[mdlug] Networking

[David Lee Lambert]

--- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:03:02 -0400
>From: Garry Stahl <tesral at comcast.net>  
>
>I have a Linux box and an XP box on a peer to peer network.  I want the
>two to talk as seamlessly as possible.

You have several choices:

1.  Install Samba on Linux;  enable the [homes] and [printers] shares,  and set up shares for anything else;  use smbfs to mount shares in the other direction,  or just use smbclient to copy files.

2.  Install Services for Unix on Windows,  and enable the NFS client and server and the LPD client and server.

3.  Install the NCP toolchain (ncpfs,  I'm not sure what else) on Linux,  and install "Client for NetWare" and "Server for NetWare" on Windows.  This is probably harder than the first two alternatives;  I've never done it.

4.  Install Cygwin sshd and ssh on Windows.  You can use scp to copy files.  This might be all you need to do,  or you might want to do this anyway.

5.  To view the Windows desktop remotely from Linux,  use the "tsclient" program or install a VNC server on Windows and use "vncviewer".  

    To run graphical programs across the network from Windows,  install the Cygwin X server,  or start a new VNC desktop with "vncserver" and access it with a Windows VNC client.