Mandriva 2008: Configure samba file sharing using GUI?

[dpeirce]

I'd like to find out how to set up Samba for file sharing between 2 computers in my home using the GUI tools provided by Mandriva 2008. I see several posts showing various howtos and fixes but all involve using the command line or manually editing files.

If Mandriva 2008 provides graphical tools, then it should be possible to set up Samba file sharing with those tools, no?

Both computers are running Mandriva 2008 and KDE. They are connected wirelessly using a Linksys WRT54G. The two computers are "davelaptop" and "dave-tower"

What I want:

1) Since everything is behind the Linksys, my security needs should be minimal; I live in the country and there's no one in range.

2) I want to share the files in /home/dave/public on each machine read/write/drag/drop both ways. I'm trying to allow any/all users to use the files without passwords or special groups, although there's only one me using both machines.

3) On both, I have symlinked some directories from another partition outside my home directory into /home/dave/public.

So far, smb4k says "The share '//DAVELAPTOP/PUBLIC' could not be mounted" and "retrying with upper case share name...mount error 6 = No such device or address...Refer to the mount.cifs( manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)" Same message on dave-tower.

Question:

Is it possible to configure Samba using only the GUI tools provided in Mandriva 2008?

This is my current /etc/samba/smb.conf file, the enabled configurations only; I ommitted the rest of the file to save space. I've been messing with this for a week now so it may be scrambled:

[global]
workgroup = MDKGROUP
server string = Samba Server %v
printcap name = cups
printcap cache time = 60
printing = cups
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
map to guest = Bad User
security = share
encrypt passwords = yes
dns proxy = no
restrict anonymous = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
max protocol = NT
acl compatibility = winnt
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = yes
printable = yes
create mask = 0700
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r
use client driver = yes

[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
write list = @adm root
guest ok = yes
inherit permissions = yes

[pdf-gen]
path = /var/tmp
printable = Yes
comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
printing = bsd
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf "%s" "%H" "//%L/%u" "%m" "%I" "%J" &
lpq command = /bin/true

[PUBLIC]
path = /home/dave/PUBLIC/
guest ok = yes
read only = no
case sensitive = no
strict locking = no
msdfs proxy = no
comment = Public directory

Thanks for any help.

In faith, Dave
Viva Texas <><

[dpeirce]

Guess not. It's frustrating when a linux distro provides tools which don't work. *If* the administrative GUI tools worked easily for users, Bill Gates would never know what hit him... because otherwise Linux is far far better than Windows.

There *is* a GUI tool in Control Center for setting up an FTP server. It explained my options so I could understand them, and even offered to download/install the necessary software. Kudos for the programmers who put together that particular tool!! I can at least move files around with reasonable convenience.

In faith, Dave
Viva Texas <><