OK I am trying to get my work to implement some Linux desktops. My boss loved that the operating system is free and we could run some Windows software on it if we had to. I just need to prove that it would connect to our windows domain and show show files on the file server like its a windows machine which means mapping drives. then proving that our existing software will run on the Linux machines.
I have downloaded and installed Suse on a test machine and Joined the domain that uses active directory. Since the domain is .local I changed the nsswitch.conf file and was able to get connected. now I need to map the drives. If someone could point me in the right direction here that would be great.
Hello, welcome here.
Please every time you ask somethinh here tell at least which version of openSUSE you areusing. We can not guess that. So do not type"I have downloaded and installed Suse", but " I have downloaded and installed openSUSE nn.m". AAlso telling which desktop you are using is in most cases very usefull information for those who might try to help you.
I guess you are talking of using Samba because you talk of Windows and the like. Have you seen: openSUSE SuSE Linux HOWTOs and Tutorials by Swerdna and the Samba links there?
Sorry I thought that it would be the same answer no matter the version. I installed openSuse 12.2 on a Dell Inspiron N5030. If I can get everything to work I will be installing it on many different makes and models. so any information that would be universal to the clients that I will be installing it on would be great. I have on to the howto’s but I will check them out again I know they are no longer updated so I figured it wasnt uncommon to ask these types of questions for newer versions of the software.
On 08/21/2012 06:46 AM, Turtleman10 wrote:
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> hcvv;2481056 Wrote:
>> Hello, welcome here.
>>
>> Please every time you ask somethinh here tell at least which version of
>> openSUSE you areusing. We can not guess that. So do not type"I have
>> downloaded and installed Suse", but " I have downloaded and installed
>> openSUSE nn.m". AAlso telling which desktop you are using is in most
>> cases very usefull information for those who might try to help you.
>>
>> I guess you are talking of using Samba because you talk of Windows and
>> the like. Have you seen: ‘openSUSE SuSE Linux HOWTOs and Tutorials by
>> Swerdna’ (http://www.swerdna.net.au/) and the Samba links there?
>
> Sorry I thought that it would be the same answer no matter the version.
> I installed openSuse 12.2 on a Dell Inspiron N5030. If I can get
> everything to work I will be installing it on many different makes and
> models. so any information that would be universal to the clients that I
> will be installing it on would be great. I have on to the howto’s but I
> will check them out again I know they are no longer updated so I figured
> it wasnt uncommon to ask these types of questions for newer versions of
> the software.
>
>
the version of Linux doesn’t matter much when you are mapping network
drives. Have a look here (amongst the tutorials that hcvv pointed to) at
how to map: http://www.swerdna.net.au/susesambacifs.html
In particular, if you have a share on windows at //server/share and you
don’t need to login than you can put this line in fstab to mount it each
time openSUSE boots up:
//server/share /path_to/mount cifs guest,_netdev 0 0
and if you do have to log in then use this variation:
//server/share /path_to/mount cifs
username=server_user,password=secret,_netdev 0 0
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Regards
swerdna
On 08/20/2012 10:46 PM, Turtleman10 wrote:
> I installed openSuse 12.2
why choose pre-release (known buggy, probably) software for your initial
install?? don’t you really need a stable base to begin?
i’d suggest you begin with a more stable (while still maturing and
receiving patches until May 15, 2013) openSUSE 12.1
fetch it here: http://software.opensuse.org/
on the other hand, if you really want the pre-release testing version
you need to discuss it here: http://tinyurl.com/2du7r4s
and, the folks there are (or should be) more interested in identifying
and logging bugs than helping one person figure out how to work around
the bugs (or setup problems).
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dd
Sorry I thought that it would be the same answer no matter the version.
Maybe not in the end, but as you have a problem, you do not realy know what matters because you allready checked all things you thought that they could matter. In any case, as there ar even people using 10.3 or earlier without telling that and let those who want to help muddle in the dark, I repeat: “Please every time you ask something here tell at least which version of openSUSE you are using.” (i took out my typos).
I installed openSuse 12.2
As allready mentioned by others, 12.2 is not realeased yet. Thus not very many people in these rpoduction forums can check against what you have. Andd thus we have a Pre-release/Beta forum where those daring enough to help testing and debugging pre-releases canexchange their experiences.
I will move this thread over there. Please ALL refrain from posting until moved.
Moved and open again.