File Sharing

[mikey62]

I have win 98 and linux redhat8.0. 98 on one laptop the linux on the other lap top. can I share files between the pc and how?

both are on the same network a dhcp linksy router.

I know to allow file sharing on the win 98 machine and to make sure that the computer name is the same as the linux machine.

how do I change the computer name [if necessary] and allow file sharing on the linux box?

thanks mike.

 

[apatterno]

The software you're looking for is samba. check it out at

http://www.samba.org

... chances are, your distribution already includes samba. It is a Windows File Sharing client/server.

>> make sure that the computer name is the same as the linux machine

No, you shouldn't do that, each host should have a different name.

And you've got to make sure DCHP is configured correctly on both the linux and windows hosts.

_{I REALLY hope that helps.}
Will

 

[mikey62]

how do I check my computer name on my linux sys?

 

[robman70]

to check the computers name you can type hostname in a shell, to share files between linux and windows you'll want to look into samba

 

[Mickeyncube]

Hi Guys I'm also new to Linux. I've got a redhat linux9 box. I went to the shell(I presume this is the command prompt) and typed localhost - and got the following message localhost localdomain.
Is this my box name - How do you change the computername in linux?

 

[flugh]

Use the 'hostname' command:

hostname flugh

would set my hostname to 'flugh'. Use the '-f' switch to set the fully-qualified domain name.

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JBR