I am trying to set up my network so my WinXP and my MDK 9.1 can view the share folders/drives. I have samba installed on MDK 9.1 and I can see the drive from the MDK 9.1 control panel. When I go to mount the drive on the desk top as an icon I get an error that I am not root. Is there a way to do this with the GUI? If not what is the exact command I need to use. Lets say the WinXP account I set up name is LINUX and the password is FISH and the workgroups name is WINDOWS and the name of the computer with WinXP is LIVINGROOM. What is the best way to get a root console and what command would I use. THanks in advance

How are you trying to mount it? With mount or smbmount? $ smbmount //livingroom/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o username=LINUX Providing you have permission to mount on /mnt/mountpoint. If you haven't set up a share on XP, try //livingroom/c$ instead, but you will probably have to do -o username=administrator too. If you run konqueror or nautilus, try just typing smb://livingroom into the address bar. If you want to do it all with a GUI, try linneighbourhood or gnomba.

I am trying to mount it via the GUI, I right click on the desktop and pick new hard drive..... In your command line suggestion do I need to type the "$" or are you showing that because it is the prompt? I have file sharing set up already on the XP machine. Is sharename the command or a generic term? Thanks

The $ indicates a prompt (usually a # if logged in as root) The sharename is whatever you called the share on the windoze box. Say you had a folder on the XP machine full of mp3s, right-click on it, go to the properties and share it as "mp3s" (stick to simple names with no spaces to make things easy). If you browse you network on the windoze machine, double-clicked on livingroom it would display mp3s as being shared. Under linux you can get a list of shares available on a windoze PC with the following command: $ smbclient -L livingroom To mount it: $ smbmount //livingroom/mp3s /mnt/mp3s Did you try "smb://livingroom" in your address bar (konqueror or nautilus)?