networking an dlinspire

paul62 · 11-26-2006, 07:56 PM

Could anyone tell me how to get my network browser to work in Linspire. When i launch my network browser I get the message "The file or directory smb does not exist"

I have two computers one with twindows xp and the other with linspire, hwo can I get samba configured in linspire, I woudl really appreciate the help.

I am able to ping back and forth between the computers so I know that there is connectivity.

Galaxy_Stranger · 11-27-2006, 03:00 AM

I've not yet taken the time to install and configure Samba from scratch, and my GUI installations have never failed, so I've never been forced to fix it yet

But I can tell you that Linux machines need the Samba client to browse Windows shared network resources . And you need the Samba server for Windows machines to browse Linux resources.

Also - be careful to only COPY files from one file system to another.

paul62 · 11-27-2006, 06:14 AM

I forgot to ment ion I have samba installed but maybe not configured. How could I get it configured?

archtoad6 · 11-27-2006, 11:34 AM

You might also check that the Samba demon(s) is/are started:

Code:

ps aux  | grep [m]b  | less -S

I don't run Linspire, I do run SimplyMEPIS 3.3.2, & here Samba is so nicely automatic that I never have worry about issues like this.

Books have been written on "how to configure Samba", so you will need to narrow your Q a little. You might try telling us what you read do far & what you didn't understand.

Have you found the config file yet? It's at least a little bit self-documenting.

paul62 · 11-27-2006, 03:16 PM

I tried the command you gave me and I am still getting the same error message, "the fiole or directory smb does not exist". I appreciate the help

archtoad6 · 11-28-2006, 07:42 AM

Code:

ps aux  | grep [m]b  | less -S

doesn't reference "the fiole (sic) or directory smb", please copy & paste, prefereably in a "Code" block, the command & the result.

Quote:

Originally Posted by archtoad6

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Have you found the config file yet? It's at least a little bit self-documenting.

Please answer the Q.