Re: How To Setup a Home LAN?

R. Harrison wrote:

Installed Suse ver 10.1.

Have three other computers running on a lan using XP. Is there a GUI
wizard
somewhere that takes care of this process? When I click on the
network icon the error message complaing if the missing "Lisa daemon".

You need to set up Samba. Here's the general idea:

1. On Windows boxen, make sure all accounts are properly named (no
damned spaces) and there are no null passwords. Configure any firewalls
to allow lan traffic. Create shares as desired. Note that if any boxen
are XP Pro, you should disable Simple Sharing (Folder Options>View).

2. On Linux, create identical user account/passwords.
3. Make sure you've installed Samba server/client.
4. Configure run levels so that the nmb and smb daemons start at bootup.
5. Now add your users to Samba. Make these match the ones on Windows. I
think the easiest way is from the console, so open one, su to root, and
type:
smbpasswd -a username [enter]
(enter password)
(enter password again)

6. Go to YaST and set your Samba server and client Identity to match
your Windows Workgroup name.

7. I use KDE, so if you use Gnome or another window manager you'll need
to figure this next bit out yourself. Open up the Control Center and go
to Internet/Network and then Samba. Click on the Administrator Mode
(enter root password). I use User security level. Check to make sure
Shares (these are for the Linux box of course) are the way you want
them. Apply and close that part.

8. Click on File Sharing and enable Administrator Mode. Check "Enable
local network file sharing". I have mine set on "Advanced sharing".
Check the box for "Use Samba" rather than NFS.

And that's pretty much it. Now if you want to make a new share - say a
folder that isn't in your /home, you can right-click it to set Sharing
Properties. If all you want to share is your /home, you're done. Since
9.3, SUSE has a useful Network icon on the desktop (at least in KDE it
does) where you can find your Windows Workgroup and see all the smb
shares. In 10.1 the network can be found by clicking on the icon that I
believe is called "My Computer" in a new install. I always change mine
to "System".

Note: To use a Linux firewall w/Samba - If you do not have WINS on the
network, then your network is relying on broadcasted browser
announcements for NetBios resolution. Configure your firewall to allow
NetBios broadcasts, with UDP and TCP ports 137-139 open.

Malke
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