On Thursday 21 March 2002 22:02, you wrote:
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 name", i.e smb://jmorris/C. To mount the drives, you need to be root. 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.
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 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. AFAIK, printer sharing is not one of the things that Konq can do. To get back on track with trying to solve my problem, I will include the text from the original message from Art and will add comments:
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"? 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.
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 ?
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?
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? Cheers, Brian