Re: Networking pb

[Hussein Yahia <h.yahia@orange.fr>]

Hi Charles,

Thank you for quick answering me. 

I'm going to guess that this is a simple network, such as a home,
> with
> just the two computers on it.

Yes !

> What exactly do you mean by "connect"? SSH? ping? If you mean via
> SMB,
> that suggests you successfully set the Linux computer up as an SMB
> server. Did you?

I don't remeber to have installed smb on my Linux. I just downloaded
the packages. On the mac, I click on the Linux Desktop'name, (which
appears in any window), a window appears, I can login in the Desktop
Linux with my name and password, and I see my files, when I'm on the
mac.

> When you go to what "Network" directory? How do you go to it? Is this
> in the GUI or command line? What GUI are you using? XFCE? Gnome? KDE?
I have Gnome only only on the Linux desktop. You see, the is a
"Network" in the GUI, I expect the mac to appear here. 

Thank you for your time !

Cheers

hussein



Le dimanche 08 mai 2022 à 16:52 -0600, Charles Curley a écrit :
> On Sun, 08 May 2022 23:58:28 +0200
> Hussein Yahia <h.yahia@orange.fr> wrote:
> 
> > I'm new to Linux, sorry if my question is naive.
> 
> Your question isn't naive. But we need a lot more information from
> you
> in order to help you.
> 
> Some of it may be obtained by executing command line commands we
> provide. Open a terminal, copy and paste the command into the
> terminal.
> When you have the results, copy and paste from the terminal to your
> reply email, and include the command line prompt and the one that
> follows the command's output.
> 
> Also, be aware that SMB is a complicate mess of a protocol, and has
> lots op options. For that reason, SMB clients and servers such as
> Samba
> are not easy to configure.
> 
> > I just installed debian 11 on my computer. It's wire-connected to
> > internet. I have another computer, a mac, which is connected
> > through
> > wifi.
> 
> I'm going to guess that this is a simple network, such as a home,
> with
> just the two computers on it.
> 
> > 
> > I can connect from my mac to the Linux desktop.
> 
> What exactly do you mean by "connect"? SSH? ping? If you mean via
> SMB,
> that suggests you successfully set the Linux computer up as an SMB
> server. Did you?
> 
> > But I can't connect
> > from the Linux to the mac: when I go in the "Network" directory,
> > the
> > mac does not appear. I installed smb on the Linux desktop.
> 
> When you go to what "Network" directory? How do you go to it? Is this
> in the GUI or command line? What GUI are you using? XFCE? Gnome? KDE?
> 
> I'm going to guess that you have a file manger open, and it has a
> "Network" option, and that when you select it, you are suppose to get
> a
> list of local SMB servers. Unless you know that the Mac is also an
> SMB
> server you should not expect to see it. If my earlier guess is
> correct,
> and the Linux box is an SMB server, do you see the Linux box in that
> window?
> 
> 
> 
>