Network and desktop

[blazina]

Hey, I have a computer in my classroom that I'm expirementing Linux with,
My goal is to use it as a file server eventually but I can't accses it from other
computers even though it shows up in the network neighborhood, it asks for
a password and I have no idea what it is... And something is really screwy with the resolution and I can't figure out how to change the resolution there is only one setting in the box..these questions might be noob questions but I need help..

[joshaven]

#I am assuming that you have samba installed and running by the way that
#you are asking your question. If you find that Samba is not running you
#will want to issue the following command:

sudo apt-get install samba

#Next you will want to edit your samba config file...
nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
#Check the following lines to make sure they are set like you want:

workgroup = workgroup
security = share # (less secure then security = user but more like windows)
guest account = nobody

#Setup your shares:

[Public]
comment = Guest access share
path = /var/lib/samba/shares/public
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes

[Backup]
comment = Backup access share
path = /var/lib/samba/shares/backup
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes

#You will also want to create your shares.
cd /var/lib/samba
sudo mkdir share
cd share
sudo mkdir public backup
sudo chmod 777 public backup

# all files created in this share will be created by the user nobody and will
# have RWX privileges for that user
# if you create files or move them to your share using a different user
# you may end up with files you cannot access. in that event check into:
# these commands: chown and chmod

[bhaslinux]

for Xserver you can reconfigure it using

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (for Etch )
or
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (for sarge, and other stable )