On 23 Mar 2003 12:48:41 -0500 "R.L.M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My husband is getting a new box on Tuesday, with XP on it. We're going > to put Mandrake on it as well. We have two other computers. One with > NT, and my Linux Box. We'd like to network them. What am I getting > into? Any tips? > > R > > A lot of fun :-) Networking with Samba is really quite easy now. Install the samba-client and samba-common RPMs, and either komba2 (from Contrib) or LinNeighborhood, and you will be able to browse a Windows network. Install the samba-server RPM as well, and after a very little configuration Windows computers will be able to browse your Linux computer. The absolute simplest way to set up a samba server is to install the drakwizard RPM and then go through the Samba wizard you find in Mandrake Control Centre. After going through the wizard you then need to tell Samba which Windows usernames/passwords are valid with the command smbpasswd -a username Most problems with Samba are usually because the username/passwords have not been declared. For more complicated configuration just read the Samba config file /etc/samba/smb.conf and edit as you see fit. For a basic network all you generally need to change is the Workgroup name. At the end of the file you will see some examples of how to set up various types of shares. After any change restart samba with service smb restart HTH derek
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