On Tuesday 16 April 2002 23:23, Kevin Donnelly wrote: - 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. - I used vi and added "modprobe smbs" at the bottom of the file. - - 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. - - (Thanks to Nick Davis for these two points: - http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0318.linuxcorp-p2.html) - Done. - - Fourthly, ensure that there are shared resources on the Windows (I am - assuming 98) machines. You may have done this already, but if you have - not, - you need to add the File Sharing for MS Networks service via - right-click/Properties/Add on the Network Neighbourhood icon. Ensure that - all Win PCs are in the same workgroup, and that the name (Identification - tab) - is proper (ie no weird characters like periods). Then, via the My - Computer - icon, right-click the resource you want to share (eg C:), and - select Sharing. - Give it a name and description, and decide on whether you - want to give full - or read-only access. - Done. - - Now, open LinNeighbourhood. Click on Options/Browse entire network. In - the - popup box, you should be the user (greyed out). (If you are not, tick - the - Browse as user box, and enter your username and password. Then untick - the - box.) Click on OK. - Doesn't work for some reason. I have to press the add button and add manualy. It doesn't show up in LinNeighborhood, but I can navigate to an empty folder in Konq (/home/usr/mnt/<host>/<shared resource> Isn't there a way that I can get these drives to mount on my desktop as a drive without having to do LinNeighborhood, manually adding the shared resource and then using Konq to navigate (at startup)? I would like it to work the way my Win 2k partition just pops onto my desktop at startup. I see that LN has an "-m" command in the command line, but I am not sure how to go about this. I also see in the read me file that LN can't mount printer shares. Hmm. - - Give it a few seconds, particularly if you have just made changes to your - Win - PCs - it can take up to 10 minutes for changes made to a Win network - to - propagate. But you should eventually end up with a nested hierarchy in - the - left-hand panel, with your machine at the top. Below it there is a - network - (perhaps called TUX-NET) which will have entries for the Linux - machines on - which Samba is installed (so your machine should also appear - here). Below - that there is another network (perhaps called WORKGROUP). - This should - consist of your Windows PCs. If it does not, try - doubleclicking on the - entry. Each PC entry should have a + next to it, - and if you click on that - you should see the shares you established - earlier. Doubleclick on one, click - Mount, and LN should mount it at your - chosen point, and open Konq to display - it. - Any ideas how I can print to a shared printer? YAST2 can't seem to find either of the HP printers on the LAN :-( Cheers, Brian