Tymestream Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Ready set go! Greetings! I have been having some silly problems setting up my Linux network and was hoping for some assistance. Issue #1 - I have a couple of NTFS formatted drives in my Linux box, they are mounted and readable. I am trying to access them through my network from a XP based machine. For the life of me I cannot get access to them. The closest that I have come is to be able, via network neighbourhood, to see the shered drive and have it prompt me for my username and password - after inputting the info. access is not granted and it asks for the user and pass indefinately. I had this problem in the past but cannot remember what the cause is. Issue #2 - In my /mnt directory I have a number of old share directories that were created in the past for numerous reasons. With no reference to these in the smb.conf or anywhere else - they keep reappearing after they are deleted. That is if I can delete them in the first place. What causes this? What am I failing to delete/correct? Issue #3 - What is the most straightforward example of how to share a directory between a Linux box and a windows machine. For example: I want to share /home/bob/stuff with windows machines connected to the network. What are the needed steps to achieve this. I am not a newbie but I have been struggling with these things for too long and my brain is on fire. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feralertx Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Issue #1 - I have a couple of NTFS formatted drives in my Linux box, they are mounted and readable. I am trying to access them through my network from a XP based machine. For the life of me I cannot get access to them. The closest that I have come is to be able, via network neighbourhood, to see the shered drive and have it prompt me for my username and password - after inputting the info. access is not granted and it asks for the user and pass indefinately. I had this problem in the past but cannot remember what the cause is.Have you created any samba users?? I always do it via webmin, which i find it makes samba setup vey simple, urpmi webmin, start the webmin service and then point your browser to https://127.0.0.1:10000 (accessing from the same pc) or https://ip.lan.address:10000 (from any other pc on the lan) Issue #2 - In my /mnt directory I have a number of old share directories that were created in the past for numerous reasons. With no reference to these in the smb.conf or anywhere else - they keep reappearing after they are deleted. That is if I can delete them in the first place. What causes this? What am I failing to delete/correct?Does /etc/fstab contain any reference to them? Other than that, i wouldnt know. Issue #3 - What is the most straightforward example of how to share a directory between a Linux box and a windows machine. For example: I want to share /home/bob/stuff with windows machines connected to the network. What are the needed steps to achieve this.Youre doing it right, you only need to configure samba correctly, try webmin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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