Re: cable modem: does my hostname matter?

"Krzys Majewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My cable provider tells me my hostname is cr275960-a. So I've put > cr275960-a in /etc/hostname and everything works. My /etc/hosts looks > like this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 24.115.135.172cr275960-a cr275960-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com > > A

smb.conf issues (was Re: Samba and VMWare)

"Kelly Corbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The external network is eth0. As an aside, there is no eth0 device in > /dev. I see that eth0 is assigned on boot up to the network card I > have, but there is no device in /dev. Is this normal? I can't recall > if this how it should be. That's how

Re: Samba and VMWare

"Kelly Corbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ; Allow several Samba servers on the same machine > > > interfaces = eth* 208.46.58.171#/208.46.58.248/255.255.255.0 > > > bind interfaces only = yes > > > > That interfaces line doesn't look right. Is it really like that, or just the > > messag

Re: Samba and VMWare

"Kelly Corbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using VMWare (which rocks!) Agreed! VMware is stunning! > In my win98 virtual machine, I can see my linux box and the rest of my > workgroup and all shares work fine, including the shares setup on my > linux samba server. Other windoze machines