Few question about FTP, Samba and IPX

["Attar Loo" <jrpit jrpl com>]

Dear Sir,

Problem 1 (FTP)
I had setup a getty and PPP, but I have some question about the connection.
First, I can dial up and login to the remote linux server, I type ppp at the
prompt and the screen display garbage, after that I start the FTP client
software at the client PC but the FTP client prompt that it cannot make the
connection to the linux server.

a. What's the problem about the FTP client connection ?
b. Can I start the ppp automatically after the remote login.
c. I can use the FTP client  software to connect to the server through LAN
and I
   found that the client can browse/go to the other directory in the
   server, is there any configuration to restrict the user go everywhere?

Problem 2 (Samba)
d. After the server bootup and I type the command ps -x it display
   that there has a process "nmbd" running but I can't see the "smbd" run
   is there any setup I miss ?
e. I had used the command testparm to test the smb.conf and it display

   Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host xxxxxxxx (xxxxxx is the domain name I want
                                          to use)
   failed to get my hostname
   How can I fix it?

f. I know that I need to edit the win95 registry to login to the samba
   server.
   I want to know that the value name is "EnablePlainTextPassword Data" or
   "Enable Plain Text Password"

Problem 3 (IPX)
G. The console always display a message that "IPX Collision 111 eth0 802.3
   and eth0 802.2" and I need to enable IPX protocol/setting to share the
   novell resource.

How can I fix it?


Thank you for your kindly attention