Trying to connect to Windows box

Jongi · 05-26-2006, 04:22 PM

Ok I have an XP box that I connect to when I boot into XP on the computer I am on. The network is setup via a Linksys WRT54Gv5 router. The XP box has a Netgear WG311v3 (if that is important).

What do I need to do in SUSE 10 to be able to access the folders that I have set as shareable on the XP box?

EDIT: Also is there a way, I can remotely connect into that computer from SUSE? I am able to connect to it via Remote Desktop Connection in XP.

manishsingh4u · 05-26-2006, 04:52 PM

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What do I need to do in SUSE 10 to be able to access the folders that I have set as shareable on the XP box?

You can use sambaclient. It's already installed with SuSE. Try running "smb:/" with konqueror or something.

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I can remotely connect into that computer from SUSE?

You can use krdc (VNC compatible) on your linux after you have installed VNC and ran VNC Server on your Windows XP.

Jongi · 05-26-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by manishsingh4u

You can use sambaclient. It's already installed with SuSE. Try running "smb:/" with konqueror or something.

You can use krdc (VNC compatible) on your linux after you have installed VNC and ran VNC Server on your Windows XP.

You'll need to be a bit more specific. I have never done this before.

jschiwal · 05-26-2006, 05:04 PM

You need to install and set up Samba on the SuSE computer. Then you will be able to access shared folders from one computer to the other.

You could also install the samba-docs package which includes 3 books and a number of samba how-tos.

manishsingh4u · 05-26-2006, 05:15 PM

1) Make sure windows and linux ipaddresses are in the same class and subnet
eg: 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
eg: 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0

2) Check if the two machines can ping each other
3) Check if you have shared any folders/drives on Windowx.
4) If you have KDE, click "KMenu" -> "Run Command" and type smb:/
5) Do u see any workgroups? If yes, then check if you can see your windows XP there.

For VNC.
1)Download VNC for windows from this URL
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html
2) Install and run VNC Server service and set a password.
3) If you have KDE, run something like "krdc" or "Remote Desktop Connection". If you don't have it, install it via yast2. (I hope u know how to use yast).
Still if u have any problems, I would be happy to help.

Jongi · 05-26-2006, 05:22 PM

I've been scouring the internet as well and finally figured out that I can access it via konqueror using:

smb://windowsusername@ip.address/directory

However I can't play MP3s on that drive so I suspect I am going to have to find a solution to mount the MP3 folder on that drive.

Jongi · 05-26-2006, 05:23 PM

Is there a port that I need to open on the firewall?

manishsingh4u · 05-26-2006, 05:29 PM

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I can't play MP3s on that drive so I suspect I am going to have to find a solution to mount the MP3 folder on that drive.

yes, mounting that share will be best solution to play mp3 or video files.

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s there a port that I need to open on the firewall?

I am not sure about this one as I have never used firewalls. Try it without changing the firewall settings first. If it doesn't work, check which port VNC needs and you can do it if needed.

Jongi · 05-26-2006, 05:49 PM

So I did a:

smbmount //ip.address/share_directory /mnt/mount_directory

That has worked.

How do I get SUSE to do this automatically every time it boots. My other concern is that there is a password I need to enter. Will I need to remove the password on the windows user?

Also, if I were to add another user to the Windows box, would it be:

smbmount //user@ip.address/share_directory /mnt/mount_directory

manishsingh4u · 05-27-2006, 01:28 AM

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How do I get SUSE to do this automatically every time it boots. My other concern is that there is a password I need to enter. Will I need to remove the password on the windows user?

No you don't need to remove the password.

Code:

mount -t smbfs //ipadd/share_directrory /mnt/mount_directory -o "username=winuser,password=sharepassword"

You can add the above line to your /etc/init.d/boot.local. Try it, and do a reboot. I haven't done this before but, this would be the first thing which I am gonna try if were to do it.
Please let me know if it works.

Jongi · 05-28-2006, 06:56 AM

The following works:

Code:

# mount -t smbfs -o username=username,password=password //192.168.1.100/media /mnt/media/

But:

Code:

# mount -t smbfs -o username=username,password=password //jongi-xp/media /mnt/media/
9421: Connection to jongi-xp failed
SMB connection failed

So I am able to access the other computer using it's IP address but not using it's name. I am suspecting I need to put the linux box into the same workgroup as the XP box.

manishsingh4u · 05-28-2006, 07:05 AM

Type this command and see what u get.

Code:

nmblookup jongi-xp

Jongi · 05-28-2006, 08:56 AM

Code:

# nmblookup jongi-xp
querying jongi-xp on 192.168.1.255
name_query failed to find name jongi-xp

manishsingh4u · 05-28-2006, 10:21 AM

Okay, now type this and see if nmbd is running. Post whatever output u get

Code:

ps -A | grep nmbd

Also try

Code:

nmblookup yourlinuxmachinename

manishsingh4u · 05-28-2006, 10:35 AM

I have found some artical which might help you. Here's the link
http://brneurosci.org/linuxsetup38.html