Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Donald D Henson [12-27-08 15:25]:

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I recently purchased an Acer Aspire One notebook computer (no CD or DVD drives). I need to make available to the Acer at least one of the CD/DVD drives on a Linux machine (OpenSUSE 11.0) so that I can install software. I thought Samba (version 3.0x) would let me do this but I cannot find any instructions on how to do it. I did find reference to something called drive mapping but only in Samba V2. Would someone point me to relevant newbie-style instructions or tell me I can't do that anymore. Any info or alternate procedures appreciated.

on your linux machine:

Set up samba via yast2 open swat in a browser, localhost:901

go to shares create a share name for your cd/dvd drive fill in the values to allow access as you wish

rcsamba start

go to the windoz machine:

open the run dialogue and //192.168.x.x/<share-name> (your linux machine ip)

answer the logon information <machine-name>/<allowed-user> <password>

note: I know little about samba, just followed instructions and I have access. I may have missed a step or two, chalk it up to old- timers.

Thanks for the instructions. Your first instruction identified my major problem. I don't have swat. I've decided that I will upgrade to 11.1 and see if the problem goes away. If not, I'll be bugging you again. :-) -- Don Henson

Dave Plater wrote:

Donald D Henson wrote:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Donald D Henson [12-27-08 15:25]:

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I recently purchased an Acer Aspire One notebook computer (no CD or DVD drives). I need to make available to the Acer at least one of the CD/DVD drives on a Linux machine (OpenSUSE 11.0) so that I can install software. I thought Samba (version 3.0x) would let me do this but I cannot find any instructions on how to do it. I did find reference to something called drive mapping but only in Samba V2. Would someone point me to relevant newbie-style instructions or tell me I can't do that anymore. Any info or alternate procedures appreciated.

on your linux machine:

Set up samba via yast2 open swat in a browser, localhost:901

go to shares create a share name for your cd/dvd drive fill in the values to allow access as you wish

rcsamba start

go to the windoz machine:

open the run dialogue and //192.168.x.x/<share-name> (your linux machine ip)

answer the logon information <machine-name>/<allowed-user> <password>

note: I know little about samba, just followed instructions and I have access. I may have missed a step or two, chalk it up to old- timers.

Thanks for the instructions. Your first instruction identified my major problem. I don't have swat. I've decided that I will upgrade to 11.1 and see if the problem goes away. If not, I'll be bugging you again. :-)

If you installed samba you must have swat, you have to enable it via xinetd in yast. Regards Dave P

Did that. No change. -- Don Henson

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Donald D Henson [12-28-08 13:53]:

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If you installed samba you must have swat, you have to enable it via xinetd in yast.

is the samba daemon running, "rcsmb status" ?

Yes. running. -- Don Henson

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Donald D Henson [12-28-08 16:19]:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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is the samba daemon running, "rcsmb status" ?

Yes. running.

What do you get in your browser when you run: http://localhost:901/

Page Load Error - Failed to Connect Before you ask, localhost works. For example: http://localhost:631/ brings up CUPS. -- Don Henson

Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 07:50 -0700, Donald D Henson wrote:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Donald D Henson [12-28-08 16:19]:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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is the samba daemon running, "rcsmb status" ?

Yes. running.

What do you get in your browser when you run: http://localhost:901/

Page Load Error - Failed to Connect

Before you ask, localhost works. For example:

http://localhost:631/

brings up CUPS.

go into /etc/xinetd.d and vi swat change disabled=yes to no and then do

service xinetd restart

OK, that worked, sort of. Now swat is asking me for a password and I don't think I've ever given it one. Is there a default password or a way to reset the password to a known value? -- Don Henson

James Knott wrote:

Donald D Henson wrote:

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Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

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On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 07:50 -0700, Donald D Henson wrote:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Donald D Henson [12-28-08 16:19]:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote: > is the samba daemon running, "rcsmb status" ? > Yes. running. What do you get in your browser when you run: http://localhost:901/

Page Load Error - Failed to Connect

Before you ask, localhost works. For example:

http://localhost:631/

brings up CUPS.

go into /etc/xinetd.d and vi swat change disabled=yes to no and then do

service xinetd restart

OK, that worked, sort of. Now swat is asking me for a password and I don't think I've ever given it one. Is there a default password or a way to reset the password to a known value?

Root ID & password should work.

That did it. Thanks. You all were very helpful and patient. -- Don Henson