network ; basic how to...

[Michael Havens]

of course it is over your head! That is why we ask; so that we don't drown!

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:43 PM, betty <nicepenguin at webcanine.com> wrote:

> i have two linux computers called 'stormy' and 'stormy too'. i want to be
> in one of my offices in the house and access files or send files to another
> office in my house. ie, send from 'stormy' to 'stormy too' .
>  they are both on a wired connection to my cox service.
> i have installed 'samba'. (but i don't know where it is on the gui)
> i think i have to enable file sharing through the
> 'admin>preferences>personal file sharing, but when i  go to that the screen
> says "this feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not
> installed on your system" . well that is all fine and good, but it does not
> tell me what the required packages are.
> this is frustrating.
>
> is this something that is over my head?
> as usual thank you for your magnificent and useful help; please keep basic
> as possible.
> maybe there is an easy tutorial i can follow?, i looked but as expected,
> there is a plethora of sites....
>
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> betty i.
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