hi ya falconer
> At 04:44 PM 10/14/00 -0700, you wrote: > >on your linux box... make sure you have /home/<foo> exported > >in /etc/exports if you want your NT to see the linux home dir... > > /etc/exports is related to NFS, nothing to do with samba if the /home or /foo is not exported from the linux box.... i would hope that samba would not allow access to that linux resource to the NTs/win98s ....giving them ro or rw permission as what user ??? -- NT access to linux directories should at least be based on /etc/exports > >make sure /etc/smb.conf also has /home defined in its config file > > Uhhh - why do you need /home shared via smb? I think you mean the [homes] > section in /etc/samba/smb.conf yes... /home is the value for path= for the [homes] stanza... > >make sure you have smbd and nmbd running on the linux side > > Yes - correct. > > >make sure tht you have fat/msdos/ntfs compatibility enabled in the kernel > >if you want to read/write to/from the nt... > > Nope - smbfs is what you need - its a kernel option under remote network > file system. You do not need fat to read a smb share, because you're > reading via SMB, not from a fat drive attached locally. yup...add that tooo.... > >make sure you run the smbpasswd -j domain_name -r nt_server thingie tooo > > To be honest - this might not work with win 2000 domains. MS have buggered > it all up, and I hear that samba is forking development - one branch will > focus on win2000 support. yeah....i never had to use smbpasswd before...till just a week or so ago when adding linux boxes to their NT world.....allowing those NTs to rw to/from the linux dirs...... oh well...as long as it works... > This command tells nt_server (the PDC of the domain called domain_name) > that your linux box is to join the domain and participate as a domain > controller. > > >on the NT side.... make sure you have C:\\something defined as a share... > > If theres a directory on the NT machine you want to access from the linux > box then yes, otherwise you don't need to create shares on the NT side yup... > FYI, NT workstation/server always has \\machinename\c$ as a hidden share > with administrator full access. You'd need to use this command to mount a > NT share into your linux filesystem > > smbmount //servername/c\$ /mnt -o username=ADMINISTRATOR > > the c\$ escapes the dollars sign so that the shell doesn't look for a > variable. one of many ways to mount the NT to the linux box... have fun... alvin http://www.linux-1U.net...... > > >On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Eileen Orbell wrote: > > > > > I have tried and tried to get Windows 2000 to see my linux box through > > > Samba so I can share files etc. But no matter what I tried I have no > > > success. Is there anyone out there who knows how to do this? > > > > > -- > Criggie >
