Fedora Users — Re: Samba - Sharing files with XP and missing files

YigalB wrote:

I am still trying to share files with XP (I can see the XP machines from my Fedora but not the other way around).

I read in Samba’s web site that SWAT is a GUI for Samba’s CFG file – so I downloaded it but RPM fail to install it because liblber & libldap are required.

In http://rpmfind.net I found files relevant for Mandrake but not for FC2 which I use. What should I do now? Is it safe/ok to use libs compiled for other distributions? Or is there another solution?

Another thing that bother me is why doesn’t RPM go and take the needed files automatically ? I mean all the information is there: the names, the version..

Thanks

Yigal

As root, in a terminal window, try

    yum install samba-swat

yum should try to resolve any dependency issues. The problem may be that the needed packages might not be available in the repositories (in your /etc/yum.conf file).

Once installed, you will have to add a line

    swat   901/tcp

to your /etc/services file. Next, start

    system-config-services

from a terminal window and check the box for swat. Load your favorite browser and go to

    http://localhost:901

(assuming hostname is localhost).

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