Seeing WIN

mpierce

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Feb 9, 2001, 11:42:01 PM2/9/01

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I've 2.03 configured; it prints and from WIN98, I can see Linux (host)

I'm wondering is there anyway to see WIN from LIN?

I've tried to use NFS, but of course when I configure it, I'm really
mounting my /home/mpierce directory so that it is accessible.

The IP that VMware is using is 192.168.147.1

Marvin

Dragan Colak

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Feb 10, 2001, 3:16:08 AM2/10/01

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mpierce wrote:

You have to use Samba to make your Linux box visible to Windows.

Dragan

Bob G

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Feb 10, 2001, 5:02:55 AM2/10/01

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"mpierce" <mpi...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> I've 2.03 configured; it prints and from WIN98, I can see Linux (host)
>
> I'm wondering is there anyway to see WIN from LIN?
>
> I've tried to use NFS, but of course when I configure it, I'm really
> mounting my /home/mpierce directory so that it is accessible.

You could enable sharing on the Win box and use smbmount. Not much better
than NFS, but it does work.

- Bob

mpierce

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Feb 10, 2001, 3:36:08 PM2/10/01

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Dragon & Bob
Thanks for reply.
Now that I know it can be done. Can you provide some additional help:

In WIN hd is C:\
Full file sharing enabled as DellBook; no password req'd

My VMware network is 192.168.147.1

In /etc/exports I enter:
DellBook 192.168.147.1/24(rw,no_root_squash)

From term, I run:
1) /usr/sbin/exportfs -a #refresh list of shared drives
2) /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start #start NFS server - everything OK
3) /usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p #check nfs & mountd is running
4) mount 192.168.147.1:DellBook /mnt/nfsm #produces error
mount: 192.168.147.1:DellBook failed, reason given by server:
Permission denied

I'm doing something wrong! Can you tell me what to correct?

Marvin
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Bob G

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Feb 10, 2001, 8:20:23 PM2/10/01

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"mpierce" <mpi...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message

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> In WIN hd is C:\

> Full file sharing enabled as DellBook; no password req'd.

Much will depend on how you've shared it. Try man smbmount. I had to play
with the parameters.

- Bob

mpierce

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Feb 10, 2001, 8:05:11 PM2/10/01

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Bob,
Thanks for prompt reply!
Can you shoot me your parametres so I have a starting point?

Marvin
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Bob G

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Feb 11, 2001, 2:00:02 AM2/11/01

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"mpierce" <mpi...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message

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> Can you shoot me your parametres so I have a starting point?

Er, try "man smbmount" at a shell prompt or just "smbmount" and read the
on-screen hints. My parameters would be useless as our configurations are
different, and you need to understand the parameters to get it to work for
your environment.

- Bob

mpierce

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Feb 11, 2001, 4:32:14 PM2/11/01

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Thanks Bob!

Changed a few things in /etc/smb.conf and tried:

mount -t smbfs -o username=mpierce,password=xxxxx //DellBook/C
/mnt/smb

I'm in!

As this is not a typical device, how do I config this for my fstab so it
will be automatically be mounted when I boot?

Marvin
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Bob G

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Feb 11, 2001, 6:08:21 PM2/11/01

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"mpierce" <mpi...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message

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> As this is not a typical device, how do I config this for my fstab so it
> will be automatically be mounted when I boot?

Check out "man fstab". You just need to add it with the appropriate
parameters.

- Bob