Re: Anyone Networking there ?

Malke wrote:
Marylin <> wrote:

Could anyone out there help me getting my (mixed) network to run. This
is genuine, I am new to Linux and NOT a troll !!!

I have a home office set up with a few windows boxes and one good box
which I have assigned to become my " pilot plant " into Linux (Suse
10.1) - which installed perfectly and runs fine as a stand-alone unit.
Even better, it runs in a dual boot with an old Windows and my Windows
partitions are mounted on a /windows directory from where all the
files are perfectly visible and accessible.

My problem : I can't seem to be able to set up a network with my other
(windows-) boxes. I have followed the detailed steps described in a
good Web page, but for some unknown reason, it does not seem to work,
I can't succeed to " see " anything of my other boxes, their disks and
files in the Konqueror file manager nor does my Linux box become
visible in the Workgroup as seen from any of my other boxes.
(To make things easier, I have set the same user name/password for all
the boxes, but this too did not help)
Is there any good (detailed) reading on this subject, or is there
anyone of you experts willing to " spoonfeed " the necessary knowledge
to me ? Thank you all !

Here's my standard cut/paste:

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 with your distro's
configuration method.
3. Make sure you've installed Samba server/client with your distro's
configuration method.
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 your distro's configuration method 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. Perhaps your distro does, too.

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
Hi Malke,

A good explanation of the samba topics, but I do think that real problem is in the configuration of the firewall. I found a pretty good how-to on http://www.tweakhound.com/linux/samba/page_5.htm. This solved my problem that I couldn't see the windows shares from my Linux box with the firewall on.

Joost
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