Malke wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>
>
>>"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:3tj94mFssnjtU1@individual.net...
>>
>>>OK. I've got the linux to linux networking OK, now how do I get my
>>>Windows XP laptop to see the Linux Desktop?
>>>(In simple terms please!)
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>I've got the Ubuntu Desktop to see the XP laptop by the same method I
>>used for the Linux-to-Linux network.
>>Now, how do I get the XP laptop to see the Linux Desktop?
>
>
> You need to run Samba on Linux. Briefly:
>
> 1. If not already installed, install the Samba client and server.
> 2. Set the nmb and smb daemons to run at startup in runlevels 3 and 5.
> 3. Add the XP users/passwords to the Linux box.
> 4. Add the XP users/passwords to Samba users by:
>
> su to root in a console
> smbpasswd -a username [enter]
> enter password [enter]
> confirm password [enter]
>
> 5. Now you need to configure Samba. You can do this by manually editing
> the smb.conf file or (preferable) use tools that come with your distro
> and/or window manager. Since I'm not familiar with Ubuntu (SuSE here),
> I can't tell you that. In SuSE, I make some configurations with YaST
> and then more elaborate settings in KDE. Post in a newsgroup for Ubuntu
> for more details about that if you need to.
>
> 6. Obviously on the XP box you need to create shares, permissions, and
> make sure the firewall allows lan traffic as trusted.
>
> Another great tool for system administration is Webmin. And of course,
> no answer about Linux would be complete without:
>
> man samba
>
> HTH,
>
> Malke

hi Malke,

Thanks for the info. I sort-of stumbled on the procedure by various
routes, but I'll keep your reply as a good precis of how it's done for
the future!

(And keep up the good work in the Windows groups, which I visit from
time to time!)

Cheers

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