On Suse 7.1 you do /home/gringo/ /etc/rc.d/smb status Checking for service smb: OK OK root@gringo Wed Apr 17 03:01:17pm /home/gringo/ Brian Marr My suggestion -bypass the switch and connect directly to a Win PC. Do start > run > ping xxxx or start > run > ping (computer name) On Wednesday 17 April 2002 12:28, you wrote:
On Tuesday 16 April 2002 23:23, Kevin Donnelly wrote: - Firstly, are you sure you have installed Samba (including smbclient?). Do - rpm -qa | grep samba - to find out. - Only smbclient is installed. I saw no reason to install the whole package as the rest of my family are more novices than even I am ;-) - - Second, is the smbfs module loaded. Find out by doing - lsmod - If it is not, (as root) do - modprobe smbfs - to load it. I think you need to add a line to - /etc/init.d/boot.local - to do this automatically at boot, but others here will be more knowledgeable - on this. - No, the smbfs module was not loaded. can anyone on the list confirm these instructions, maybe with a little more detail? I don't want to end up not being able to boot my system ;-) - - Thirdly, make smbmnt and smbumount suid root, so that ordinary users can use - them. As root, do - chmod 4755 /usr/bin/smbmnt - chmod 4755 /usr/bin/smbumount - I am sure there are some security implications in this (which others may - perhaps be kind enough to point out), but it may be sensible to get the thing - working first and then worry about them. - I am again not sure I want to do this (as per installing all of SAMBA) but am willing to consider it on advice from the list.
Cheers,
Brian