(Newbie alert) SMB client browsing.
An article in Linux Mag UK describes SMB client browsing using xSMBrowsers software. It mentions that the precondition is that smbclient, smbmount, smbumount and nmblookup are installed. I can't find any of these packages in the YAST2 list (except of course smbclient). I did however, find a package called LinNeighborhood that I installed, but only get a query error when I try to browse. In th prefs program tab of LinNeighborhood, I find the missing packages listed, but whether this shows that they are installed or just needed, is a mystery to me. Does anyone on the list know anything about setting up an SMB client for a home LAN and also has enough patience to deal with a Linux newbie? Please help. I really would like to get this going. I am a former Mac user, trying to convince my Win using friends and family of the blessings of Linux ;-) Cheers, Brian
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 07:12:49PM +0700, Brian Durant wrote: [snip]
Does anyone on the list know anything about setting up an SMB client for a home LAN and also has enough patience to deal with a Linux newbie? Please help. I really would like to get this going. I am a former Mac user, trying to convince my Win using friends and family of the blessings of Linux ;-)
You need to install the samba programs. If you want to every share your files with a Windows client, go ahead and install the server package as well. Here are the packages I have installed: samba-client-2.2.1a-32 samba-2.2.1a-32 (These have been upgraded with YaST I think so they might be slightly different on the 7.3 CDs) You can browse available Windows shares using just the samba client program smbclient. To see the visible shares on a Windows or another samba machine: smbclient -L <host> [-U username] If necessary, add the -U option for username and it will prompt you for a password. The smbmount program is used to mount a remote Windows/samba share on your Linux system. It is called indirectly through the regular mount program. To mount a sharepoint on a Win9x computer that does not require a password: mount -t smbfs -o username=xxxx,ip=192.168.1.xxx //WIN9X/SHARENAME /mnt/win9x This should get you started. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ wielder of vi(m), an ancient, dangerous and powerful magic Don't get lost, show no fear, and you'll be ready for a new frontier -- d.w.
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 13:15, Keith Winston wrote:
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 07:12:49PM +0700, Brian Durant wrote: [snip]
Does anyone on the list know anything about setting up an SMB client for a home LAN and also has enough patience to deal with a Linux newbie? Please help. I really would like to get this going. I am a former Mac user, trying to convince my Win using friends and family of the blessings of Linux ;-)
[snip] You can browse available Windows shares using just the samba client program smbclient. To see the visible shares on a Windows or another samba machine: smbclient -L <host> [-U username] If necessary, add the -U option for username and it will prompt you for a password.
The smbmount program is used to mount a remote Windows/samba share on your Linux system. It is called indirectly through the regular mount program. To mount a sharepoint on a Win9x computer that does not require a password: mount -t smbfs -o username=xxxx,ip=192.168.1.xxx //WIN9X/SHARENAME /mnt/win9x
I also have a question on this score. Using the command line version of mount etc., works fine, but surely one _should_ just be able to go to network/WindowsShares in Konquerer to browse the shares graphically? <cringe> Whenever I do this I get an error message instructing me to set up Lisa using the Control Centre, but so far I've failed .... At one time I think I had it working with KDE 2.0, but 2.2 has defeated me. Any thoughts would be appreciated. David.
On Tuesday 19 March 2002 00.29, David Bartlett wrote:
I also have a question on this score. Using the command line version of mount etc., works fine, but surely one _should_ just be able to go to network/WindowsShares in Konquerer to browse the shares graphically? <cringe> Whenever I do this I get an error message instructing me to set up Lisa using the Control Centre, but so far I've failed .... At one time I think I had it working with KDE 2.0, but 2.2 has defeated me. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
In KDE 3 they're supposed to have sorted this out. For now I'd recommend installing xfsamba, which is the easiest graphical utility for handling windows shares I've seen in linux. It's in the xfce rpm //Anders
xsmbrowser is also nice. It is not in the distribution IIRC, but doesn't have to be compiled, installed or anything.
In KDE 3 they're supposed to have sorted this out. For now I'd recommend installing xfsamba, which is the easiest graphical utility for handling windows shares I've seen in linux. It's in the xfce rpm
//Anders
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