angrylittleman

could you post your smb.conf file? My concern with the box is security. I since it is connect to my router, the internet connection still works. Since I would like to leave it unattended for the most part, I don't want it to get hacked or whatever. Like I stated earlier, I am just looking for a file and print server. Thanks. alm

when I type in \\serverip in windows, I get nothing. I can still ping the server, but I can't map to it. I am using the samba configuration tool in KDE. I have also tried Webmin and SWAT. Both MD machines can see each other and map to each other, but I can't print from laptops in MD. Windows can't see anything but its own shared drives and can't print. KMV would be good, but I want to just run my linux box and connect to it with both of my laptops. I dont have a lot of room on my desk, so my real estate crunch forces the server to sit under the desk. Any other suggestions?

The the risk of sounding dumb, what is KVM? I am still learning command line stuff and I like the gui that the vnc gives me. Allows for updates, etc. I am not running a firewall on the server, but I have my .allow and .deny files set to allow only for ip addresses behind my router (192.168.2.x).

Hello All I am trying to configure my desktop for samba. I am running three machines total. 1 IBM laptop - Running MD 10. This computer can see the desktop machine and ping it in both windows and Mandrake. I can see shared folders in MD but not in windows. I can't print in either. 1 Dell Desktop - this is the computer I would like to run as a server. It is connected to a printer (HP LaserJet 6P). I would like to put it under my desk with no mouse, monitor or keyboard. I can log into it using tightvnc with my IBM Laptop, using KDE remote desktop. 1 Dell Laptop - I plan to dual boot (like the IBM) but right now it is windows XP and it can ping the server, but can see shares. I had tried following numerous walkthroughs, both here and on google. I have tried configuring using Webmin and the KDE GUI tool for Samba configuration. I have followed this walkthrough to no avail: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/linux-h...tm#_Toc80801653 Here is my smb.conf file: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) # Date: 2004/09/17 11:59:23 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = SKYNET server string = Mandrake Server encrypt passwords = yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 printcap name = cups dns proxy = no force user = nathan force group = home printing = cups restrict anonymous = yes ssl compatibility = no ssl require clientcert = no ssl require server cert = no ssl = no domain master = no preferred master = no max packet = 0 ssl entropy bytes = 0 [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 guest ok = yes printable = Yes print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer drivers. printer name = Printer [storage] comment = All Accounts path = /storage read only = No guest only = Yes guest ok = Yes [Home] comment = All Accounts path = /home read only = no guest only = yes guest ok = yes What am I doing wrong? I have to be missing something; Thanks so much in advance. ALM

I got it working finally. I connected via eth0 to my lan and did a urpmi pcmcia. After that all is well, thing works like a champ. Hope this helps someone else.... alm

how do I tell in orioco_cs is loaded? I have tried to remove the card via the mandrake networking menu and reinstalling it. When I do, it names the card as the lucentcard. If I try to manually configure card, I am returned to the screen that tells me to configure my card manually or select the lucent card. I can't move from there. I am a newbie at this, I can provide whatever info anyone wants, but I can't get the card to light up for more than two seconds. Please help, thanks in advance. -alm

oh deary me, so sorry to waste time on the board, I did in fact get /storage to mount, problem was I was looking in /mnt and not /storage. I was so excited I didn't take a minute to calm down, I think I got this thing figured out now, thanks for your help anna.

I dunno if this would help, but I had the same problem when I tried to install 10.0 on my desktop. After reading bunch of forums, other people seemed to have the same problem and they recommended that I install 9.2, which I did. It runs great on my box now...just a thought. I am also a student and trying hard to get away from windows.

Here are the results of the fdisk: Disk /dev/hdd: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 * 1 6526 52420063+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd2 6527 19457 103868257+ 5 Extended /dev/hdd5 6527 19457 103868226 83 Linux hm, I am lost, what does all this mean? It appears to be mounted, but nothing shows up..... Here is my other hd, the one that I boot from: Disk /dev/hda: 20.4 GB, 20419854336 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2482 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 765 6144831 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 766 2482 13791802+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 766 1549 6297448+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1550 1624 602406 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 1625 2482 6891853+ b Win95 FAT32 What do I do? Please help, I am pretty much a noob.....

Help! I just reinstalled 9.2 after it crashed. I have two HDs in my computer, a 20gb that I dual boot with xp pro and a 180 gb drive for my media (mp3s, etc). The 180 was formated into 2 sections, FAT and EXT3: journalized, it was mounted under 9.2 as /storage. During my reinstall, I used discdrake to remove the FAT section and create a EXT3 /home drive. I find the /home drive ok, but the /storage is gone, nothing!!! Here is my fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdd1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,sync,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs ro,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda7 /mnt/win_d vfat codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd5 /storage ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 It looks like it should be coming up, but when I restart, I get nothing under mnt. i am worried that I lost my media; I used samba to hold media for my and my girlfriends ipod, she is gonna be mad. Is there anything I can do? Please help, or email me at newinger@hotmail.com Thanks in advance.

I am having the same problems, I have a lucent card (orinoco based) with a fresh install of 10 ce. I get power to the card for like 1 sec and that is it. I can configure the card, but I get nothing beyond that. Winderz works great (dual boot). I added the lines: yenta_socket cardmgr to ect/modprobe.preload. That did nothing. The networking section of mcc is going very slow too, takes forever. I am running an x24 IBM with the above mentioned orinoco card. I found these on this forum, but nothing is happening. The card worked in L10 ce l3 days ago and after a failed attempt to go to 10.1 rc, I re-installed 10 ce. Thanks for everyone's help, I am trying to go completely linux based, and this is my single holdup. alm