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| | I need to setup Network Address Translation (NAT) for a LAN, which uses Samba to support Windows clients. There is only one DSL IP address, but about 4 computers on the LAN. They all need to have Internet access, does Linux support NAT with Samba?  |
| | Hi, I am relatively new to Linux and I have inherited a working Linux / Samba server with 13 Win XP users. All is well except that the hard drive is filling very rapidly, about 150 MB a day. I found that every user has a /.recycle/profiles directory on the … |
 | Hello, I've done a 1 page tutrial on my site to show how I set up SMB file sharing on my dell dimesion 2400 running Mandriva. Has anyone tried Fedora 5 yet? I may install fedora, and do a similar tutorial if anyone is interested. Is "kcmshell fileshare" a generic … |
| | [B]Hello,all I need an urgent help for my senior project I have to do a java program that acts as a SMS server for my SAMBA GSM modem , but its accessed by USB . How to initialize the USB library in java and what can I do to write … |
| | I have downloaded samba but i do not know how to install it Somebody told me that i would have to do it by commands, i have tried to look inside the folder i downloaded and it does not seem to have a .exe file is my firs time trying … |
 | Hello. I'm sorry, I mistake the place to post replies. But I'm on the way now. I was saying that I just read your "How to Configure Samba on RedHat Linux" tutorial. I configured my samba server and I could connect my shared folder on localhost. But here is the …  |
| | using redhat 9.0 , using swat to configure samba (localhost:901), it seems to work. I get the error message "Couldn't display smb/// because no host "null" could be found. Check that the spelling is correct and that your proxy settings are correct." I am using vmware 4.0.5 and windows xp … |
 | I'm having a huge problem trying to get samba to work. I want to be able to put my Redhat 7.3 box onto my Windows workgroup. My linux box can see my windows pcs fine, but not the other way around. My linux box appears in Network Neighborhood in windows, … |
| | I wrote a python script that checks for new media on my windows box, if it is new it copys it over to my standalone freevo jukebox. Below is a small part of the script that does the actually copying [code] source = "/mnt/samba/%s" %i destination = "/mnt/media/movies" print "copying …  |
 | I have a folder stored on my main computer. The computer main computer is a Linux computer, but it's using Samba to connect to the network. I have a new laptop that I want to accessthis folder with write permission regularly to work on various projects on both computers at … |
| | Hey everybody! I have vmware workstation installed on my Windows XP machine (host) with a Linux redhat 9 guest. After installing vmware tools i'm able to access my windows files from the linux guest... but I'm unable to do the opposite!!!! :mad: I just can't read my files in the …  |
| | Hi Im busy setting up a Redhat 8 server. I got samba running but there are a few issues I still need to sort out (I am new to linux servers so have a dose of patience) 1) I got samba set up but I need it to run automatically … |
| | I had some doubts running clipper programs in Linux. I am having dos based clipper programs for accounting which we are thinking to migrate to Novell but i am for Linux ,considering cost and may in future Linux cost effectiveness may help us, plus security and scalability. Actual Scenario: Small … |
 | I have a networked attached hard drive that I share through my Windows and Mac computers. It makes sharing files really handy. It uses SMB/Samba. On the Windows computer I can click "Reconnect at login" and my drive share always comes back. But on the Mac I have to remount …  |
| | When I log-in under my id and in a Konsole type:- [ian@turnbui ian]$ smbclient -N -L NICK -I 192.168.1.2 -W WORKGROUP the command works fine. However the same command is spawn'd by Xsmbrowser yet it fails with the fllowing from Win-XP:- Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS ACCESS_DENIED "spawn exports the … |
| | hi guys, strange problem, I discovered samba has been deleted at no fault of my own. Just deleted..... I noticed the firewall was switched off too which is concerning. I must have switched the firewall off to test something and never turned it back on.. When linux loads it says … |
| | I am having a problem: I have a Mac (10.3.9) and a PC (Win2k) and via an ethernet cross-over cable, they can see each other and share files. But I can not find a method to make the Mac's external drives visible to the PC. The internal drive is visible … |
| | Hello, I am new here, and this web site looks great! I hope I'm not taking up too much of your time, I just had a couple questions relating to networking Linux and using a Unix OS called OpenBSD. Is there a best Linux recommended to use for file servers? …  |
| | I'm reinstalling my Windows XP box. It has been on my home domain with a roaming profile for some time. I had earlier problems with the roaming user not able to log in at all but I can now log in. The problem now is that settings in the profile … |
| | I using Knoppix 3.7 on two machines, one with kernel 2.4.27 and the other with 2.6.9. I running freevo on the 2.6.9 box and samba (latest debian version, 3.0.x I think) on the 2.4.27 one. The samba server has two usb 250GB drives (one of the shared as the /tv … |
| | I just installed a new file/backup server running on FC3 and I already had an FC2 system running DNS, DHCP, web, email, gateway, etc. I also have a Windows Server 2003 system running MSSQL 2000 for accounting software. The purpose of the FC3 backup server is to store all the … |
| | Having a major challenge getting 3 Linux/Windows stations setup up in workgroup/share setting. ( No problem with internet access ) Linux stations do not recognize any workgroup name thus do not see any of the Linux and/or windows stations. I used the Samba client config tool in Yast. This does …  |
| | Have tried but failed to setup Linux to share our PC's for home use. Linux error "cannot find any workgroups in your local network" . Does not recognize Linux or windows users. I have used Yast to setup Samba but still no go. What I am missing here. Any straight … |
| | When XP SP1 client access to SAMBA server, Quota do work. Share drive isn't show limit capacity. On the other hand, it show fully capacity. Why? How can i do? Thx! < My Linux is Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 quota 3.09-1 & samba-3.0.0-14.3E >  |
| | Hi, I've been trying to get SMB and SAMBA working, and I've been having a few problems. I have succeded creating a connection from my Mac (MAC OS X, v. 10.2.8 ) and Windows XP home, but I can't get it to work with Linux! First, when my Linux was … |
| | ok heres what im trying to do. I have a home network with 4 to 6 computers on it(6 when my sisters are home from college). i have an extra computer that i installed red hat 9 on which i want to set up as the hub. i want it … |
| | Please help me, folks :) I have an OS 10.3 machine and a Windows XP Professional machine on the same workgroup / LAN. I use Samba to share files between them, and that works just fine. I also have my mac set up to share its printers. Therefore, my Windows …  |
 | [B]Intro[/B] In one of the Forums, the question was asked on how to setup a RedHat 9 server so that it manages network connectivity within the home, and provide services to Windoze clients. This tutorial will address how to setup a RedHat 9 Server that will Firewall and provide services … |
| | hello everybody, I m a newbie working in linux platform.My GUI version is Redhat 8.0 Now, we have got a LAN in our office consisting of some 7 computers. Mine is linux platform rest 6 are working in windows 98 , now i have configured samba server on my linux … |
| | i have just joint the forum and i like it alot. I have a problem on mail, here it goes. One of my users could not recieve her E-mail she called and told me that her friend tried to send her mail but could not go through because her inbox … |
| | I use Windows 2000(comp1) and have a computer with RH 9(comp2).And have a Lan with Server on another computer . I installed SSH client in "comp1" .Can u show me how to connect from comp1 to comp2 using SSH client and samba . Thanks for any idea |
| | Hi All I am a c++ programer tring to run my exe from a java interface. But the java interface that i wrote run on windows and the c++ exe is in unix. This is not helping me: Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("\\bmdth01\\ddef03\\ksh_sh"); the unix is mapped to my comutere via … |
| | I currently run a G5 with two hard drives. The first is partitioned in half. Partition A is the system. Partition B is my user folder. The second is one large partition of random stuff. What I would essentially like to do is set up a RAID array without having … |
| | I have downloaded the tar.gz file When i unzipped it it says samba 3. something I go to the console and and i go to the directory where is the samba folder is locate it And the nexty step it says to type ./configure but when i do that is … |
| | I'm trying to setup samba. I did everything according to the book. When I type in, in the web browser: localhost:901 the error is "connection is refused"????:cry: |
| | I have peer-to-peer network. One of the computers is running WinXP, the other one Red Hat 9. I've been trying to setup Samba to bee able to see linux from my windows machine. I can see windows from linux machine, but not the other way around. Any suggestions are welcome. … |
| | Setup: RedHat 9 running Samba, Windows XP Professional connecting successfully to the RH box. I can map a drive from Windows to RH, but cant print to the RH box. Here's my smb.conf file: *** [root@home salvatore]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf ; /etc/smb.conf ; ; Make sure and restart the server after … |
 | Hi All, Stupid question for ya, when networking windows machines you can enter a domain or a workgroup, is the any way i can put a workgroup name into mac os9. as i am trying to link my windows pc in with the mac to provide file shares. ps. I … |
| | I was just moving some stuff around on my Windows XP machine. So that I wouldn't run out of room moving between partitions, I moved a bunch of stuff to a Samba share on my Linux machine (via My Network Places in WinXP). I had thought I had moved the … |
| | Hi All, i have an AD win2k network with two redhat 8 boxes to run the intranet. all the win2k boxes can access the redhat boxes through samba, the problem i have is that a new machine running xp pro cant get in to samba. when i type in the … |
| | Does anyone know of a robust samba browser that will let me browse my Windows shares on 10.3? Finder is too quirky for me - especially in Panther. |
| | Hi All, i have an AD win2k network with two redhat 8 boxes to run the intranet. all the win2k boxes can access the redhat boxes through samba, the problem i have is that a new machine running xp pro cant get in to samba. when i type in the … |
| | Hello Again, I have installed a MDK 9.1 on a IBM server with 2 raid 1 with 2scsi disk. The LAN runs under Win2k and log on server with samba, as a NT one. But when some one try to copy a file with 500MB or more the server freeze … |
| | I am currently in an unix sys admin class. For the most part we have to set up as many things as we can think of. I have 4 computers to work with. Currently I am workin on DHCP,Firewall/router, DNS, Terminal Server, Database server, Apache server, maybe something with samba. … |
| | Is it possible and how would I go about putting an OS 10.2 (Jaguar) machine onto a windows workgroup? (i.e. Network Neighborhood/My Network Places). I already use SAMBA to put my Linux machines onto my Windows workgroup with no problems. |
| | First let me say that I a newbie so forgive me for any 'faux-pas'. I'm doing some work for a youth helpline charity in the UK and they need to centralise the way they work. I've installed redhat 9 and got samba 2.2.7a working, but when trying to use roaming … |
| | Hey All, so here we go, i have set up samba 2.2.5 on redhat 8.0, and from a win2k server box i can see the linux boxes and i can access them, nice. c the problem is now that i am setting one linux box to be the PDC, from … |
| | ATTN: VMWare users!! Please help me! ... (sorry this post is so long, I tried to be very thorough) I have a WindowsXP computer with two nic cards. One of them is connected to a cable modem and another to a hub. Also connected to the hub are a linux … |
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