I am a newbie to Samba and have read the HOWTO-SMB and README files. Before you say RTFM, I have some very basic questions. The goal for me is to use the NT systems local printer, CD-R and scanner devices. The SMB documents talk a lot about the Client and Server. The source I have downloaded will create a smbd and nmbd. 1. Do I need anything running on the NT? 2. Do I need any special options in the kernel compile to be turned on? Thank you in advance. Subba Rao subb3@ibm.net http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Subba Rao wrote:> The goal for me is to use the NT systems local printer, CD-R and > scanner devices. The SMB documents talk a lot about the Client and > Server. The source I have downloaded will create a smbd and nmbd.smbd and nmbd are servers running on your machine. smbd makes the machine be a server in the smb network. nmbd handles name lookup system. The sources will also compile client programs. smbclient for accessing shares, nmblookup for sending wins queries (name -> ip)> 1. Do I need anything running on the NT?You need to "share" the resources you want to access remotely (obviously), and that means having the right "service" (?) installed in the network cfg on the NT (I think). But assuming the NT already does that you do not have to run anything special.> 2. Do I need any special options in the kernel compile to be turned on?What OS? If you are on linux you may want to use smbfs to get filesystem access to the cd and other filesystems on the NT. This needs to be enabled in the kernel if you do not already have it. You can also use smbclient for this and then you don't have to do anything special. smbclient also handles printing and before you start fiddling with smbfs you want to be sure that you can access the server with smbclient. You can also have a look at smbsh. Scanners I don't know about. /Urban
Two NT boxes, one RH Linux 7 box, on a private network, no permamnent connection to the Internet. Trying to get to grips with: 1. Setup of hostname/IP addresses on all three boxes to provide a suitable basis for setup of working Samba 2. Sample .conf file All help, URLs, HowTos much appreciated. I have RTFM, just need a more specific example for this scenario to clarify the matter. Thank you. David
Greetings, I am setting up a RedHat 7.2 Server which will have to access a share on a Windows NT server for a custom program. I am trying to determine if I can use the Samba client to access the share I am required to access, or if I have to install Samba Server on the Linux box. Any info will greatly be appreciated! Thanks, Staven - Staven Bruce Network Systems Analyst
I'm looking to set up Samba between a RH 8.0 computer and Win XP machine. On the linux box when using the rpm gui interface it requests that I install samba 2.5. I went ahead and installed version 2.7.2 but received what seemed to signify conflicts with a ver 2.7.1. The services running/available gui does not show samba as been available and when I attempt to rpm uninstall the 2.7.2 samba I'm informed that it is not installed. What should I do next? Kevin
I'm attempting to install Samba to an existing RH 8 installation. The rpm gui installer is looking for ver 2.5. I d/led and installed the 2.7.2 install but received errors that seemed to indicate that 2.7.1 was installed. I then tried to uninstall the 2.7.2 rpm but was informed that it was not installed. When I check the services that are available Samba is not listed. What is my next move? Thanks. Kevin
Hello Everyone. I'm having an issue with getting Samba to work correctly and am hoping someone out there may have some helpful advice. My company is a primairly a MS house so I'm fairly new to the Linux world (tired of spending $$$$ on the other guy's software) and I've really had enjoyed my experiences with it so far...until now. I have a server system that I'm trying to get Samba to work correctly on it and am running into some issues. I've setup two shares on the system- one to be a public share, the other to be restricted to only allow a certain groupd of people. Here's what I'm running into: on my laptop (WinXP Pro), I can see the server in the network neighborhood listing but when I try to access the the system, it pukes out one of the following error messages: "the Network path not found" or "The account is not authorized to login from this system".>From what I've read on google, it would seem to be password encryptionproblem, but after modfying the smb.conf file to allow encrypted passwords, it didn't make a difference. I've worked on this issue for the better part of the last two days and I'm not making any headway. I know the answer is out there, I'm just not seeing it. if anyone has any ideas, they are greatly appreciated. Thanks John