Re: Samba
>
>I've just installed the Samba-server (and read the man-pages).
>I might be missing something but I can't figure out how to get a list
>of what Wimpdos calls "the entire network". Can this be done without
>knowing
>any server-names?
>
I expect you're on a wimpdos 95 box, but you didn't say.
Yes, there is, but you need to first make sure that your windows
machine and the Linux/samba box are in the same WORKGROUP. On 95,
double-click network in Control Panel, then check the ID tab to see
the workgroup the machine is in. The server and client must be in
the same workgroup with the normal defaults in place.
To really do anything and access any "shares" as windows calls them,
you must have some shares setup of course, or when you click the server
in Network Neighborhood you won't see anything available.
And, you probably won't be able to "map network drive" to assign any
of them to a DOS drive letter unless you have an account on that server
AND you are logged into windows as that same user. So, if you have a
user account on Linux, login to windows as that same user using the
same password. Be careful, and don't use mixed case passwords or user
names because Windows gets awfully confused if you do... :)
Voila!
Paul
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