Corrin Lakeland, 2002-Sep-29 10:07 +1200: > On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 09:55, Jeff wrote: > > Rhodri, 2002-Sep-28 11:51 -0700: > > > the network drive is Unix and I want to have access to my network > > > drive (mapping my network drive), namely, > > > > > > \\severname\myhomedirectory > > > > > > from my computer, not from the office's computer > > > the system is controlled my tsg (technical support group) > > > > > > I connect to that folder from my office's computer which runs > > > redhat 7.3. The problem is that I do not have admistrative rights > > > in that computer (i.e., I do not have root access), so I do not > > > know how they did it (and I can tell you they are not going to tell > > > me ). > > > > > > My own computer, this is, not the office's one, it is a novatech P4 > > > laptop which runs mainly debian (woody) although I left a litte > > > partition for windows xp (3 Gb). Using windows, I can connect to my > > > office's network drive using tools>map network drive> where I type > > > the name of my server and my user name. > > > > > > Given that I am quite new at debian (one month using it) I am not > > > pretty sure if I should use nfs through dhcp or I should use samba > > > instead. > > > > > > I have been looking for documentation about the matter, but all I > > > got was how to create LANs, etc. > > > I did not find anything related with my problem > > > > > > If you can give some advices and/or recomend me some documentation > > > to read (I like to read :)) > > > > > > I would be grateful > > > > > > Thanks lot > > > Rhodri > > > > Looks to me like TSG has setup NFS. > > Are you sure? He can connect from windows, and last I looked windows > didn't support NFS out of the box, just SMB. I'd be guessing smbmount > personally. > > Also, if you're right that it is NFS, then the laptop must already be in > the server's /etc/exports or he wouldn't be able to mount from windows. > So all he needs to do is modify the laptop's /etc/fstab. > > Corrin
Ah, I missed that (obviously). I saw that the office computer from which he connects to the network folder is Red Hat and blanked ont he rest. Right then...his office computer has to running samba. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
