Re: [PLUG] Speaking of Win98 -- Samba question

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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Paul wrote:
> Art Alexion wrote:
>
> > I have never been able to get samba to work, and thought I'd give it 
> > another try.  I can ping the Linux machine from windows and vice 
> > versa, but can't get samba to work.  There are no NT, 2000 or XP 
> > machines, just a win98 and a win95.  Does samba require at least one 
> > "NT" machine?
>
> Under network properties on the Win9x boxes, make sure file sharing and 
> print sharing is installed and enabled.  On the Linux box, make sure 
> Samba (smbd) is running.  By default you should be able to see the Samba 
> server in Network Neighborhood.  More than likely you will not be able 
> to connect to a Samba share, but you should be able to see the server.  
> Let's start with that.

I have found that using swat to set up samba is a very good tool.  By 
default on Debian systems swat is turned off in /etc/inetd.conf thus you 
have to edit the file.  After you have samba working, turn swat off again.

Start swat with your favorite browser with http://localhost:901


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