I am a newbie and have installed Mandrake 9.1
trying to setup samba... didnt install any server items on initial install but installed Samba afterwords from drake config program I see in the manual that I should have servers config as an option in the drake config program list but it is not there... only the normal stuff like boot config and hardware config etc.
Where the heck is it ? why is it not visible
I read that there was wizdarke or was it drakewiz that needed to be installed... searched the rpm install program section and it is not mentioned in there yet it is definitley in the manual as a necessary item to have installed...... this is driving me nuts.

Samba is in the list of running programs after bootup so i know it is installed ok so I assume that the server config items should be visiable. Anyone got any ideas on why this is and i dont seem to be able to install the server wizards...?

should i do a reinstall and choose all the servers at install time or something similar ?
also as this is a duel boot pc (win winxp) setup on the other partition is there anyway to remove mandrake completely without stuffing up windows ? and no i didnt make a mbr copy before installing mandrake.
I was thinking maybe I should try redhat instead as I seem to be getting nowhere with the networking side of things with mandrake (trying to hook to a winxp server box for internet access which is working ok but cant see either pc for files at the moment)

cheers

Try webmin. Fire up your favorite browser and navigate to https://localhost:10000 Log in as root and configure Samba from there. I believe it is in the Networking tab, I know NFS is so Samba should be in the same place

Also, you could install drakwizard from the Mandrake Control Centre - that's where all those wizards are.

where exactly and what name is it exactly...
the manual says...
configuration wizards appear only if the "wizdrake" package is installed" i cant seems to see any reference to this "package" and therefore cant install it how do I find it then and install it..

this sort of stuff just makes u want to go back to windows !!
it is so much simpler but i do want to push through the problems and get it sorted.. it cant be that hard surely.. I must be missing something
thanks

The name exactly is "drakwizard"
To install it, open the Mandrake Control Centre - Software - Add Software and search for drakwizard....as I said in my previous post.
Alternatively, open a console, su to root, type in "urpmi drakwizard" - no quotes - and slot in the CDs requested as you need to. That's it.

You don't want to go back to Windows, it is so boring in comparison.