, user3 with their IP addresses 192.168.1.3 , 4, 5) to have access on
the Linux box for files and printer.
I am working on a Samba-run, NT-style server.
2. Is there an initialization file I can place these two lines so I won't
have to type them out everytime I boot?
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up <enter>
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0 eth0 <enter>
The "server" is still experimental I turn it off every night.
> I assume you've already read the Samba/SMB HOWTO?
>
Yes, my head has been numb for the past few weeks due to lack of sleep and
too much reading. But I could have
missed something. Perhaps looking in the wrong places. I will go back to
read said Howto.
One comment here is that, with the many distributions of Linux available, a
great deal of write-ups on the net
are distribution-speciic and difficult for a beginner to adapt.
Thank you in advance.
Shaggy
