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twokvolts
06-26-2001, 03:56 PM
I just installed RedHat 7.1. With this fresh install I update Gnome to 1.4 and I installed Samba 2.2.0a using rpms. Both were flawless installs. Now it gets trickier. I would like to update the kernel to 2.4.5 and I need to configure Samba. It will be hosting various machines: another linux box, win98 and win2k boxes. How do I do this? Also what is the command in the CLI to find out the IP address of my linux box. I would like to telnet into it since I have only one monitor. Thanks
EyesWideOpen
06-26-2001, 04:00 PM
Originally posted by twokvolts:
Also what is the command in the CLI to find out the IP address of my linux box.
/sbin/ifconfig will tell you info about your communication devices.
Can't help with the Samba stuff -- no experience with it.
I recommend the book "Using redhat linux 6.1" published by Que. It walks you through all that stuff. I did the step by step guide in the book to get my network going. Now I'm using Samba like a pro. (kind of)
I would first check and see if there's a newer version of the book.
Hope this helps.
Kuit
Read the nhf's on kernel upgrading or check out linuxdoc.org for more detailed explanation, I think there are docs at kernel.org which will tell you what you need to upgrade the kernel. For samba there is a file called samba.conf in the /etc directory it is well commented and should be all you need to get things going, also samba.org is a good starting point. Hope that helped a little, now I just gotta figure out how to get php working ;)
Cuthbert
07-01-2001, 11:53 AM
Here is a good link if you want to learn to use samba:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/index.html
Also, you can use netstat to view ip information..... netstat --help for options.