On 06/04/11 at 01:48am, Doug wrote: > On 06/04/2011 01:30 AM, William Hopkins wrote: > >On 06/04/11 at 12:58am, Doug wrote: > >>On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: > >>>On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>>On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > >>>>[snip] > >>>>>NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for > >>>>>Windows networks. NFS has no passwords, just install it with apt-get, > >>>>>and declare /etc/exports in the server, and mount the shares in the > >>>>>clients /etc/fstab. That's all it takes. > >>>>> > >>>>Fine for home environments, but shouldn't an office environment use > >>>>LDAP for coordinated UID/GID sharing? > >>/snip/ > >> > >>Not to steal the thread, but those who read this probably are the best to > >>advise me. I know nothing about networking, but I would like to set up > >>a peer-to-peer network ... > >Peer to peer typically refers to filesharing programs. Can you explain what it is you want? > >I assume you've already got a network up, is it file sharing you mean? > > > >If that's so, you probably don't even need samba. Just smbfs/smbclient on the linux clients to read the stuff on the Windows 7 box. > > > No, I don't have a network up. As I said, I really don't know > anything about networks. here's the debian networking howto, for your linux machines: http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration the important files are /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf you can report back with questions or google a howto or hit up IRC for realtime support... > What I want is not only file sharing, but the ability to use the Win 7 machine as a print server. IIRC it's easier to use linux as the server component for printing, but not impossible to go the other way. Unfortunately I don't have any windows machines, so I fear I'll be little help. Perhaps someone else can point you in the right direction. -- Liam
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