file sharing w/ windows + linux server

[smp]

Hi.. total newbie to this stuff.. I have a linux firewall/webserver/router inbetween my ADSL connection and my hub.. from the hub (10 baseT) I have two computers.. a 98 machine (thunderbird) and a NT workstation machine (NT)..
What I want to do is get the network neighbourhood thing to work.. when I go into network nieghbourhood on the NT machine.. it can see the other machines name.. but I can't get in.. I can't see the NT machine at all in network neighbourhood.. what ip properties or gateway or whatever do I have to fiddle with on the machines to get them to see each others files?
If someone knows a good site even that I can learn this stuff from that would be appreciated too.. thanks..
is it real tough?

 

[bubba]

Samba is what makes Linux share to windows boxes. Check it out at www.samba.org, or search for it at www.linuxdoc.org. No, it isn't hard. As a matter of fact you can probably get it running just by checking your /etc/smb.conf, it is well annotated.

Enjoy

 

[smp]

thanks... I'm a Linux moron.. My friend hooked up that box for me.. he had it running at his house for a while, then he didn't need it anymore.. so he just stuck it in my house.. where it works great.. only that I don't know how to use it... But yeah.. all I want to do is for the two windows machines to see each other over the hub.. network neighbourhood and that.. should be pretty simple huh? I shouldn't have to mess around with the linux box eh?

 

[bubba]

Right, it seems like you have the linux box as a firewall between the LAN and the internet. You shouldn't have to worry about it for the 98 & NT internal networking.

 

[mmaki]

In order to connect to the other box it has to have something to "share" Make sure you have file/print sharing enabled on the directories you want access to. You can share the root of any drive or any directory. To access the share of the WIN98 box from the NT box you need to know the share name you gave it. To access the root of an NT drive you need to access the share name C$ (or what ever drive letter you are trying to access). With the IP address of the NT box you want to connect to, from a DOS prompt, enter "net use F: \\10.0.0.1\C$" You will probably be prompted for a username and password. Enter administrator and the administrators password. From NT to 98 enter "net use F: \\10.0.0.2\sharename" Of course you can sub any drive letter not in use or * for the next available letter. Remember to substitute the correct IP address or machine name if the machines can resolve the names. Using the IP address just takes one less potential problem out of the loop. If the IP address works, try using the machine name. The fact that you stated you can see the other machine in the Network Neighborhood indicates some form of Windows name resoulution is working. Hope this helps. Good Luck.

 

[Jingoro]

Great info here folks... I had the same problems. Thanks for the help!

 

[random]

One thing to watch for when going from 98 -> NT

Your login name on the 98 box has to match the NT account or it won't work.

Secure way: set your windows 98 logon to match an administrator level account on the NT box.

Insecure way: blank out your administrator level account password in NT.
Start up 98. If it asks you for your Windows Networking Password, make the account the same name as it is on NT and your password blank. Then go to the networking control panel and change the "primary network logon" to "windows logon". This will get rid of the password prompt. You may also want to share out your NT drives with letters like C: as "c" so you can browse it in the network neighborhood if you want.