need help, anyone interested

to help me
lets say first tihing that i am new to linux

second....
i need to configure 2 computers
1. Mandrake 8.2
2. Windows XP - with this i dont have problems

i would like to browse my local lan at my home, but i cant make this
i know its something about SAMBA and smb.conf and i did read MAN but it
didnt help me

can someone explain me what to do, or to point me to some site where i can
read about it, like step by step guide or something ?


thanks in adwance

ps. i hope you did understand my english

In message <bitb3s$3s3$(E-Mail Removed)>, G
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>to help me
>lets say first tihing that i am new to linux
>
Congratulations for selecting a proper operating system.

>second....
>i need to configure 2 computers
>1. Mandrake 8.2
>2. Windows XP - with this i dont have problems
>
>i would like to browse my local lan at my home, but i cant make this
>i know its something about SAMBA and smb.conf and i did read MAN but it
>didnt help me
>
What exactly is the problem? Can you "ping" the machines from each
other? If so, is the SAMBA daemon running? Type 'ps ax' (without the
quotes) and look for smbd and nmbd (the NetBIOS nameserver). These
should be started automatically when you boot the machine. Check in
/etc/rc.d for anything that mentions SAMBA. I don't use Mandrake so I
don't know how it's set up but, hopefully, you now have a few clues.

>can someone explain me what to do, or to point me to some site where i can
>read about it, like step by step guide or something ?
>
Try searching in Google. O'Reilly publishes a (large) book about SAMBA
but it goes into far more detail than you need at the moment.
>
>thanks in adwance
>
>ps. i hope you did understand my english
>
Pretty good. What's your first language?
>
--
Mike

http://www.fensoft.co.uk

"Mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:27znI8XxXkU$(E-Mail Removed). ..
> In message <bitb3s$3s3$(E-Mail Removed)>, G
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >to help me
> >lets say first tihing that i am new to linux
> >
> Congratulations for selecting a proper operating system.

ok, thanks.. but still thinking of Mandrake, RED HAT, SUSE... but linux is
OK


>
> >second....
> >i need to configure 2 computers
> >1. Mandrake 8.2
> >2. Windows XP - with this i dont have problems
> >
> >i would like to browse my local lan at my home, but i cant make this
> >i know its something about SAMBA and smb.conf and i did read MAN but it
> >didnt help me
> >
> What exactly is the problem? Can you "ping" the machines from each
> other? If so, is the SAMBA daemon running? Type 'ps ax' (without the
> quotes) and look for smbd and nmbd (the NetBIOS nameserver). These
> should be started automatically when you boot the machine. Check in
> /etc/rc.d for anything that mentions SAMBA. I don't use Mandrake so I
> don't know how it's set up but, hopefully, you now have a few clues.
>

yes, ping is going ok
and for other stuff i will have to look, i cant right now

> >can someone explain me what to do, or to point me to some site where i
can
> >read about it, like step by step guide or something ?
> >
> Try searching in Google. O'Reilly publishes a (large) book about SAMBA
> but it goes into far more detail than you need at the moment.
> >
> >thanks in adwance
> >
> >ps. i hope you did understand my english
> >
> Pretty good. What's your first language?
> >

Croatian


> --
> Mike
>
> http://www.fensoft.co.uk

Thanks Mark for that like
i did as it says on that page and it worked for me !!!
thanks

now, does anybody know what i have to do to share my internet connection to
other users with win xp

In article <bivabh$f62$(E-Mail Removed)>, G wrote:
> now, does anybody know what i have to do to share my internet connection to
> other users with win xp

Best solution: dig up an old machine, put in 2 NIC's, install Linux, see
the HOWTO's at tldp.org and www.netfilter.org.

If you persist with the Windows idea, all you need to do is to set your
Linux clients to use DHCP for their network interface configuration. The
Windows machine will act as a DHCP server.

If you are asking about how to set up the server itself, try calling
Microsoft Support or your computer vendor.

This is a FAQ here. Too bad this group doesn't have an FAQ! But what I
wonder is this: why do people come to a *linux* group to ask how to set
up services in Windows? Okay, that's easy: it's because few posters in
the microsoft.* groups have any real understanding of things.

But ... why do we give them their answers? Windows is supposed to be (it
is marketed as if) easy for anyone to use, and it's "supported" by the
companies who overcharge for it. IME Windows problems tend to be MUCH
more difficult to resolve than GNU/Linux issues. If it doesn't "just
work" OOTB, it may never.

So why do we want to promote their fallacies?
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ok, sorry about my english

i wanted to ask how to share my internet conection on MANDRAKE PC
not windows
i know all that i have to know about windows
i am new with Linux

and btw, i dont want to use DHCP, i want to specify my IP adresses
"/dev/rob0" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <bivabh$f62$(E-Mail Removed)>, G wrote:
> > now, does anybody know what i have to do to share my internet connection
to
> > other users with win xp
>
> Best solution: dig up an old machine, put in 2 NIC's, install Linux, see
> the HOWTO's at tldp.org and www.netfilter.org.
>
> If you persist with the Windows idea, all you need to do is to set your
> Linux clients to use DHCP for their network interface configuration. The
> Windows machine will act as a DHCP server.
>
> If you are asking about how to set up the server itself, try calling
> Microsoft Support or your computer vendor.
>
> This is a FAQ here. Too bad this group doesn't have an FAQ! But what I
> wonder is this: why do people come to a *linux* group to ask how to set
> up services in Windows? Okay, that's easy: it's because few posters in
> the microsoft.* groups have any real understanding of things.
>
> But ... why do we give them their answers? Windows is supposed to be (it
> is marketed as if) easy for anyone to use, and it's "supported" by the
> companies who overcharge for it. IME Windows problems tend to be MUCH
> more difficult to resolve than GNU/Linux issues. If it doesn't "just
> work" OOTB, it may never.
>
> So why do we want to promote their fallacies?
> --
> /dev/rob0 - preferred_email=i$((28*28+28))@softhome.net
> or put "not-spam" or "/dev/rob0" in Subject header to reply

G wrote:
> ok, sorry about my english
>
> i wanted to ask how to share my internet conection on MANDRAKE PC
> not windows
> i know all that i have to know about windows
> i am new with Linux
I'm also new.

> and btw, i dont want to use DHCP, i want to specify my IP adresses

Ok, I'm running Slackware linux, but I think it should work the same.

First, I am assuming you are using eth0 to connect to the internet, and
eth1 to connect to your windows XP computer.

I'm also assuming both your nics are working and properly configured
(or, if you're using a modem, your one nic is configured)

First, in /etc/rc.d, make a file called "rc.firewall" (no quotes, of course)

In it put the following:

modprobe iptable_nat

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE

Where eth0 is the device connected to the internet.

From a command line make it executable (cd to the directory it's in,
and type "chmod +x rc.firewall")

Now set your windows computer to use your Linux's computer as it's
gateway, but make sure you use the DNS server that your ISP provides.
Otherwise you will be able to ping a site by it's IP address, but not be
able to connect to it through it's name.


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>
>>In article <bivabh$f62$(E-Mail Removed)>, G wrote:
>>
>>>now, does anybody know what i have to do to share my internet connection
>
> to

"G" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ok, sorry about my english
>
> i wanted to ask how to share my internet conection on MANDRAKE PC
> not windows
> i know all that i have to know about windows
> i am new with Linux
>

Get the IP-Masquerade-HOWTO from the Linux Documentation Project (Google for
the nearest mirror).

If networking is new to you, you may need also the Net-HOWTO from the same
place.

HTH

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi