On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:03, Patrick Dunford wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > >On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:30:32 +1300 > > > >Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi, I have a Linux machine that I want to connect to a Linux server and > >>have access to directories on that server. I'm only familiar with how to > >>set up Windows networking and Samba. So how do I set up a couple of > >>machines in a Linux network? The server has DHCP running from Samba and > >>will issue an IP address. Unless it's really easy to do, I should be > >>able to bypass samba or do I need some other kind of server software if > >>I'm not connecting to Samba shares? > > > >you can connect two linux machines via samba, but many regard it as a > >retrograde step, using a "foreign" network protocol to connect. think of > >two english speakers whose omly method of communication is through a > >swahili speaking third party, bith english speakers have to translate > >their thoughts into swahili, and back again. nfs is a more usual way > >between linux machines. Try taking a look at the howtos at > >http://www.tldp.org - specifically > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html > > > >>I have to find out what kind of network card this machine has (Intel > >>onboard I think) and run modconf to install a driver, what about the > >>rest of the ethernet setup? > > > >follow your distros instructions, as you seem to have a dhcp server it > >should be easy once youy have found the right module. > > > >to find out what the card is use lspci or cat /proc/pci > > > >>Also is it possible for a Linux machine to connect to a share on a > >>Windows computer, what is used for this? This PC has only an 850 MB hard > >>drive, and at present a base Debian install with no tasksel or dselect > >>additional packages. > > > >mount -t smbfs //windowsmachine/share /mnt/win -o > > username=user,password=foobar > > > >//windowsmachine is what you want to connect to, share is the name of > >the share on that machine. /mnt/win is where you want it to appear in > >the filesystem on the linux machine. user and foobar are the username > >and password that have permission to access share. > > "Could not resolve mount point /mnt/win"
does /mnt/win exist on your machine? if not, mkdir it then try again, or use an existing directory name.
