Hi, I know this issue is a firm favourite... I've had Suse 9.1, now got 9.2 on my desktop and want to set up a network with two laptops, one WIN98SE and one Win2k. Despite googling, tweaking, throwing computers against the wall I have NEVER been able to get the dreaded thing to work. Anybody out there with a similar setup? Cheers Ingo
Biggest issues is SuSE firewall. Disable it (temporarily) and try again... There has been lots of discussion about that here. B-) On Friday 14 January 2005 10:36 am, blabla wrote:
Hi,
I know this issue is a firm favourite...
I've had Suse 9.1, now got 9.2 on my desktop and want to set up a network with two laptops, one WIN98SE and one Win2k.
Despite googling, tweaking, throwing computers against the wall I have NEVER been able to get the dreaded thing to work.
Anybody out there with a similar setup?
Cheers
Ingo
Right, got as far as the laptops seeing my Tux-net. If I want to enter it, however, I am told that the network path cannot be found. I keep banging my head against the Samba wall here... Any ideas, testing procedures that even a newbie/clicker can follow? Ingo Brad Bourn wrote:
Biggest issues is SuSE firewall.
Disable it (temporarily) and try again...
There has been lots of discussion about that here.
B-)
On Friday 14 January 2005 10:36 am, blabla wrote:
Hi,
I know this issue is a firm favourite...
I've had Suse 9.1, now got 9.2 on my desktop and want to set up a network with two laptops, one WIN98SE and one Win2k.
Despite googling, tweaking, throwing computers against the wall I have NEVER been able to get the dreaded thing to work.
Anybody out there with a similar setup?
Cheers
Ingo
Þann Laugardagur 15 janúar 2005 16:54 skrifaði blabla:
Right, got as far as the laptops seeing my Tux-net. If I want to enter it, however, I am told that the network path cannot be found.
I keep banging my head against the Samba wall here...
Any ideas, testing procedures that even a newbie/clicker can follow?
What you need to do, is start 'nmbd', and you may also need to tell the other computers to use your linux as a wins server.
Hi Örn Einar, right, never heard of nmbd, googled, found it, opened the console, logged in as su and typed in nmbd and suddenly I could see my desktop on my laptop!!! Amazing... But how comes I have to start this manually? Is there any way of doing this automatically within YAST? Also, no shares appear although they are enabled. Any further tips? Cheers Ingo Örn Einar Hansen wrote:
What you need to do, is start 'nmbd', and you may also need to tell the other computers to use your linux as a wins server.
blabla wrote:
But how comes I have to start this manually? Is there any way of doing this automatically within YAST?
chkconfig nmbd on -- "The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 12:36, blabla wrote:
Hi,
I know this issue is a firm favourite...
I've had Suse 9.1, now got 9.2 on my desktop and want to set up a network with two laptops, one WIN98SE and one Win2k.
Despite googling, tweaking, throwing computers against the wall I have NEVER been able to get the dreaded thing to work.
Anybody out there with a similar setup?
Cheers
Ingo
On the linux box make sure you add the users to samba with smbpasswd -a <username> and supply the password. Or you can setup samba to auto add users to the samba password scheme. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*
I know this issue is a firm favourite...
I've had Suse 9.1, now got 9.2 on my desktop and want to set up a network with two laptops, one WIN98SE and one Win2k.
Despite googling, tweaking, throwing computers against the wall I have NEVER been able to get the dreaded thing to work.
Anybody out there with a similar setup?
Cheers
Ingo
On a Windows network, it will use the standard ports 137,138,139, sometimes 445. The one thing that is NOT listed and ever hardly talked about is the lovely Windows high end RPC ports that are used in a natural Windows enviroment. It will use the above mentioned ports along with a port range above 1000. So, let's say that you have all your ports opened above. That means you would also have to open ports 1000:1080. I've never seen it use higher ports than that. If we did this, we would have very insecure machines. The only way that I know to tame these high port numbers, Is by locking down a port range; say 1030:1040 or any other non used ports. I have not tampered, YET with lowering the port range down. Less than 10. I plan on trying soon. Here is a M.S. link to do some RPC lockdown reading: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154596 I know how irratating this can be! Believe me. I found this info out by running ethereal and reading in-depth online M.S. manuals + talking to other members on various boards. This has definatelity worked for me and you can use your "Networking Browsing" button flawlessly. JD
Right, thanks everyone for their comments but I had to borrow a book in the end to start from scratch with ping etc. Suse's downfall apparently lies in the file /etc/hosts which did not include any of the people I wanted to be able to access the network (an option I had looked for in YAST...). Now for the fun of tweaking everything so that it works like a dream. Cheers Ingo blabla wrote:
Hi,
I know this issue is a firm favourite...
I've had Suse 9.1, now got 9.2 on my desktop and want to set up a network with two laptops, one WIN98SE and one Win2k.
Despite googling, tweaking, throwing computers against the wall I have NEVER been able to get the dreaded thing to work.
Anybody out there with a similar setup?
Cheers
Ingo
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