Thanks James; I am glad you appreciated the little bit of fun I was having. On Thu, 2006-07-09 at 21:08 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > William Case wrote: > > I tried Samba. That is what took up most of my day yesterday. I didn't > > mention it in my post because I got it so screwed up. To set it up as > > you suggest, what information do I need, keeping in mind that I do have > > the home network working for Windows. Normally I would just go to my > > manuals and experiment a bit. But I got to tell you, at the moment me > > and Linux are rapidly losing household points. I have only a few more > > times left that I can bounce her off her computer while I 'fix' the > > printer. > > Oh dear. Wait until she's out? Ask if you can use her computer to check > something on yours while she's out? > Yes. Actually I do know exactly what I have to say and do until I get this fixed. However, after 30 years of marriage I have learnt one thing; she understands family politics as well as I do. > > These are double checking questions. I am pretty sure I know the > > answers but I don't want to check twice: What is the NetBios name? Or, > > where do I find it in her WindowsXP? > The "computer name" -- you'll need the NetBIOS "workgroup" name, too. > I think Samba will use your hostname as a default -- if you've called it > the same thing (e.g. "william", and not "william-fedora" or > "william-xp"), it should default to the right thing. > > Can you see your computer from hers through "My Network Places"? Can you > see global shares? Can you browse home directories? Her "My Network Places" shows me my system when I am in WindowsXP, but not when I am in FC5. But I will check out exactly what I can see. > These seem to be the important settings: > [global] > workgroup = westexe > server string = James' computer > hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > cups options = raw > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > writeable = yes > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > printable = yes > [data] > path = /media/data > writeable = yes > browseable = yes > valid users = emily > > Check the log files, too (/var/log/samba/*) -- they can be helpful. Thanks James, the above is the reassuring doublecheck I needed. > > Where would I check what the user > > name and password are? I was hoping to use anonymous or guest. > > Surely you either enter a username and password, or click on a picture > with a name beside it when you boot up XP? Nope. She likes to be as close to DOS as possible. Passwords etc. just frustrate her. She is an extremely bright lady -- so don't make me try to explain. > That's the username. As for > the password, if she doesn't have one, I *think* XP will remember > passwords -- there may be a checkbox to tick. You may be able to use > smbpasswd to set her a blank password. Ahh!! > (Make sure this is well > firewalled!) > > Hope this helps, > Should help a lot. I'll get the printer going after dinner. -- Regards Bill
