Quoting "neilh.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <neilh.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > applications - system settings - server settings does not have a samba > configuration option, so I go to Package Management to install > system-config-samba. > > Package Management tells me that it can't install samba-client because > it can't > find samba-common. > > If I go to install samba-common I get told that the package is already > installed. > > I got there in the end simply with yum install sytem-config-samba ...which gives... blah, blah, blah... Dependencies Resolved Transaction Listing: Install: system-config-samba.noarch 0:1.2.22-0.fc3.1 Performing the following to resolve dependencies: Install: samba.i386 0:3.0.10-1.fc3 Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: system-config-samba-1.2.2 100% |=========================| 192 kB 00:03 samba-3.0.10-1.fc3.i386.r 100% |=========================| 13 MB 03:56 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: samba 100 % done 1/2 Installing: system-config-samba 100 % done 2/2 Installed: system-config-samba.noarch 0:1.2.22-0.fc3.1 Dependency Installed: samba.i386 0:3.0.10-1.fc3 Complete! I guess this is a bug with the package management gui. I conclude that Fedora isn't a particularly wise choice for Linux newbies or people who like to use guis. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sent with "Me-Mail", Boltblue's FREE mobile messaging service. http://www.boltblue.com
