[Discuss] LAN

[fishclan-3]

Thanks David
This looks like the perfect resource reference. I missed it in my futile 
searching.
Stan Fisher

David Freeman wrote:
> 
> http://www.math.temple.edu/computing/samba.html
> 
> for problem #2 - you must have the same userid's in windows for your 
> samba user's and passwords.  you then must specify in your smb.conf 
> which directories said users will have access into.
> 
> 
> problem #1 sounds like you need to create a script to automatically 
> reconnect at boot up of your linux box (can't figure why you'd be 
> rebooting linux too often?) which is illustrated here in many versions 
> nicely.
> 
> http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch11_:_Sharing_Resources_Using_Samba#Sharing_Windows_Drives_Using_a_Linux_SAMBA_Client 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> At 10:49 AM 7/4/2006, you wrote:
>> I am still having trouble setting up my home network any help 
>> appreciated.
>> Problem 1:
>> I have configured samba and can see and access the shares on my laptop
>> (FISHCLAN-2 XP) from my
>> desktop (FISHCLAN-3 Mepis). But there does not seem to be any memory of
>> the previous network connection after a reboot either through automatic
>> look-up or through the bookmarked address (using smb4K).
>> There is a dialogue box that announces that:
>> AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO MOUNT THE SHARES.
>> details: CONNECTION TO FISHCLAN-2 FAILED
>>         SMB connection failed.
>> If I open samba and manually connect to fishclan-2 (192.168.1.100) the
>> nework comes up and there is no problem accessing the fishclan-2 files
>> from fishclan-3.
>> Question: is this normal behaviour of samba or can fishclan-2's IP be
>> put somewhere so that the connection is automatic through the bookmark
>> function?
>>
>> Problem 2:
>> The laptop (fishclan-2) sees the network (fishnet) and sees the samba
>> shares of fishclan-3 but cannot enter them. The message is: FISHCLAN-3
>> IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS SERVER TO FIND OUT
>> IF YOU HAVE ACCESS PERMISSIONS. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE
>> NETWORK RESOURCE. NETWORK PATH NOT FOUND.
>>
>> All shared fishclan-3 folders are owned by fishclan-3 and rw accessible
>> to USERS
>>
>> Do I need to add fishclan-2 to the USERS group (and if so should this 
>> be in the //share/share form?) or is there some other
>> issue that I am not seeing?
>>
>> Stan Fisher
>>
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