Guide to Networking Windows & PCLinuxOS

[Cheemag]

Hello.

I have PCLinuxOS KDE 2010.12, cabled to an XP and a Windows-7 machine.

I'm looking for a guide to getting Linux to show itself to Windows.

At the moment I can access the Windows shares on both machines from PCLinuxOS via Samba, but the Linux machine is hidden from Windows.

I've made a few Linux directories shared, but no luck. Clearly something more is required ...

[AS]

Hello,

PCLinuxOS Magazine is your friend! 
http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/200909/page05.html

search the index for others stuffs
http://pclosmag.com/html/sorted.html

AS

[Cheemag]

Hello,

PCLinuxOS Magazine is your friend!  
http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/200909/page05.html

Thanks, but this only goes so far ... "you are back at the PCLinuxOS Control Center again.
Down the left hand side again, choose Sharing from the top, then Set Up A File And Print Server."

"Sharing" is available in my installation, but "Set Up A File And Print Server"  isn't. I'm fairly sure it's a matter of the Linux machine having a different workgroup name, but I can't find any way to change it - it won't let me modify the smb.conf file ... (

[AS]

Where is the problem with PCC ?

If it's the first time you setup Samba, the wizard will drive you... if it's not the first time, then:
PCC -> Network Sharing -> Share Drives and directories with Windows (SMB) -> Top menu: Samba Server -> Configure ...

If Share Drive and directories with Windows (SMB) is not listed in PCC, probably you need to install samba-server from Synaptic.

AS

[Xero]

I set up my Network shares (SAMBA shares) using this, http://74.54.219.50/~lxgator/gnome/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3004&sid=3d97095f3a3db87df1bb3a38bcf91421  , and Win 7 and WinXp machines can see and browse it fine.

[Cheemag]

I set up my Network shares (SAMBA shares) using this, http://74.54.219.50/~lxgator/gnome/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3004&sid=3d97095f3a3db87df1bb3a38bcf91421  , and Win 7 and WinXp machines can see and browse it fine.

Another possibility. I'll have a look. Many thanks.

[pags]

Have you ensured you don't have a firewall enabled (and possibly blocking access to the SMB/CIFS ports)?