network newbie question

[NoOp]

On 02/27/2007 03:05 PM, Mikael Backman wrote:

> I tried to follow your advice..   .. under places->network an icon
> called 'windows-network' is shown. But it is empty
> 
> 

First off you are looking for Places|Network Servers *not* Places|
Windows anything.

If this does not show up (Places|Network Servers) then:

Places|Connect to Server
  Service type: Windows share
  Server: IP address of the windows machine is the easiest if it is a
fixed IP. If not then click on the help button & that will give you more
detailed instructions, but you really should only need the IP address or
the proper name of the Windows machine. Then click connect. Now go back
to Places| and you should see the name of the windows machine, example:
I have a Windows machine named 'Willie' or I used the IP address of
192.168.7.100, I'd now see Willie or 192.168.7.100 under the Places menu.

On the Windows machine is it essential that you set up the linux machine
as a user. On the linux machine open up a terminal window & you'll see:
homeusername at machinename:~$. Either homeusername or machinename is ok,
write them down.

On the Windows machine:

- In your computer management (I'm using Win2KP but XP has the same) add
the homeusername or machinename as a valid user. If this is a closed
network and you want to test, then add the name as an Administrator &
User. For obvious security reasons you'll want to change this later to
simply user etc. For testing, set the password and set it to never
expire. (Security warning same as above).

- From the Windows Explorer right click on the directory you want to
share and go to "Sharing". Make sure that "Share this folder" is set,
then click on "Permissions" and make sure that the permissions at least
allow "Read". For testing you might want to make sure that
Administrators have all permissions set (security warnings apply).
  Click on Security and makes sure that at least Read & List Folder
contents all set on Allow.

It is not necessary to edit your /etc/hosts file to include the Windows
machine. One thing that *is* helpful however is to set both the windows
and linux machine domains to the same. In otherwords, if your windows
machine domain is 'workgroup' and the linux machine is 'mshome' there
may be conflicts later on. It's best to set them both the same. To do
this on the linux machine:

System|Networking|General
Hostname: machinename
Domain name: mshome (or workgroup etc)

The information provided to you by Wei-Yee Chan should have worked. You
might want to reinstall/check your Samba server, start here:

http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu:Edgy
 or here if you are running Dapper
http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper

Scroll down to section 1.19.5 Samba Server (21.3 on Dapper)

 - Install the server and smbfs:

sudo apt-get install samba smbfs

Given that you only want to browse the Windows directories you needn't
bother (yet) about setting up the shares on your linux machine for the
windows user. However if you want the windows machine to browse etc on
your linux machine you'll need to follow the rest of the instructions in
1.19.5 to set up the windows user on your machine. It's worth spending
time reviewing the wiki's that I've provided.