linux on a window network

[DIRTsquirt]

I would like to run linux on some machines at work.. they are stand a lone pretty much but they need to access files on a windows server.. .tif , pdf, html, etc.
I know samba works the other way window clients w/ linux server..
Can this be done? is there a samba like enterpreter that lets a linux machine browse and use a windows network?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Try SAMBA.

 

[DIRTsquirt]

are you saying run an instance of samba on each linux box on the network..?
as am enterpreter? does samba work with dchp?

 

[n0cmonkey]

SAMBA will help handle both the server and the client sides of things. If I loaded SAMBA on my linux box at home and created an SMB share on my Windows machine, the Linux machine could mount the SMB share as if it were NFS or a local drive. You would use a command like mount -t smbfs machine:share mount_point.

DHCP should have no adverse affects on SAMBA. Best I can do, I've never mixed the two, but I can't think of a reason it would affect anything. 😉

 

[Kilrsat]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
SAMBA will help handle both the server and the client sides of things. If I loaded SAMBA on my linux box at home and created an SMB share on my Windows machine, the Linux machine could mount the SMB share as if it were NFS or a local drive. You would use a command like mount -t smbfs machine:share mount_point.

DHCP should have no adverse affects on SAMBA. Best I can do, I've never mixed the two, but I can't think of a reason it would affect anything. 😉

You'll need to use mount -t cifs machine\share mountpoint if the shares you're trying to connect to are on a Windows 2003 server. For all other versions of windows, smbfs will work.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Kilrsat

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
SAMBA will help handle both the server and the client sides of things. If I loaded SAMBA on my linux box at home and created an SMB share on my Windows machine, the Linux machine could mount the SMB share as if it were NFS or a local drive. You would use a command like mount -t smbfs machine:share mount_point.

DHCP should have no adverse affects on SAMBA. Best I can do, I've never mixed the two, but I can't think of a reason it would affect anything. 😉

You'll need to use mount -t cifs machine\share mountpoint if the shares you're trying to connect to are on a Windows 2003 server. For all other versions of windows, smbfs will work.

Didn't know that. I learned my thing for the day, thanks! 😀

 

[Booty]

I've mixed them before and had no problems wtih file sharing... I still haven't really messed with getting a linux box to authenticate to a 2k or 2k3 server running active directory, nor do I know the linux equivalent of AD (I'd like to know how to get a Windows box to authenticate to a linux server at some point) - but setting up the simple file sharing is pretty easy..