using samba on panther ...basics

[abhishekit]

hi
i dont know much about networking. i was trying to use samba which i suppose is built in on panther (correct me if i am wrong) . so i went to the go menu in the finder and then typed in
smb://workgroup;username@netbiosname/share
an error occured saying that soem information is missing.

now do we have to setup samba first , or it is already up and running??
secondly... the other 3 computers in my home have windows,and they belong to a workgroup...and i can see them in my finder..do i need to do something with them too inorder to share files with them??
i will appreciate if anyone can help..i am trying some online resources as well...but they are going over my head...

abhi

[abhishekit]

well i got it now...there was a very good help at the following link...so all of the new users ..u just need to do what i did in the previous post...and then configure your windows computers...below is a very good link...

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/index.html

cheers

abhi

[twentyfour]

abhi

what exactly did you do ...?
I am having the same problem trying to connect to my Linux server with smb://

Getting a message that some information is missing.

Actually, I only have this problem from OSX 10.3, not from 10.2...

What exactly did you do to make that work? I followed the link you posted but I am a dummy in these things, so maybe there is an easy way?

[Nik_Doof]

i use smb://jabba.nikdoof.net/ and just wait for the username/password prompt....works every time. IIRC samba works off IP addresses first, never trusted NBT anyway :)

[abhishekit]

Originally posted by twentyfour
abhi

what exactly did you do ...?
I am having the same problem trying to connect to my Linux server with smb://

Getting a message that some information is missing.

Actually, I only have this problem from OSX 10.3, not from 10.2...

What exactly did you do to make that work? I followed the link you posted but I am a dummy in these things, so maybe there is an easy way?

i did not do much i guess...first write at ur terminal
findsmb
see if u get the ip and netbios name of all the other computers..
to see if ur samba server is running..write at the terminal
smbclient -U% -L localhost

this should give u a display of all the workgroups and other stuff...and that also means ur samba is working..
then u click finder. click the go menu.click 'connect to server'
then write smb://IP of ur linux machine/folder u wanna goto
then it wd ask u for username and password....and u wd get in ....hopefully....
hope this wd help..

cheers

abhi

P.S.
if it is a linux machine, u dont need samba. u can use ssh.
goto the terminal of ur mac.write
ssh <IP of linux machine>

dont put the brackets though...and u wd go in ...as simple as that