On Wed Apr 22 2009 09:36:49 Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) wrote: > >What do you mean by "SEE"? You can't get on the network? You > >don't see it in Places-> Network? I'm going to assume the > >former, because 1) I never use the latter, and 2) you don't > >want to use "Windows networking" (aka Samba) anyway. > > By 'see' I mean, even though each machine can access resources on the > 'net, non can connect to and access LOCAL resources, despite all being > connected through the same router. On one machine I can see a window's > network icon, but I click on it and generate a permissions error, that I > don't have sufficient permissions to access those resources.
This sounds like a configuration issue with the machine hosting the resource. Accounts, permissions, etc. > > In suggestion I avoid Samba, are you indicating that NFS would work much > better? Samba has always, until now, worked well for me, but I am > willing to give NFS a shot. I really don't care which I use, as long as > I can enable sharing among these machines and establish remote access > and control that works too. Sounds like some scope creep from the original posting. :) What, exactly, do you need to accomplish? The original post sounded like you merely wanted to move a system from one machine to another. The above sounds like you have additional and/or completely different requirements. [snip] > Are these in a script, or just entered at the command prompt? I don't > mean to sound ignorant here, but I am not sure how to use these. The referenced were all commands to be entered at a shell prompt. There's no shame in ignorance. Everyone starts with the same zero knowledge. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
