[aclug-L] Re: connecting up a linux laptop to a M$ NT server

[james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Tue, 23 May 2000, you wrote:
> On Tue, 23 May 2000, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > I am still trying to connect the laptop (linux side) to the network.  It
> > is a Micro$oft NT network server. I do no know what the linux stuff is
> > to make it talk to the M$ server.
>
>       Dear Michael:
>
>       Are all the machines using TCP/IP?  Can you ping the NT machine?
> How about FTP?  If you want the LINUX machine to access Shares from the NT
> machine, there are two ways that can work:
>
>       1.  Use smbclient, which is (I think) part of the Samba suite of
> programs.
>

It should be installed if smb or samba package is, unless the package is 
wierd.
Look in /etc/smb.conf (for redhat) and specify a name, and workgroup, then do 
"/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart" (for redhat)
You can do man smbclient for more info.

KDE 2.0 beta has this built into konquerer, but being beta means it does not 
always work.

>       2.  Use the stuff built into the kernel to allow SMB mounts
> (on the kernel build, the option is SMB filesystem support, to mount WfW
> (windows for workgroups) shares.  I have only used this once, but it does
> work OK, as far as I remember.
>
>       Samba on LINUX can also act as a file server for the NT machine
> (using Samba).
>
>                       Hope this helps,
>
>                       Tom Wallis
>
> >  --
> > Michael A. Holmes
> > ---------------------------
> > A positive attitude may not solve all of your problems, but it will annoy
> > enough people to make it worth the effort
> >
> >                                             Herm Albright
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