Joe Mc Cool wrote:
The college I work for is an M$-only shop :-( I don't know if it is XP, or 2000 or whatever. I can plug my beloved sarge notebook into the network and use firefox etc no problem. But, how do I avail of the M$ disk spaces, printers etc ? Is samba (under the sarge) the way to go and if so what do I need to know about the M$ network in order to proceed ?
To access a windows share you need smbclient. To print to a windows printer you need CUPS (or similar printing system) as well, and an entry like the following in /etc/cups.conf: DeviceURI smb://yourname:yourpasswd@yourgrp/windowspc/windowsprinter Unblock smb and NETBIOS ports on your firewall.BTW if you use CUPS, I recommend the CUPS *server*, not just the client. I never was able to get the client alone to work and it seems to be a commonly reported problem.
Thanks Joe