Robert Fisher wrote: > To summarize the "solution" for reg at the meeting last night....... > David Kirk, using VI (yuch!!!) commented out the hosts allow line and added > shares similar to what I had suggested earlier. > > (Reg did not know how to edit files as root) > > I also showed how, with KDE, you can simply right click on a folder and > follow > your nose to share it. > > YMMV > > On Suse right click then left click on Share > On Mepis, right click then Properties then Share > On Kubuntu, same as Mepis but samba is not installed by default > > Rushed home last night and connected it up and it all worked like a charm :-) again, many thanks to all for input.
Have practiced adding shares today a couple of times with the right clicking method successfully. Regarding editing files: if I am logged in as reg I can do it by logging right off and logging in again as root, but is there a quicker way to get root access without having to log right out and back in again? Regards Reg
