dear tux i have a redhat linux 9 server machine in my network. i am expert in win2k networks. but not in linux. what i wanted is i need to join the linux machine as an additional workstation to my existing network. i manage to set the hostname. so after the hostname where i can give the "win2k domain name" to the linux machine then the linux machine will be able to logon to the win2k domain controller as like a win2k professional station do. please give me the command or the gui location where i can give the domain name of win2k network. so the linux machine will browse my entire network machines as well the win2k machine will also browse the linux machine. thank u tux's.

I don't know about domains, but to join workgroups you need to install and configure samba (also known als smb). Maybe it is possible to login to the domain using NIS, I never tried it, so I might be wrong about that. Johan

windows is entirely based on (S)erver (M)essage (B)locks and will not work with NIS (to my knowledge). You can mount shared smb drives (read windows shares) with smbmount (a part of SAMBA). Read the mans for syntax. In short, you need smbmount. www.samba.org

Samba is definitely the way to go. After installation (it generally comes with most distros so you should either find it already installed or on the installation CDs) edit /etc/samba/smb.conf (could be etc/smb.conf) and make any neccessary changes. To join a domain, as root: # smbpasswd -j DOMAINNAME If you are looking to intergrate into an Active Directory, download the latest version 3 of samba.

thank u all for commenting. as u sad i use the linux help on smb. i manage to sucessfully configuer the smb through setting, server settings, samba server on my redhat 9 system. yes. my windows domain machines shows the linux machine via network places. but sad to say i cant see my windows machines on linux. where can i browse the windows machines.which option i must use. is it posible to do so. or i must configure NFS. I dont no about NFS yet. plese tell my the way to see my windows machines in linux. samba is good, linux is good. thak u all

You can either enter something like "smb:// machinename" into konqueror or nautilus to view the shares or install something like linneighbourhood or gnomba if you want to browse a network.