[Erich K]

I need help getting my linux box and my windows xp box to network.

My WIndows username is: Migrating Coconut

My Linux username is: Erich

The linux host is: whitelinux

The workgroup is: mshome

The Windows computer name is: Pavillion

What would i put in the linux adress bar to get into the windows files? (Let me know if you need any more info)

[Greg]

try just "smb://Pavillion"

[Erich K]

Originally posted by Greg
try just "smb://Pavillion"

It says:

The folder contents could not be displayed.
Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of "Windows Network: pavillion".

I'm hooked up to a router with the other computer if that means anything.
And the ip for this linux box is: 192.168.2.8

The windows box is: 192.168.2.6

If those are any help.

Really need to get this working :o

[jakec]

Leon,

What Distro are you using?, SUSE has a good guide on How to Setup Samba but you will need to use "Yast". Yes I know yuk

Just gimmie what distro you are using please

Jake


EDIT:

What about smbfs? all you have to do is follow thsese steps:

Getting smbfs

Grab the latest Samba sources and unpack them
Configure with "./configure --with-smbmount"
Compile using "make"
Run "make install"

then setup the Windows Share Directory:

To access shared folders in Linux:
Open a shell.


Become root. su and enter your root password when asked for it.


Create a mount point for the shared folder. mkdir /mnt/share


Mount the shared folder. mount -t smbfs -o username=username,password=password //compname/sharename /mnt/share

Replace username with your username on the other box and password with the associated password. Replace compname with the name of the computer, and sharename with the name of the share.
If you didn't get any errors, you're all set. The folder is "mapped" to /mnt/share.

If you DID get an error, this part might help:

If the error said "can't open /etc/smb.conf: no such file" or something like that, ignore it. You don't need a config file just to mount shares.

If the error said "wrong fs type or bad superblock n //compname/sharename", it means samba isn't installed. Install it and try again.

If it said "unknown filesystem smbfs" or "kernel doesn't support smbfs" or something like that, it means you don't have smbfs support in your kernel. Run modprobe smbfs and try again. If it still doesn't work, you will have to build a new kernel with SMB support enabled.

If it says "couldn't connect to compname", open your /etc/hosts file and add an entry for the computer you're trying to connect to.

I think I've covered everything that could possibly go wrong with mounting, so let's move on to sharing.

To share directories on Linux:

Open a shell and become root, as described before.


Open your /etc/smb.conf file. kedit /etc/smb.conf (replace kedit with your favorite editor if you want)


Alter it like so:


Change the WORKGROUP setting to the name of the workgroup you want to be in.


The HOSTS ALLOW line should contain the list of IP ranges that are on your home network. For example, if your computers were all 192.168.0.* your line would look like this:
hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.


Set ENCRYPT PASSWORDS to "yes"


Set SMB PASSWORD FILE to "/etc/smbpasswd"


On the INTERFACES line, list all of your computer's IP addresses, except the internet address if it has one. For example, if you computer had a loopback IP 127.0.0.1, an internal IP 192.168.0.1, and an internet IP 25.246.105.108, your line would be:
interfaces = 192.168.0.1 127.0.0.1


Save it and exit the editor.


Add an account for your Windows box. smbpasswd -a user password


Replace user with the username you want. and password with a password. The username should be a valid user on the Linux box.


Open up /etc/smb.conf again.


Scroll down to the Share Definitions part.


The first chunk would be the homes section. Edit it as necessary to make it match this:
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes


Now add any other shares you want like this:
[sharename]
comment = Comment
path = /path/to/share
read only = no
public = yes


Save and exit.


Now start the Samba server. nmbd -D and then smbd -D


Souces: http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=125

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ux-fedora.html

Hope this Helps,

Jake

[Greg]

Maybe "smb://mshome"?

[Erich K]

I'm using fedora core 4. Also smb://mshome gave same problem.

[kostas]

did you try smb://192.168.2.6 ?