>> [<Yigal>] It worked - at least started to: service smb start started the >> service.. I can see now the Linux PC from the XP, but I get a request >> for password. I want to allow free access: how do I tell the Linux to >> share? (in XP it's simple: right click and share) > >Please read the documentation, i.e.: > >http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ [<Yigal>] Thanks. I did, but somehow this is very long. I get the feeling that these guides were written specifically for those who know everything and don't need guides - I really can't compile this and also understand it as a newbie. I wish there was a "7 steps to connect to XP network on home network system guide. >Use system-config-samba [<Yigal>] Command not found or swat [<Yigal>] I write SWAT and nothing happends - like its running in "no output mode" > or hand edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf to >setup the shares. [<Yigal>] Last time I was really brave I did such changes and had to install all OS from start. Again: as a newbie I prefer to go through GUIs which show me what I really need for a specific task and do a sanity check for the variables I enter. At the moment I use the browser through localhost:901 and could create a share which I even can see from the XP, however I get the response that this share does not have the permission and direct me to the administrator, which is me; but I have no idea what to do now. At least someone calls me administrator. Cool.
