[PLUG] Debian-SAMBA Suggestions

["Bill Diehl" <infonews@verizon.net>]

Dear PLUG Members:

Thank you all for your replies and suggestions.  I really appreciate 
your responsiveness and willingness to help.  I will pursue the 
resources that you all have provided.  Perhaps when I can 
conclude something more specific I will be better able to ask better 
questions.

Because I learned that Debian was underlying popular Linux 
distros, like Ubantu and Linspire, I decided to just go with the core 
distro.  Having run both Ubantu and Linspire from their CDs, I also 
did not want the overhead of the desktops that they have (ran really 
slowly on my Athlon 1.2GHz Thunderbird).

I have been able to configure Debian-Etch with IceWM to eliminate 
the need for a desktop and have it fully functional as a stand-alone 
system.  The primary obstacle to running Etch daily has been the 
lack of a functioning network.  Because it has been several months 
since I worked with Etch, I've forgotten most of what I had learned 
while setting everything up - the networking frustration just burned 
me out.  My goal was to set up a lean Debian configuration and I 
seemed to be doing pretty well for a newbie until I hit the SAMBA 
wall. 

Hopefully the resources that you all provided will inspire me to go 
back at it again.  I know SAMBA is running and the configuration 
files were set as best as I could determine from the documentation 
but just did not know how to configure it any differently to make it 
work.  I will see what I can learn from what you all provided.  It must 
be possible to get SAMBA to work with Etch (unless there is a bug 
in Etch as some have suggested on other forums).

Thanks again,
--Bill Diehl

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