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 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.... > > -- > betty i. > www.webcanine.com > information for people > who care for dogs. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: