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Yes, ypu need to enter the complete path to your "Home" directory into your smb.conf file by entering "/home/foo" in the "Path" section for that share. You need to be sure that the directory exists,...
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All distros of Linux have their place in the scheme fo things.
I personally like Mandrake distros, especially 9.0, because I don't have to be a guru to get it to work and work well. I don't...
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I have tried 5 times to deactivate the email notification of subscribed thread activity and my options show that the email notification is set to "NO", but I still keep receiving emails every time...
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Try running NETSTAT from the DOS prompt on the Win machine to check the status of network connections. Also try "NBTSTAT -nr" from the DOS prompt on the Win machine to check the NETBIOS status of...
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Is your IP# set by the LAN DHCP server or a DHCP on your Linux box? If the IP is being set by the DHCP server of the Linux box, then by dewfault it assigns a private IP with no cross-reference to a...
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First logged in as "root', create accounts for each of your Windows users on your Linux box. You can do this from the GUI or from the terminal. From the terminal type "adduser" then the username...
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Should work, but you are still going to have to preform steps 1-4 first.
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Windows emulators or Window managers? The only Windows emulator that I am familiar with is WINE and it seems that Codeweavers has the best version of that.
Of the windows managers, I prefer...
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You can create a Samba user account from the terminal by entering "smbpasswd -a (followed by your username)" and hit enter, then it will prompt you for your password and a confirmation.
Your Samba...
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if you don't have SWAT installed, install it. It make editing your smb.conf file a lot easier. I am enclosing the global portion of my smb.conf file for you to try and insert into your smb.conf...
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With all the competitive talk about football & rugby, I think I am begining to smell sweat and stale beer/ale. Lol.
Just couldn't resist.
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Try this. Login and start KDE. From the Kmenu, select "What to Do?"-->"Administer System" -->"Mandrake Control Center". You will be prompted for the root password to let you into the control...
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From your smb.conf file I see that you have 2 interfaces or network cards referenced. Is a Windows machine connected directly to each card or to a common hub?
If these Win boxes are connected...
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Please clarify.
To be able to access shares on either machine the user or users must have an account set up on both machines. The user must be given rights to each desired share (on the...
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Have you tried looking in the /etc/samba folder for smb.conf? Or try running testparm from the terminal and take note of the location it states for smb.conf.
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1. Make sure user "foo" has a Unix account on the Linux box and a "home" directory (/home/foo).
2. Add a section in your smb.conf file for your "Home" share (use SWAT, if possible, its easier)....
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Correction: Was forgiven by Jesus! Sin has not been driven out of the world. It is unfortunately still present, but Jesus forgives all sinners, past present, and future if they accept His...
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The behavior mentioned below unfortunately isn't limited to smokers, but tends to be rapidly becoming the norm. The real problem is that people view themselves as individuals only and do not feel...
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Try replacing the "global" section of your smb.conf file with the following and see if it works. Remember to save a backup copy of your original smb.conf file first. I copied these settings from my...
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I think that Mandrake 9.0 is the best distro for a newbie migrating from the Windows environment. MDK9.0 installs easily, probes your hardware and sets up all that I have had experience with,...
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I am not familiar with issues concerning the security set to the share level, but I would try setting the security level to user. Also be sure that you have created the actual "/home/vivek/myshare"...
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Is there an issue with Samba 2.2.3a & Windows 2000 Pro? I have a group of 2000 Pro machines in my workgroup that will sometimes attach to the Samba server when they login to the network and will...
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First off, check out the K-menu. Click the "configuration" selection, then the "other" selection, then the "linuconf".
Once Linuxconf has opened,click the "networking" button. From there click...
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You must perform several tasks as root from the terminal console.
1. Make sure that you have a Linux account on the server.
2. Make sure that you have read, write, & execute priveleges to the...
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