Nicholas Finzer wrote:
> I only use samba if I want to share files between unix and windows,
> not unix and unix, just because I find it a little annoying. Mounting
> the shares with mount -t smbfs or in fstab isn't so bad I suppose, and
> Gnome 2.10 makes it really simple if you use gnome-vfs-extras, but
> unless windows is involved, I find NFS easier. That's just my opinion.
>
> If you are using user level security, make sure you add the accounts
> you want to have access into the samba password database by using
> smbpasswd -a USERNAME on the machine running the samba server. If you
> attach your smb.conf file, I could help you better. What
> authentication errors exactly are you getting, and what are you doing
> that gets them? I know if you're using Win2k or WinXP to connect to a
> samba server, you have to add access for that machine and add a local
> user for that machine, but I don't think that applies when using linux
> as a client. I could be wrong though.
>
> I've never heard of smbk4.
>
> NF
>
>
> On 6/30/05, *calebsr2k* <calebsr2k@acm.org <mailto:calebsr2k@acm.org>>
> wrote:
>
> Hello everone,
> I have linux installed on three machines in my home. All of the
> machines can access the internet. I have a router that use to
> share my
> broadband connection. My problem is that I have files on my desktop
> that I want to share with the other two workstations. I have tried
> smbk4
> and keep getting authenication errors. I am using the same
> username and
> password on all of the systems and have currently dropped the
> firewall.
> Can anyone tell me what I am missing or at least point me to a place
> that may be able to get me started on the right track?
>
>
> Thank you In Advance
>
>
Thank you for your reply. I have never setup NFS, but it sounds like
it may be easier to use then samba.
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