Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Leonard Miller
Sorry, then I must be as confused as Kelly I'll shut-up now >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/13/03 12:29PM >>> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:25, Leonard Miller wrote: > or you could look at getting a remote X display using > something like Putty and an X client. Somebody here > knows about them, I've seen th

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 13:11, kelly wrote: > I didn´t get offended at all. It´s just that this is all too new for me... > but it´s ok, i figured out what i have to do. Glad to hear it, but that was directed at Leonard. Kelly, please step away from the keyboard before you hurt somebody. (jk!) :

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 01:26:52PM -0300, kelly wrote: > Sorry for the lack of information > I´ll try to make it better > I have a linux box which has samba running on it. The windows boxes > autenticate on samba and can "see" each other perfectly. What i´m trying to > do is: i have a lin

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread kelly
Sorry for the lack of information I´ll try to make it better I have a linux box which has samba running on it. The windows boxes autenticate on samba and can "see" each other perfectly. What i´m trying to do is: i have a linux desktop which is not the one that has the samba server, is a

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:36, Leonard Miller wrote: > Sorry, then I must be as confused as Kelly > I'll shut-up now Please don't be offended. I only wished to "corral" the thread back in before it gets out of focus (as if that's possible). ;-) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://w

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 09:04, Kelly Goedert wrote: > Hello, > > I have a samba server configured and running nicely. All the desktops > that run windows 9x can be accessed without problem. But, i can't access > the desktops that run linux RH9. I'm sure i missed something but can't > figure it out.

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread roncordell
> Sorry, then I must be as confused as Kelly > I'll shut-up now > Not really; it's just that the work desktop is overloaded to the point of confusion. Does it mean desktop as in a computer form factor, or desktop as a graphical user interface metaphor? However, I think that in this case it is in

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread kelly
I didn´t get offended at all. It´s just that this is all too new for me... but it´s ok, i figured out what i have to do. Thanks to all that tried to help... sorry the confusion... Jason Dixon writes: On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:36, Leonard Miller wrote: Sorry, then I must be as confused as Kell

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Leonard Miller
Look at VNC http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ Leonard >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/13/03 12:26PM >>> Sorry for the lack of information I ll try to make it better I have a linux box which has samba running on it. The windows boxes autenticate on samba and can "see" each other perfectly. W

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Leonard Miller
or you could look at getting a remote X display using something like Putty and an X client. Somebody here knows about them, I've seen the threads. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/13/03 12:26PM >>> Sorry for the lack of information I ll try to make it better I have a linux box which has samba ru

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:26, kelly wrote: > Sorry for the lack of information > I´ll try to make it better > I have a linux box which has samba running on it. The windows boxes > autenticate on samba and can "see" each other perfectly. What i´m trying to > do is: i have a linux desktop wh

Re: linux desktops

2003-08-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:25, Leonard Miller wrote: > or you could look at getting a remote X display using > something like Putty and an X client. Somebody here > knows about them, I've seen the threads. Please stop. Kelly is looking for a way to view SMB shares between systems. Neither VNC no

RE: Linux Desktops

2003-02-28 Thread Chris Mason
Just did this for a public computer in a hotel. What you have to do is install KDE 3.1, which is not released by Redhat yet. There is a KDE on Redhat http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net project that has RH8 KDE 3.1 RPMs. KDE 3.1 supports Kiosk mode where you can lock down every application. Read the

Re: Linux Desktops

2003-02-27 Thread Ed . Greshko
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Art Ross wrote: > Does anyone know of a way to lock down Linux desktop? I have a friend > who wanted to > know if Linux could be locked down similar to Windows NT & Windows 2K. Along with the other suggestions given to you it would probably be a good idea to look at which she

Re: Linux Desktops

2003-02-27 Thread nate
Art Ross said: > Does anyone know of a way to lock down Linux desktop? I have a friend who > wanted to > know if Linux could be locked down similar to Windows NT & Windows 2K. linux is lightyears more "lockable" then any MS system. Though it can take a bit of work to setup depending on what your

Re: Linux Desktops

2003-02-27 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:03:13PM -0500, Art Ross wrote: > Does anyone know of a way to lock down Linux desktop? I have a friend > who wanted to > know if Linux could be locked down similar to Windows NT & Windows 2K. I believe it can, but I haven't tried to confirm this. You'll need to disable