+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted February 24, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted February 24, 2004 I want to use Linux, but I'm not used to it. Right now im on a network, i was wondering how do i see other people, and is it ok if there windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3ngu1n Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 You can bowse windows shares using samba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrStaticVoid Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Yeah, Samba is the way to go. On most RPM distros, you just need to start the Samba service in the distro's services settings. You can change the workgroup and such in /etc/samba/smb.conf, but again, most RPM distros have a configuration utility to do that too. If you are using KDE, open up Konq and type smb://compname/sharename. If you are using GNOME, open up Nautilus and browse to smb://compname/sharename. Easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2004 And, when you get comfy with access to the Windows shares on the other PCs, you can start looking at the mount command to make a permanent connection you can access via your filesystem with something like /mnt/pc1_share :) When you are ready to start trying different things, just ask! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 ya, samba rules! Lisa is cool too, but a bit more of a pain to get working, samba has always worked off the get-go for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 Yeah, Samba is the way to go. On most RPM distros, you just need to start the Samba service in the distro's services settings. You can change the workgroup and such in /etc/samba/smb.conf, but again, most RPM distros have a configuration utility to do that too. If you are using KDE, open up Konq and type smb://compname/sharename. If you are using GNOME, open up Nautilus and browse to smb://compname/sharename. Easy. Konq does not transfer files properly to SMB shares when the files are larger than 256MB (in my experience anyway). I found it best to install Samba on Linux and then open the share on a Windows 'puter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Konq does not transfer files properly to SMB shares when the files are larger than 256MB (in my experience anyway).I found it best to install Samba on Linux and then open the share on a Windows 'puter. huh? I've never had problems with samba through konquerer...use it all the time to transfer between my linux box and my roomie's computer, always large files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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