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I am not sure if this is stupid but I am setting up more Linux
standalone machines replacing Windows and how do I set up these Linux
boxes to browse and access the Samba shares on main server as this where
I keep all necessary data. It is a Peer to Peer network. Using Suse 8.2
but there seems to no network browsing program that I can find. The
Shares are on P 172.16.1.2
Thanks
In article <mpEMb.61948$IF6.1387865@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>,
Phil McClure wrote:[color=blue]
> I am not sure if this is stupid but I am setting up more Linux
> standalone machines replacing Windows and how do I set up these Linux
> boxes to browse and access the Samba shares on main server as this where[/color]
Not stupid, but not ideal, because Samba shares lack the functionality
of a Unix filesystem. Normally NFS is used for Unix-to-Unix filesharing.
If, however, you have hostile or untrusted users on the network, Samba
may be a bit more secure.
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> I keep all necessary data. It is a Peer to Peer network. Using Suse 8.2
> but there seems to no network browsing program that I can find. The[/color]
Samba includes smbclient! And there are numerous GUI frontends for it.
KDE's konqueror browser also includes SMB: "smb://server/share". There
are scores of SMB client choices, and SuSE probably supports them all.
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I'm in a similar situation where I have a linux server with samba,
several Windows machiens, and a linux laptop. I prefer to use my
laptop however when I try to view samba shared I keep getting asked
for a password (even navigating up the file hierarchy...really every
move I make). Is there a way to alleviate this?
thanks,
John
/dev/rob0 <rob0@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:<slrnc06aj6.723.rob0@linuxbox.linux.box>...[color=blue]
> In article <mpEMb.61948$IF6.1387865@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>,
> Phil McClure wrote:[color=green]
> > I am not sure if this is stupid but I am setting up more Linux
> > standalone machines replacing Windows and how do I set up these Linux
> > boxes to browse and access the Samba shares on main server as this where[/color]
>
> Not stupid, but not ideal, because Samba shares lack the functionality
> of a Unix filesystem. Normally NFS is used for Unix-to-Unix filesharing.
>
> If, however, you have hostile or untrusted users on the network, Samba
> may be a bit more secure.
>[color=green]
> > I keep all necessary data. It is a Peer to Peer network. Using Suse 8.2
> > but there seems to no network browsing program that I can find. The[/color]
>
> Samba includes smbclient! And there are numerous GUI frontends for it.
> KDE's konqueror browser also includes SMB: "smb://server/share". There
> are scores of SMB client choices, and SuSE probably supports them all.[/color]