networking two FC3 machines

**Leper Khan** · 01-16-2005

I am trying to network two FC3 machines so I can share files, but I am not sure how to do it. Do I use Samba? Or is there another networking program I need to get/have that I don't know about?

Oh, and when i try "smb://192.168.1.101", i get this error "The folder contents could not be displayed. Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of 'Windos Network: 192.168.1.101'." as if it were not found :-/

**smindinvern** · 01-16-2005

how do you have them set up? Are they connected with a crossover cable, or through a router. Are you using DHCP, or static IP configuration. How are you trying to connect from one to the other. Please provide some more information.

**Leper Khan** · 01-16-2005

I am connected through a switch that is connected to a router. the ip of one machine is 192.168.1.101 and the other is 192.168.1.102. I am trying to share folders between the two machines. I set the shared folders on samba. I am not sure about the ip config... that is all I really know, I can share files fromy my XP box to my FC3 box fine, so I know samba is working.

**smindinvern** · 01-16-2005

You may need to add users on each box so that you can log on via smb. On whichever box is being logged into, run useradd <username> -p <password>. Now from the other box run smbclient 192.168.1.10? -U <username-you-just-created> <password>. If this doesn't work try opening nautilus and putting in the address bar "smb://192.168.1.10?", of course replacing the ? with the correct number. It should ask you for a username and password, use the one you just created.

**Leper Khan** · 01-16-2005

doesn't seem to be working... :-/

**smindinvern** · 01-16-2005

hmm... I assume you can ping one from the other

**Leper Khan** · 01-16-2005

ping? not sure what that is.... i can ssh between machines though, if there is a way to transfer files that way, than alls i care to know is how.

**smindinvern** · 01-16-2005

Great, since it's been awhile since I've set up an smb network anyway. To ssh, just run

Code:

ssh 192.168.1.10?

I believe that you can navigate with standard "cd" "ls" and other standard bash commands. To transfer files try "cp". Again, I haven't done this in a while.. so I'm not quite sure how to transfer files..

**Leper Khan** · 01-16-2005

cp wouldn't work, because you are ssh'ed to the other machine, and you can only cp to and from that machine...

**puntmuts** · 01-16-2005

Samba is for sharing with Windows clients. For Linux to Linux I use:
- NFS
- in GUI the fish:// protocol (SSH)

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