Samba setup assistance

Eric "Shubes" plug at shubes.net
Fri Sep 1 07:17:34 MST 2006


Boyd Tong wrote:
> I have a wireless network with a MAC using OSX, a Windows 2000 Pro PC 
> and a Ubuntu 6.06 PC. All systems can access the internet through Qwest 
> DSL. I have downloaded Samba and am trying to understand the 
> step-by-step proceedures to allow communication between boxes. The first 
> goal is to be able to use the Ubuntu box as a print server for the three 
> systems. The second goal is to allow file sharing between the windows PC 
> and the Linux PC so I can weed out old files and transfer needed files 
> to the Linux unit as a step toward elimination of Windows.  I have read 
> parts of the Samba3-By Example but I need additional help understanding 
> how to setup configurations for each box. I would be happy to bring the 
> Linux system to a convienent location for help.
> Boyd
> 

If you haven't done so already, you will probably want to get samba 'swat' 
running for doing your samba configuration.

Can you give us specific questions that we can provide answers to?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'


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