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Re: [PLUG] Samba question
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> On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 14:57, Eric Alexander wrote:
> > I am very new to Linux and I'm trying to get Samba working on Red Hat 8.0.
> > I've followed the instructions that I've read in a couple of books, but I
> > get an error on my browser that says "Could not connect to host localhost
> > (port 901)". Does anybody have any suggestios of what I can try? Like I
> > said, I'm very new to Linux, so let me know if you need more info.
Samba is a great way to "cut your teeth" on linux as it teaches you a bit
about configging a linux box, and its syntax is a lot nicer than say,
sendmail.
Samba runs on port: 139
Windows will find this automagically.
On linux box:
Do:
nmap localhost to determine if samba is running. If it's not then you need
to install (man up2date on rh).
My nmap looks like this:
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
Next.
Open smb.conf file and add your
configs. smb.conf is highly human readable.
Location varies by distro.
Do:
/etc/init.d/restart
Then do
smbpasswd -a bob
Where bob is your account login. Add a passwd when prompted.
Go to windows box:
Add a user to windows (there are many windows distros so this varies a
bit) with the same name: bob, or whatnot.
Then click on "Network Neighborhood" or "Places" (again varies w/ the win
distro).
Then on windows box, search for linux box by domain (again varies, click
around a bit):
charlie.bob.com (for example)
>From here, treat linux box like a regular windows box.
Fred Ollinger
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