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Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by guidovanh, Mar 4, 2007.

  1. guidovanh

    guidovanh Member

    I want to access my directories where I have to store my webpages as a shared directory on another computer in my LAN using my IP-address.
    How do I do that?
    Usually I look for the other computer using the explorer in Windows and typing the internal IP-address...
     
  2. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    The linux software to share directories with a windows client is named samba.
     
  3. guidovanh

    guidovanh Member

    I don't know if Samba is already installed and configured.
    Searching for 'samba' in Windows' Search for computer section does not give any result.
    If it is not installed yet, what do I have to do to install it?
     
  4. Hawker

    Hawker New Member

    Samba will be on your linux machine not windows.

    To see if it's installed either type... which Samba ...or... ps -ef | grep smbd
     
  5. guidovanh

    guidovanh Member

    when I type:
    which Samba
    the system gives the prompt again and no other information.
    When I type:
    ps -ef | grep smbd
    the system replies:
    root 5672 5653 0 14:03 pts/0 00:00:00 grep smbd
    What does this mean?

    If it is not installed yet, do I have to do special actions to install and configure it?
     
  6. Hawker

    Hawker New Member

    My bad.. try whereis samba
     
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2007
  7. martinfst

    martinfst Member Moderator

    Looks to me like Samba is not installed yet. Which Linux distribution do you use?
     
  8. Hawker

    Hawker New Member

    I thought the same thing at first, the second command checks to see if it's running. But I think it's odd the first command just returns to the prompt without any reply at all. You'll usually get that no samba was found in a list of directories. That's why I changed to whereis samba.
     
  9. martinfst

    martinfst Member Moderator

    Code:
    which <command>
    only spits output when it finds somthing. Otherwise it stays silent ;)
     
  10. Hawker

    Hawker New Member

    That's my learning curve again. Learn something new every day. :)
     
  11. guidovanh

    guidovanh Member

    I am using OpenSuSE 10.2
     
  12. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Run
    Code:
    yast
    and check if Samba is installed.
    What's the output of
    Code:
    which [B][COLOR="Red"]s[/COLOR][/B]amba
    (not
    Code:
    which [B][COLOR="Red"]S[/COLOR][/B]amba
    )?
     
  13. guidovanh

    guidovanh Member

    Code:
    which samba
    gives no reply. Only the prompt...

    I think installing Samba server is now ok.
    But how to share the directories to use in my Windows?
     
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2007

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