more mandrake newb questions

[VHockey86]

Got done updating from mandrake 9.1 to 9.2 and I have a few more questions

I'm trying to set it up so I can view shared resources on my dads computer which is running windows XP pro

I used the RPM installer to install the samba-client package as well as a few other samba packages that were there (when i searched for "samba"). Nehow, I went to start--> configuration --> networking --> samba configuration to try and setup the workgroup and stuff that some documentation I read said to do. It opens up a web browser and gives me this error

"An error occured while loading http://localhost:901/:


Could not connect to host localhost (port 901)"

Anyone know why this might be happening?

[Epyon9283]

Its trying to use SWAT. Make sure it's enabled.
Go to /etc/xinetd.d/ and open the file called swat.
There should be a line that says disable=yes. Change the yes to a no and restart xinetd.

[VHockey86]

When I tried to save that file after editing it gave me an error that I did not have write permissions (while logged in as my user). Is there any way I can configure files like this without having to log out of my user and then log into KDE as root?

On a side note, after changing it to disable=no It allowed me to enter the configuration, but all that was there was a list of documentation. For some reason I remember reading in the mandrake documentation that there was a Samba wizard you could run. Any idea where this might be?

Thx for putting up with my ignorance,
Andrew

[Epyon9283]

You SWAT page doesn't have the links at the top like in the screen shot I attached?
I'm not sure about a samba wizard in Mandrake since the last version I used was 8.something and I have long since forgotten everything about it.

[VHockey86]

It only had home/status/view/password, but I figured out that I needed to log in with root to view the other icons

[nukes]

To edit files outside your home directory, just (in a console) type "su"
It will prompt you for the root password and then you will be awarded the # shell.
then you can use nano or vim or whatever to open the files. You could probably load a GUI text editor as well.
Also I beleive KDE has an option to start konqueror in "Super-User mode" so you can do this sort of thing.

[washe]

as nukes said use su in a console...

then type kwrite (is one kde notes writer), it will start as superuser...

[hickory]

Originally posted by VHockey86
Got done updating from mandrake 9.1 to 9.2 and I have a few more questions

I'm trying to set it up so I can view shared resources on my dads computer which is running windows XP pro

vhockey86,

is your dad's win xp on a home network already? on my setup I just go to start > networking > lin neighborhood and mount the "home" network. Then mount the shared pc or folders that you want to share.

tom

[VHockey86]

His is already configured for a home network, I can access his files fine through win xp.

I managed to get the workgroup and stuff changed and now I can see his computer, but the things shared on that computer dont appear, only the "c$" admin kinda shares and the printer

I should probably start a new thread for this, but could anyone walk me through setting up an ftp server? Ive been messing around with the setttings for proftpd through the webadmin thing, but I cant seem to setup users and their default diretories (when I connect to the ftp I just get blank, no files or anything), and also I cant seem to get the connection to pass through my router even though port 21 is forwarded to the PC.

[VHockey86]

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