Networks for Beginners

[Sonic Revenge]

Hi Guys!
I was just wondering whether u needed Samba to link a Redhat server to a windows operating system. And if so how do i get hold of it?

[friskydrifter]

Yes, and Red Hat already has it.
To enable it type

service smb start

or

type
setup

This will take you to a menu where u choose system services or someething colse to that, in that list there is smb, make sure you put an asterix in the square next to it by pressing the space bar. This will make it automatically start up everytime you boot.

note all the configuration is done in /etc/samba/smb.conf

read the documentation in BROWSING.txt
find this with
locate BROWSING.txt

good luck
Friskydrifter

[JimH]

Hi Guys!
I was just wondering whether u needed Samba to link a Redhat server to a windows operating system. And if so how do i get hold of it?

Well it depends on what you mean by "link". What exactly are you trying to do?

Red Hat comes with Samba.

Jim H