From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt17a-176.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([208.40.16.176] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15PsDq-0006ht-00 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:59:07 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f6QKxl300607 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:59:47 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:58:52 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Samba Help - I'm a Samba Newbie Message-ID: <20010726155852.A602@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010726105210.02321108@hesiod> <4945.18.170.2.33.996149007.squirrel@econ-wp.mit.edu> <3B60354A.B168D20C@mtl.mit.edu> <002901c115d0$0a6003d0$23aef0cd@calder> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <002901c115d0$0a6003d0$23aef0cd@calder>; from rjc@MIT.EDU on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:39:40PM +0100 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: If you really want to learn about samba, then I'd suggest you read the samba book on the Orily (probably didn't spell that right) publishers web sight. I can alternatively send you the zip file of it if you'd like. Greg On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:39:40PM +0100, rjc wrote: > Not really sure what questions to ask here. I've tried to configure Samba on > my linux server. I want to just make a share on the server browsable via > windows explorer which allows me to access my apache config files from > windows. I'm the only one using the server, so don't have to worry about > configuring home directories and multiple users on the same share or any of > that stuff. I just want a simple share, writable by only me, browsable from > windows. One question before I give any details however, is this gunna > really work for me -- if I'm editing apache config files from, say, notepad, > what will happen with respect to line termination. linux/unix uses carriage > return, windows uses crlf. Does samba perform translation on the fly? Will > this totally break the files? > > General Configuration Notes > 1). Logged in as root, I started both smbd and nmbd from the command line, > 2). I used the default configuration file, changing the domain to reflect > our local NT domain. > 3). I added something like the following: > [apacheman] > valid users root rjc > browseable = yes > writable = yes > > When I tried it with smbclient, and give it the password, it tells me > something about "tree connect: server error, unable to connect", or some > such. Windows sees the host (shows up in network neighborhood) but gives a > "share not found" error when I open it. When I try and mounse it with > something like: > windows> net use \\barajas\apacheman > I get a share not found error. > > Am I doing mostly the correct thing here? Have I missed anything obvious? > > Thanx in advance! > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup