I posted a question in the Newbie (day 2 with linux) section, got one response, but I didn't fully "get it". I used search, but I am to ignorant to understand the answers.

Anyway, maybe someone over here can take a look and give me some feedback. Also, if anyone could point me in the right direction with regard to how to find and setup stuff like samba via a text editor (where are these files located and how can I learn all the config commands?). The GUI setup via Mandrakelinux Control Center works OK, but doesn't include much help and seems very limited with regard to tweeking things. Plus it seems to be a crutch for me....

Anyway...

Thank you so very much for your help!

Cheers!

Link to my question in the newbie area

most of your configuration files will be found in /etc. smb.conf in particular is in /etc/samba.

concerning the cli, have a look here for commands and meanings.

http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/lnag_commands.html

also from a terminal type

man name of command

it will return the manual page for the specified command.
good luck.

Thank you that helps!

Cheers!

go to a shell, 'locate swat / |grep swat'

edit this text file called swat, turn disable to no,

then open a web browser afetr rebooting, and connect to
http://127.0.0.1:901

this is SWAT, configuration tool for Samba.

I can find the folder, opened it as root, but there are no files in it?

I'm finding this webpage very useful. It has all kinds of good info.

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/index.html

make sure your linux users have write access to the directory that you mounted the share in

Quite often, swat will be run from inetd - check your /etc/inetd.conf file for an commented-out line, and uncomment it [making sure that it points to the right location for swat].

Then restart inetd, and go to http://localhost:901/

Done and checked. I can actually do all that I want from the ROOT account, just not from the user account.

Cheers!