configureing samba&lisa on SLavkware

dont_stop_me · 06-02-2006, 11:41 AM

Hi, I want to configure my Slackware Linux to browse a Windows network, I tried to configure in Kde but I failed. I got the error message that lisa is not runnig, later the samba server was unable to locate the config file. If you know the answer please be very specific

Thanks

uselpa · 06-02-2006, 01:59 PM

Open Konqueror and type "smb:/" in the location field, then press the [Enter] key. Is this what you are looking for?

dont_stop_me · 06-02-2006, 02:09 PM

I tried to explore the network, I got the error message lisa daemon is not running... tried to start lisa, couldn't I tried to share some folder on the network the samba checkbox was inactive

uselpa · 06-02-2006, 02:11 PM

Did you try what I suggested?

theoffset · 06-02-2006, 02:16 PM

Lisa is a deamon, provided with KDE, which explores the network looking for some common services (AFAIK smb, http, ftp, nfs) and it is used by KDE to show a "network neighbourhood". To use it you have to start /opt/kde/bin/lisa (IIRC it has to be as root).

I had it runing once, but since I never actually used it, I removed it. I can't remember exactly how it was setup but you might want to check the README under /opt/kde/share/apps/lisa/README and the documentation under /opt/kde/share/doc/HTML/<language code>/lisa (It can also befound somewhere inside KDE help). I'm sorry I couldn't be more specific on this one, but I can't remember how to configure it.

Now, your samba error (if I understood correctly) means that you don't have a /etc/samba/smb.conf file, it is usually not fatal but annoying.

You could either copy the provided example /etc/samba/smb.conf-sample and modify it to fit your needs or create one from the void using a text editor or use SWAT to have a nice HTTP tool to configure samba for you.

If you want to use SWAT, you have to edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment the line which reads

Code:

#swat           stream  tcp     nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat  swat

and restart inetd

Code:

#/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart
or
#killall -HUP inetd

and connect your favourite browser to http://localhost:901/

Note: You don't need Lisa to explore a Samba network, you can just use press ALT+F2 under KDE and write

Code:

smb:/

as uselpa suggested, and you should be able to browse Samba properly. You DO need to have Samba configured in you network though, but not in your machine.