Hi Robert, On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:13:30 +0100, Robert Schetterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>simple file sharing is a thing from windows not known to linux, and it >only relates to that win client where you enable it. ( so it doesnt >matter if you do so ,or not for samba ) Okay, undertood, as the Xp and Linux computer are not used by a number of users, then it is best to leave it on with XP, it makes sharing a lot easier, although it does open up quite a lot. >samba knows a security level which is named share which is "something" >equal, read the smb faqs to that. I don't know much about Linux and security, but will try to digest a bit later next week. >Wins browsing stuff will work fine if you let act samba as wins >server ( there should be only one in the network ) >and give the ip of the wins ( samba server ) to the win client in the >properties of tcp by your windows client nic. Yes, that was eventually how I was able to get Linux/samba to be able to view the complete XP computer. I can now see _all_ of the XP computer from SUSE/Linux, using Konqueror, or even just one of the file browsers. So the Linux --> XP side is working fine. I did have to turn off the SUSE firewall though, and try SO much in the DNS, WINS, domians, hostnames, etc side of the XP box, until finally I can see all the XP box (it has simple file sharing enabled). As you say, Samba is the WINS server, and I had to tell XP the IP of the Linux/samba computer. (Bit annoying having to turn the firewall off in Linux to get Samba to work though, it must be just a port blocked, surely.) Basically, there is now only one problem, and it has to do with permissions on the SUSE/Linux computer, here is what happens XP box -------- Explorer - I can see the NETBIOS name of the Linux computer, it will show all the shares as well, I click on a share, prompt for username/pwd, but it refuses to allow the details (yes, I have the same user setup on both computers). SUSE/Linux ------------- I browse and see 'windows network', and can then see those same shares, setup under Samba. I click on a share name, it prompts for username/pwd, ... same problem, will not let me in. >A internal name server ( bind 9 ) is pretty good to have too. ( wich can >dynamicly updated by the client machines ), so this can act as fallback >to wins. >You can easily manage this stuff having a dhcp server on the linux >machine bound to the intranet nic, and tell all windows clients >to use dhcp this makes sure that all machines get the right win server >entry, and the router ip , domainname , name server etc. I currently use the modem/router for the DHCP server, and if, for some reason I had the Linux computer turned off, then I wouldn't want the Linux box to be the DHCP server, ... best to leave it done on the modem/router (firewall also). >for now try this on the explorer of the win client \\ip.of..smb.ser.ver >( for sure you need numbers here ) this should show you shares on the >samba server Yes, that works, also I can use the NETBIOS name as well. Thanks, Oygle -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
