On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 06:03:08 -0700 (PDT) Andre Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Derek! > > Thank you for the reference. I'll check it out as soon as I get soem free time. With >reference to the Samba networking, will it allow me to connect my Winodze computers >to my Linux computer? Or is it specifically designed for UNIX based systems? > > Thanx again for your help! > > Dre--- > > Samba allows networking between Windows and Linux/Unix computers. It comes in 2 parts Smaba-client and Samba-server. Samba-client allows you to browse Windows computers and mount their shares. It is very easy to set up. Just install it and you are then able to mount windows shares. There are many ways to mount the shares. My favourite way is to install a package called komba2 which will give you a nice GUI very like Windows Network Samba-server is more difficult, and allows Windows computers to access shares on your computer. You have to define which folders can be accessed and set up the security system for those who are allowed to access them. You can configure the server in 3 ways. 1/ By editing the file /etc/samba/smb.conf by hand. - This is actually quite easy since the file is full of comments and examples. 2/ By using a web based utility called SWAT Install the samba-swat RPM and then browse to localhost:931 3/ By using a web based utility called webmin. Install the webmin RPM and then browse to https://localhost:10000 Webmin manages lots of other services other than Samba and is very good. derek
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