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Browsing Linux directories from Windows

I've setup a Mandrake Linux server and configured it with the same workgroup as other networked PC's. I now want to be able to browse the server directories from a networked Win2k PC. The win2k PC can ping the server's ip address, but in Windows Explorer the only evidence of the Linux server is an icon '192' below a workgroup icon called 'Mdkgroup'.

Where do I go from here?

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lemmeC

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james_in_hardware

Do you have Client fo NFS installed on the machines you are trying to use to connect to the Linux machine?

ncw

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lemmeC: I'm looking for more specific help please, rather than links to lots of text to read - takes forever with Linux!

james: I only have Client for Microsoft Networks, I don't know what 'Client fo NFS' is.

I found the page where you can view the samba configuration. I then found how to access the samba.conf file and thought I had edited it but I don't think it saved correctly. I can't find where in the gui menu system to find it now.

ncw

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I've updated the samba configuration workgroup and netbios name using:

Quick Browser | System Configuration | Samba | smb.conf

I shall reboot to see if it saved correctly.

ncw

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no it didn't save .... how missleading!

ncw

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The smb.conf file appears to be read only, is there a gui for changing permissions?

ncw

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I logged in as root and edited workgroup and netbios name in the smb.conf file and saved it. On the Win2k PC in windows explorer, the linux machine now appears twice in the correct workgroup, once as 192 and once as the edited name 'Linux'. Also the workgroup Mdkgroup is still listed.

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