On another note-- I'm having trouble setting up my network again. Two linux machines and two Windows machines. It used to be that my wife could print from her XP machine via the network centered on one of my ubuntu desktops. And I can get her printing working now if first I try reading one of my linux machine files from her machine and in the process enter the username and password. But she is computer-challenged (I despair of trying to teach her that), and we shouldn't have to do it any how.
Any suggestions about how I get the system going without passwords? And, further, one of my linux machines is fully accessible and visible, while my main machine will show only My files, Documents, Print$ and Allusers? I have enough of Samba working that I can move files around, and I'm doing ok, but I really would like to have my wife able to print things via the network. I've googled ubuntu sites and I'm sure an answer is there, but there's so much stuff that it's hard to find what I want, and you guys have been a lot more helpful in the past. While I'm at it--any ideas about how to sync the Documents folders on two linux machines? I was using SimpleBackup and it restored some important files for me, but it moves at a snail's pace (an hour or two for each restoration!, with even the smallest of files), and for some reason it did not backup the last month even though I am good about running backup every night. I got most of my stuff back by copying from one machine to the other; so I'm very interested in backup by sync. Warner Warner White 12 Harbor Watch Road Burlington VT 05401 H: 802-863-0182 C: 802-318-0956 www.warnerwhite.org
