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Hi David<BR>
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Ha Ha close but no cigar (meant in a nice way not taking the pxxx, only joking)<BR>
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I want Linux to Linux<BR>
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Sorry shouldn't have mentioned the dreaded OS windows<BR>
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But I will put your email on file for later on when I'm 357 years old and in a position to take my provisional badge in Linux management.<BR>
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On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 13:33, David Goodwin wrote:
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> 1. Do I need NFS or NIS
no
They're for talking linux<->linux
> 2. Should both units have static IP and not DHCP (remembering the laptop
> doesn't use DHCP (I believe)).
no. static ips are one less thing to break on a small network, and
reconfiguring things isn't much hassle.
> 3. Am I correct and I can run two profiles simultaneously.
probably, i don't know too much windwos stuff.. esp. with regards to
profiles.
> 4. I wish I had a brain.
me too :)
> 5. In return I may be able to come to the meeting on the 11th my wife is
> off work! Anyone wishing to attend my public flogging for the "inner
> circle" comment may bring their own birch sticks.
you're on :)
Set up your base unit as a Samba server, to do this edit
/etc/samba/smb.conf - the existing entries should help you figure it
out. Use "security = user" Run smbadduser (i think) and you should now
be able to create a user with the same name as the one you use on windows.
Access your server using either \\ipaddress or \\netbiosname
To keep your files in sync I suggest you use Window's offline files
thing (not in XP Home!), but in Win2k.....
To check the underlying network is working, try ping'ing things etc.
thanks
David.
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