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OPS335 Samba Lab

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Using Nautilus to browse Samba Shares
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== Using Nautilus to browse Samba Shares ==
#The first way is to use *Use the "Places" menu from a Gnome desktop:#*As root, ensure Samba is installed. Use these two commands: "yum install samba" and "yum install samba-client"#*Fedora encrypts passwords when authenticating SMB connections. Unfortunately Windows clients (here at Seneca) insist on passwords being sent in plain text. For this reason Matrix SMB is set to use plain text passwords. To change Fedora to use plain text passwords switch to root and edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and immediately after the [global] section header insert these two lines:#**client plaintext auth = yes#**client lanman auth = yes#*Create a new account on Fedora with the same name as your LEARN acount. Set the password to 'seneca99'.#*Logout of joker and login to Fedora using your LEARN namevm01.#*Now try the following:#*From the "Places" menu at the top of your screen, select "Network" and wait until the network scan completes. **Then click on the "Windows Network" and then click the "File" menu and select "Connect to Server", change the service type to "Windows Share" and input matrix.senecac.on.ca for the server, > Select your username for the ShareName and UserName fields. Then click the Connect button. You should now be able to browse Domain name > enter your Matrix filescredentials.#The second way is to == Using a browser ==*You can also use a web browser with support for the SMB protocol such as Konqueror. #*If Konqueror is not installed then install it with the command: ' yum install kdebase'. #*Start Konqueror, the web/file browser, and in the Location edit box enter the following: 'smb://matrix/xxxxxx'. Where xxxxxx is your Matrix username. #*Login to your Matrix account. Konqueror should open a window of your Matrix home directory. #*Use the mouse to drag and drop files to and from your Matrix account and your Fedora Linux machine.Close Konqueror.
===Connecting to a Linux SMB Server (Matrix) from a Windows Client (Windows 7)===
*Once you are satisfied that you can easily move files to/from your Matrix account power off the PC.
*Set the HD selector switch to boot from your Fedora 13 Linux drive and power on the PC.
#*Fedora encrypts passwords when authenticating SMB connections. Unfortunately Windows clients (here at Seneca) insist on passwords being sent in plain text. For this reason Matrix SMB is set to use plain text passwords. To change Fedora to use plain text passwords switch to root and edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and immediately after the [global] section header insert these two lines:
#**client plaintext auth = yes
#**client lanman auth = yes
==Completing the Lab==
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