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Newbie: Linux as a Server Only?!?!
Name: kev100 Date: August 18, 2002 at 19:29:39 Pacific
Comment:
All:
I would like to use Linux on a Peer to Peer network of Win98 and XP pro computers (about 5 or 6 machines)
All the Linux box needs to do is serve files and maybe share a printer.
I simply need to share its HD (read and write)... password protected, if possible, and maybe share a printer on its parallel port.
Doing this with 98 or XP is no prob. However, if I use MANDRAKE, can I do the above in a similar manner (ie point and click, etc) or would it be a can-o-worms?
Name: nullvar Date: August 18, 2002 at 21:30:01 Pacific
Reply:
Not really just point and click, but still pretty easy. Use samba, it works great. Get it from samba.org. For help, go with the smb-howto, or wait, there is a point and click interface, swat. I think it comes in the samba package.
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