Connecting laptop to sever

[Kim Briggs]

On 8/2/08, John <John at dmj-consultancy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi.
>
>  I have recently bought a new laptop with Ubuntu 8.04 installed.
>
>  Whilst it sees the internet through me (SuSE 10.0) server, and reads the
>  DNS files thereon, it will not display my intranet pages or allow me to
>  mount any of the server's drives.
>
>  What do I need to do to get my laptop talking with, rather than just
>  through, my server?
>
>  Ultimately, I want to set up email and a VPN between the two computers
>  but if they don't talk to eachother in the same room, I'm not going to
>  get very far!
>
>  TIA
>
>  John
>
Hi John,

First reply I saw told you about nfs-common.  It SUSE, there is Yast
to configure the shares graphically.  If you want to directly see what
is going on, edit the /etc/exports file:

http://kimbriggs.com/computers/computer-notes/linux-notes/nfs-setup-guide.file

Suse also has graphics for Samba, but last time I used it, it took
forever.  Here is how to edit the samba config file:

http://kimbriggs.com/computers/computer-notes/linux-notes/samba-setup-ubuntu704-guide.file

As far as the intranet "web" pages, if you are trying to call your
server by its name, you need to have a line in /etc/hosts relating the
server's IP address to the name.  Ohterwise, just use the IP and you
should see it if apache is running.  I don't know how to help you if
your server's IP address changes with time.  I suggest you use a fixed
IP for your server.

cheers,
-- 
http://kimbriggs.com