[LUG] Kubuntu Samba

[Thomas Arrow <tom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Robert wrote:
> 
> I've just installed kubuntu. You should have no problems with your net 
> connection, any gnome apps you can get using adept. To get adept to show 
> all available applications you need to edit sources.list. The list of 
> repositories needs to have a couple of entries uncommented. It's in 
> /etc/apt and you should be able to do the edit using the file browser. 
> If not
> 
> sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> then enter "i" to be in inser/editt mode. Remove the "#" symbols from 
> the repository paths, hit esc to exit edit mode and the shift ZZ to save.
> 
> It's true that the partition tool isn't as good as mandriva's, but it 
> did spot free space on my windows partition automaticaly. So if that's 
> what you want no problems. I wanted to install in the partitions used by 
> kubuntu 6.6. This used three partitions, sda 5, 6 and 7, 6.10 uses 2. 
> Just select the partitions you want to use on the screen that displays 
> all the partitions in graphical mode and reformat them. kubuntu will do 
> the rest - this case changing the three partitions, boot, root and swap, 
> into two - swap and root.
> 
> My problem is with setting up samba. The kde manager shows all the set 
> up prompts greyed out, even when I enter administrator mode. I've tried 
> installing other kde packages that might make it work, like kdenetwork, 
> but no go. Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Simon
> 

I would suggest doing it all by hand from the config file. Its much
easier and you know it doing what you asked it to. Also check samba and
its dependents are installed and possibly they are running (from init)?

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Tom (the younger)

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