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sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2359 Location: UK

OK I made this yesterday, Samba Manager 0.1

It requires both rcrsn51s YASSM and samba-tng
pets to be installed. It adds a menu entry in 'Network'.

It's a simple script, a hack more than anything.

It's a frontend for both YASSM and Samba-TNG,
hopefully clear enough that idiots like me won't
confuse the purpose of the two.

Of course, this is just for users who want it, and
I do not intend this to be part of either the YASSM
or samba-tng-rcrsn51 pkgs..

Here are some screenshots and the pet, below:

rmcellig · Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2013, 17:27 Post subject:

I just installed Puppy Precise 5.4. I can access my shares from the other computers on my LAN but how do I create a share so that I can see it on my other machines. Do I use YASSM or do I have to download Samba Full or do I use Yassm instead?

I know how to set up a share in Puppy Linux 5.2.8 but am not sure how to do it in Precise. Thanks!!

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 16 Feb 2013, 08:17 Post subject:

rmcellig · Posted: Sat 16 Feb 2013, 08:37 Post subject:

Looks like I will be testing Samba 4.0. Can hardly wait!

Haven't tried Samba-TNG. Will look into it.

rmcellig · Posted: Sat 16 Feb 2013, 08:40 Post subject:

Thanks sc0ttman! I will try this out for sure.

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 601 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day rcrsn51,

I have been trying your YASSM in the latest Pups as pnethood is now mostly missing.

With YASSM, I found I could not mount the shares on my quite old XP computer (called 'DAD2' - from when my children were around - now it's grandchildren pushing buttons & keys!).

I/YASSM could see each share, listed by the drop-down button (e.g. MyDocuments@DAD2) but could not connect.

Reading your advice in some threads, I tried replacing "DAD2" as the Server option with the computer's network address (192.168.2.105 - it was manually set so should be a fixed address) and I could now access the shares.

What is your advice to make this accessing easier in future - rename the old desktop (e.g. is a lowercase name needed? Why is DAD2 a problem - pnethood worked as is) or can I set up a default to use the network address in some way in place of the DAD2 name?

Thanks for any help,
David S.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 07 Mar 2013, 19:52 Post subject:

Do you have the Puppy firewall turned on?

Run the command "nmblookup DAD2". Does this return the server's IP address?

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 601 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day rcrsn51,
Thanks for the quick reply.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 07:57 Post subject:

This is a bit of a mystery. YASSM uses a different technique than Pnethood for resolving the server name DAD2 into its IP address 192.168.2.105. But since the nmblookup command above worked for you, I can't see why YASSM would fail.

Try this version

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 601 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day rcrsn51,

I tried your suggested code:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 19:23 Post subject: Re: two network adaptors?

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 601 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day again,

I only found the wired 192.168.2.105 connection yesterday with the nmblookup.
But trying again this morning, it did report both addresses (101 & 105). I suspect the wireless was temporarily off yesterday on the XP machine and I did not notice.

As I seem to be successfully learning about networking my now less-used Windows computers ( Very Happy

, thanks), I have a mainly dust-gathering Windows7 laptop.

When I try YASSM (& pnethood - I'm running a Upup Precise), the lap-top is found/reported but as "hidden@DAVIDLAPTOP-PC". It is connecting via its wireless adaptor at 192.168.2.8 - I had unplugged its wired connection quite a while ago.

In case you are a Windows7 expert, how do I unhide the Shares on this lap-top? I think I have tried everything in its Control Panel to make folders shared and public, but "who knows?"
I'm trying a few passwords and user names but with no luck nor skill (as suggested in your guide earlier (page1) in this thread).

Or should I re-establish the wired connection (if that was an issue with the XP computer difficulty)? Just need to find a cable to test this out.

David S.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 10 Mar 2013, 07:00 Post subject:

In YASSM, "hidden" just means that the share requires authentication. When you use the Win7 machine, does it require a username and password?

What happens with Pnethood? You would need to enter the authentication, then hit Rescan to see the shares.

You might need to use the Win7 machine's admin-level password.

PaulR · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 232 Location: UK

I'm struggling to connect to my Win 7 PC, any help would be really appreciated. Here's what I have...

Win 7 machine:
Computer name: acer
Share: I just created a folder in the root of C: called /pupshare and set sharing properties (chose my usual Windows login/password as the only user allowed access).
IP address: 192.168.1.73 (dynamically assigned by router).
Potential problems: Firewall and Hamachi disabled (closed)

Puppy machine:
Slacko 5.5, firewall temporarily set to OFF
YASSM 2.6
Connected via wireless

If I scan using YASSM I find hidden@ACER (and hidden@BTHUB3 for some reason, maybe the router control panel??).

If I then select it and enter my username/password/share name I get a 'no connection to pupshare' error.

I've tried all variations of upper/lower case for the server name with and without the additional ?192.168.1.0 and preceding slashes //

I've tried /pupshare and pupshare in the share name and tried putting the windows WORKGROUP name in options.

If, I click the 'Shares' button in the credentials dialog I get a dropdown list with 'NONE' as the only item so it seems the pupshare directory isn't visible.

It's got me beat... any pointers anyone? Very Happy

Paul