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On Saturday 23 March 2002 15:05, you wrote:
Logging in as root is impracticable as I transfer files from my machine to the Win boxes, but also need to share a printer over the LAN.
I don't know how you got from transfering files to printers, but my networked Win98 also serves up my (win only?) printer.
I am trying to connect to the Win boxes on my LAN. That is why I am trying to get the smb client working, preferably with LinNeighborhood as per the instructions in Art's e-mail Printing has become a topic because you stated as follows in a previous mail:
From what I have seen, LISa is to be used to browse network shares, not samba shares. Have you tried in Konquerer smb://"computername"/"share Try mount -t smbfs -o rw,user,username=(yourusername for the share), password=(passwd for that share) //"computername"/"sharename" mountpoint, or. i.e. mount -t smbfs -o rw,user,username=joe,password=xxxxx //jmorris/C /mnt/samba. If all you are going to do it read/write, I can do it with my Windows machine downstairs through Konq with smb:// as above.
This obviously does not help me much if I also need to print. Nor does it follow the instructions that were provided in Art's mail, which I am trying to follow as stringently as possible, so that I can get this issue solved as quickly as possible.
I don't have a printer connected to my computer yet and am forced to share a printer. Logging on as root every time I want to print a document is not really something I would feel comfortable with.
Why do you need to log in as root to print?
AFAIK, printer sharing is not one of the things that Konq can do.
This is another attempt to direct the issue at hand back to Art's original e-mail. I am simply pointing out (again) that your suggestion of using Konq will not help me, but is simply muddying the waters in relationship to Art's original e-mail instructions.
Konq is a web/file browser. It neither shares printers nor files.
Go to control panel, network, windows share. Enter the information there.
"Default user name" is this the "computer name" that I am working from or is it literally "user name"?
Where is this exactly. If you mean the Identification tab, it is the computer name.
Look above, it states KDE control center "panel", network, windows share. That is where it is necessary to fill out the "default user name". Now, does this literally mean "user name" or "computer name"?
I ask, because as I see it, on a home LAN, it is more important to know which computer is connected than which user. Our family members sometimes switch computer if there are performance or technical problems with one or more of the computers.
If you are talking about a resource of a computer, such as a HD or printer, it is always referred to its source as the computer, not the user.
Exactly, which is why the requirement of filling out "user name" in KDE -> Control Center-> Network -> Windows Share is confusing for me. My conclusion is that "user name" means "user name" in this field, but as you rightly stated in one of your earlier e-mails:
What I mean is you don't 'have' to login (and at least with Windows can easily bypass any pseudo login). It really doesn't have a true concept of a user, such as NT, W2000, Linux, etc.
Therefore, I don't see the purpose except to hold the hand of former Win users.
Go to LAN Browsing, enter the domain name, then apply.
What domain name? I am not using DNS, why do I need to enter a domain name? Is this the same "domain name" that I had to fill in to get my Internet connection working with YAST2 ?
I believe he is referring to the workgroup, the 'name' of the network group. If you are going to browse networked resources, it follows this scheme- Workgroup>Computer>Share. If you are a part of the workgroup, you only need Computer>Share.
I am part of the work group in the sense of that I created it, but the others on my LAN are only desktop users and do not use the work group for anything. It is there for my convenience. How do I "become" a member of the "work group" in SuSE?
If your ISP requires you to set your domain name to match their domain, you would just need to navigate to your shares via Workgroup>Computer>Share, IIRC.
We have been through this discussion before. My ISP does not require me to set a domain name, but YAST2 did, before I could get my Internet connection working. Therefore I made the assumption that the "host name" field in YAST2 was mor or less equivalent to "computer name" in the Win world and that "domain name" was more or less equivalent to "work group" in the Win world.
Install LinNeighborhood from the Suse 7.3 CD. Open LinNeighborhood (Internet, Tools), then do the setup on it under Options, Preferences. You can enter your logon and password.
"logon" is that "user name", "computer name" or doesn't it matter?
It would depend on HOW you shared your HD in Windows. If you gave Full access without password, you don't need this.
Noted.
Then you go to Options, Browse entire network. You should be able to see all of the windows shares. You can then select the folder or drive and mount it. This should put it in your home directory. You can close LinNeighborhood, and then browse the share with Konqueror or other file manager.
What procedure do I need to go through to access a printer on the LAN with LinNeighborhood?
You don't. Use CUPS, configure with K>System>Tools>Cups administration tool.
Do you mean "print job administrator"? I haven't been able to set up a printer in YAST2. So I don't believe the KDE tool "print job administrator" will help.
I am a bit confused, are you trying to browse your Windows shared Hard Drives, or are you trying to print to a Windows shared printer, or both, or what exactly?
Both.
If you just want to see your Windows shares (HD or printer), type in the location field in Konq smb://(computer name of your windows machine). If that doesn't work, what does it give you?
smb://"computer name" gave me: "Could not connect to host "computer name" smb://"computer name"/"share" gave me: "Unknown error. Hmm..." I am also unable to get any Win shares in LinNeighborhood, when logged on as "usr". I am sure that the LAN is working, because I can easily access the Win computers when I boot up with Win 2k on my computer. This tells me that something must not be configured correctly on my SuSE boot and my gut feeling tells me it has to do with the "host and domain" name fields in YAST2, but I don't seem to get any closer to a resolution to this issue. Cheers, Brian