Please help a Linux newbie!

[Christoph Georgi]

I adviced him to reload the sources list in order to get the samba and 
the samba-common package on the same version, which was the problem in 
this case.

For help with setting up simple shares and a print server have a look at 
the Samba HowTo found in /usr/share/doc/samba-doc, Chapter 7.

Apologies for taking the topic off-list.

.christoph




Matthew S-H wrote:
> Actually, could you keep this topic on-list?  I would be interested in 
> what to do also as I will finally be setting up my home network next 
> week.  (Between 2 MacOS X systems, 1 Ubuntu/WinXP/Debian Testing/Gentoo 
> system, and 1 MacOS X/Ubuntu system).
> Also, for the person who posted this, you should probably use a more 
> descriptive subject line next time.  Some people may only be 
> knowledgeable in certain areas and may only reply to those kinds of 
> e-mails.  A perfect subject line for this would've been "SMB networking 
> problem (newbie)".  Not a big deal, but it might help you get responses :).
> 
> ~Matt
> 
> 
> On Mar 8, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Klaus Domes wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> May I indulge the lists patience?
>>
>>
>> I am a total Linux newbie!
>>
>> Let me mention at the outset, I am running four P4-machines on a home
>> office LAN.
>>
>>
>> About three weeks ago an article was published in the technologies
>> section of a local newspaper extolling the virtues of Linux. It
>> mentioned the possibility of having a look-see at Linus by using a
>> “Live-CD”. Since I just had another “run-in” with windows I decided to
>> give it a check.
>>
>> After downloading several Live-CD distros ( Ubuntu, Beatrix, Mandrake,
>> etc) and looking at each of them, I decided on Ubuntu, which I finally
>> downloaded and installed on the machine doing all of my email/Internet
>> work as OS. All other units are still using MS Windows XP at the time.
>>
>>
>> I am impressed! To put it mildly!
>> I only run into one problem I can't resolve due to my inexperience. I
>> can't reach anylonger across the LAN to fetch files (.doc, .jpg) from
>> the other XP-OS machines or my laptop which is also running XP.
>>
>>
>> Whenever I try to “Enable Windows networking” in Computer->Network
>> Settings->General, I get a message saying “SMB support not running” and
>> the request “to install SMB support in the system to enable file sharing
>> in Windows networks”.
>>
>>
>> I am glue-less! What am I to do? BTW I have “Warty” installed.
>>
>> Could some kind soul maybe take a minute to write me down a step by step
>> on how to proceed? I know it is probably a basic problem and must have
>> been answered before. Unfortunately, after unsuccessfully searching for
>> several days through all sorts of lists and web sites I'm getting a
>> little bit discouraged.
>>
>>
>> I don't want to revert back to MS! Anyone willing to lend me a helping
>> hand can contact me off list at semod at vif.com .
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>>
>> Klaus Domes
>>
>> Montreal, Canada
>>
>>
>>
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> 
> 
> 

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