FC2 - Samba setup

[gerrynix]

--- Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 16:19:24 -0600, Otto Haliburton
> <ottohaliburton at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-
> > > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mark Knecht
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 1:57 PM
> > > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> > > Subject: FC2 - Samba setup
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >    I got my son a new GQ/Linspire computer yesterday at Frys.
> $199.
> > > Fan is noisy and not much memory, but boy this is a lot of
> technology
> > > for $199.
> > >
> > >    I booted it with Linspire but it's far too commercial for my
> tastes
> > > so I've installed FC2 which is now up and running. One nice
> thing I
> > > saw in Linspire was a little app that I could put in windows
> workgroup
> > > info and immediately the machine say my wife's Win XP box. I'm
> having
> > > trouble finding this under FC2 using with Gnome or KDE which
> are both
> > > on the box.
> > >
> > >    What was I seeing and using to do this? The app just asked
> me what
> > > the workgroup name was and after than everything worked.
> > >
> > >    If I need an RPM then where do I go these days to get FC2
> RPMs?
> > >
> > >    Basically I want to add a printer on this new FC2 box and
> have that
> > > visible to my wife in the other room, and also to let the two
> of them
> > > share files between their computers.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Mark
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > 
> > Hi Mark,
> >         I know how you relish in getting things to work and so I
> kinda don't
> > want to make this suggestion but you are a fellow Fry's shopper
> and you can
> > get a print server really cheap at Fry's and if you don't want to
> spend a
> > lot of time getting Samba to work then this is the way to go.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Otto,
>    You know me so well!
> 
>    Unfortunately I lost my job 3 weeks ago so I have less money and
> more time. I think learning Samba is probably the right thing for
> me
> to do. I'll certainly need that for the printer part.
> 
>    I found it moderately impressive that the Linspire installation
> came with Samba set up well enough that all I had to do was enter
> the
> workgroup name and all the machines were happy. I'm hoping that
> this
> is mostly KDE/Gnome and not really necessary to become a Samba
> expert,
> but probably I'm wrong.
> 
>    So...
> 
> 1) What's the name of the Samba setup environment? (Webmin maybe?)
> 
> 2) Where can I get an RPM for FC2 of whatever the environment is?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark

SWAT is the native graphical interface for samba although I believe
webmin may have some functionality. Would be surprised that
samba.org would be a good place to look.
--
Nix
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