Direct network Windos & Linux

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Currently have 2 machines connected together peer 2 peer on MS Windows,

Am haveing Redhat es 3 on one of them how can I connect it to the other one( windows 2000 ) ,

Network servers option returns an error about having no smb server running.

I have tried this before with a network that had a domain and workd like a charm.

ANY help is badly appreciated.

Cheers

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If your Windows box cannot find the samba of your redhat, you have to reconfigure it.
The central configuration file for samba is
/etc/samba/smb.conf
You can use Webmin to administrate your Samba on RedHat

just search for sama tutorial or howto in google

another (faster and more stable) way is to install an nfs client (linux networking) on your windows, and share via nfs-server folders from.
For this you need nfs-user-server or nfs-kernel-server installed on your RehHat Box

then you can share a folder by adding a line like this in your /etc/exports file
/folder/you/want/share IP(rechte)
i.e.
/home/myself 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)
or
/home/myself 192.168.0.3(rw,sync)

then you have to restart your nfs-server
/etc/init.d/nfs-user-server restart

i have wrote a (german) howto about NFS here
http://www.neoberserker.de/phpBB2/viewtopi...p;highlight=nfs

greetings
knecht

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Thanks for the reply, I'll give a try and come back to you,
By the way can you write one these tutorials in English or should I learn German?

Cheers

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maybe that link is better
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/NFS-HOWTO.htmlhttp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWT.../NFS-HOWTO.html

and for windows use a program like these (think that just trial versions, don't know if there are free versions, tell me if there is any !!)
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Misc__Utilities/nfsAxe.htmlhttp://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utiliti...ies/nfsAxe.html
http://www.fileboost.net/directory/utilities/file/nfs_client_and_server_for_windows_pronfs/003409/review.htmlhttp://www.fileboost.net/directory/utiliti...409/review.html

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EDIT: I have found one free nfs client, microsoft offers it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/

Or if you want to study Samba:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.htmlhttp://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html

good luck