newbie network question

[Matthew Carpenter]

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Hey Ajai, that's one of the only things you've said incorrectly that
I've seen.

I don't even know if Linux *can* do NetBEUI, let alone be a good idea.
NetBEUI is that nonroutable not-IP protocol which NetBIOS was run over
top of before MS/IBM took it to the TCP/IP world.

I believe what you are looking for is NetBIOS, which can be layered over
top of just about any protocol (although TCP/IP is the most common these
days).

Samba or NFS should work fine from the Mac, as should Appletalk-Over-TCP
(which I recommend far more than straight AppleTalk).

Tony, Once SAMBA is set up, you're not that far from being done.  In
fact, Samba typically comes with a config that shares out personal
directories for whoever connects.  For example.  I'm running Windows or
Linux (doesn't matter) and I browse to a Samba server (let's say, using
Konqueror's SMB:// protocol handler).  If I use my login ID
(smb://matt@smbserver) or if guess accounts are turned off for Samba, I
should be prompted for a password.  Once I authenticate, I should see
anything available to the public, to my Groups, and to my user ID (ie.
my home directory).

Safari is Basically Konqueror so I would not be a bit surprised if Apple
kept the KIO_SLAVEs in place for SMB as well.


NOTE:  Samba will most likely be set up to do Microsoft's password
encryption.  This means that /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow will not be
enough for you.  You should run another tool (smbpasswd) to create your
user ID in the Samba password store.  The user also should be in
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow:

legolas:/home/matt/Zaurus-050131 # useradd dipwap
legolas:/home/matt/Zaurus-050131 # passwd dipwap
Changing password for dipwap.
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Password changed

legolas:/home/matt/Zaurus-050131 # smbpasswd -a dipwap
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Added user dipwap.


Samba.org has a couple great documents, one of which is the official
Samba HOWTO's.  Definitely worth the read.  Don't go spending money yet.
~ I guess it's ok if it pad's O'Reilly's pockets.  Lord knows we want
them to stay in business (and interested in OSS stuff ;)

http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/

A. Khattri wrote:

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| These days, Macs can do AppleTalk, Netbeui or IP (hence NFS). But I
| imagine Netbeui is probably the easiest to setup so your friend was right
| in that putting Samba on the Linux box is probably the easiest way to go.
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