Re: Connecting a Windows laptop to a Linux internal network

2005-12-28 Thread Ed
Ed, you need to go to "network places" in XP, and set up the network there for XP. Make sure you use the same workgroup name as the Linux network. You need "setup a network for home or a small office", choose home. Now go to your Samba config file and under the workgroup name add the followin

Re: Connecting a Windows laptop to a Linux internal network

2005-12-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/12/05 21:16), Ed Paris wrote: > Hi There, > > I have an internal Linux network. I want to add a Windows XP Professional > laptop to this network so that I can share files. I am using SAMBA on the > Unix side and think I have the global and share sections of smb.conf set up > correctly, th

Re: Connecting a Windows laptop to a Linux internal network

2005-12-27 Thread Ernst-Magne Vindal
On Tue, December 27, 2005 21:08, Arnt Karlsen said: > On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:15 -0700, Ed wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> >> Hi There, >> >> I have an internal Linux network. I want to add a Windows XP >> Professional laptop to this network so that I can share files. I am >> us

Re: Connecting a Windows laptop to a Linux internal network

2005-12-27 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:15 -0700, Ed wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi There, > > I have an internal Linux network. I want to add a Windows XP > Professional laptop to this network so that I can share files. I am > using SAMBA on the Unix side and think I have the global and

Connecting a Windows laptop to a Linux internal network

2005-12-26 Thread Ed Paris
Hi There, I have an internal Linux network.  I want to add a Windows XP Professional laptop to this network so that I can share files.  I am using SAMBA on the Unix side and think I have the global and share sections of smb.conf set up correctly, though maybe not.  I tried to find the Lin