Samba - simple questions
 

Hey,

I am newbie to Linux networking. can any one tell me
1. how to view a windows file from linux &
2. how to view a linux file from windows ?
what are the steps ? how to file & print share ?

I have downloaded samba file. what should i next

Hi markwaugh, welcome to lq. You are correct to install samba, you can read somes docs and guides here to get things setup.

http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...TO-Collection/

http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/

good luck.

I have installed samba, what is the next step? I went to samba.org documentation and how to's and still not clear how to share files....

How far ar you now?
Does samba work now? (e.g. can you see your windows computer from your linux computer and around?)

Here in chapter 2 see the "A Basic Samba Configuration File" section. That should get you on your way.
good luck.

Nope, still i am not able to view windows box from linux.

I edited the smb.conf file and the name of the workgroup in samba file is the same as the windows workgroup [ workgroup = test ]. the name of the windows computer workgroup is test. I have also added users and passwords both in linux and windows and both are same.

Restared samba & firewall, still i am not able to see windows machine from my linux box.
smb:///ip and smb:/// gives nothing in nautuiius. from windows i am able to ssh into linux box however.

any ideas ?

Are you sure the syntax of your smb.conf is correct (try 'testparm')?
You could try 'smbclient -L <name-of-linux-computer>'
and 'smbclient -L <name-of-windows-computer>'

See what coms up than.

Are you running a firewall on either machine? Have you added the proper users and user accounts?
good luck.

I believe that the easiest way to learn how to use samba is trying to administrating it through webmin. Webmin is a very useful GUI (graphical user interface) *nix administration tool. Try to download it from www.webmin.com and install it to your linux box. After that - believe me - accessing files in your linux box will be much easier...

Let me know how it goes!