Samba setup utility?

[GMaq]

Hi,

I don't do a whole lot of networking myself but it occurred to me that LXDE doesn't really have any networking utility GUI's for folks who'd like to use RLL or any Debian LXDE variant with their existing Windows Network. Would a Samba/Network Utility be a worthwhile addition to RCP? Once again I ask in complete ignorance of what this would entail.

[fragadelic]

I thought about that already.  I'll have to make something as there is nothing really small enough out there already.  I have some other things to do ahead of this and I'll work on it after I finish with the ubuntu remastersys update.

[trulan]

I've been trying to get access to the shared folders on my desktop (running XP) from my laptop (AVLinux), and made a little progress tonight so I thought I'd post here.  I am using Gnome Commander, which is lightweight and despite its name doesn't seem to pull any gnome dependencies.  It works very well for me on Xubuntu, and I thought it would be a good candidate for filling this role in LXDE as well.

The only thing that I still haven't got working is browsing the workgroup, or resolving names, or whatever it is properly called.  My workgroup shows up, but I am unable to see any of the computers on it.  (says "permission denied")  If I create a new connection and point gnome-commander at the ip address of my desktop, I am then able to browse my shared folders, copy files, edit, create, delete, etc.

I followed this guide for samba configuration (This will make it work on Ubuntu):
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149

Installed these packages and their dependencies:
smbclient
libsmbclient
gvfs-backends
samba-common
samba-common-bin
tcpdump
winbind

I've been comparing things to my Xubuntu install, where this is all working properly.  I can use it the way it is now, but I know something is still amiss.

[trulan]

Success!  After upgrading the samba-related packages, I am able to browse the shares on my network using gnome commander.  Packages I am using are:
gnome-commander 1.2.7-1+b2
gvfs-backends 1.4.3-1
libgnomevfs2-extra 1:2.24.2-1
libsmbclient 2:3.4.4~dfsg-1
libwbclient0 2:3.4.4~dfsg-1
samba-common 2:3.4.4~dfsg-1
samba-common-bin 2:3.4.4~dfsg-1
smbclient 2:3.4.4~dfsg-1
tcpdump 4.0.0-6
winbind 2:3.4.4~dfsg-1

With modifications to /etc/samba/smb.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf as outlined in the Ubuntu how-to linked above.

[GMaq]

Great!

Wow, thanks for sharing that. it's really the last "major" issue that separates LXDE from Gnome

[fragadelic]

I just finished working on a new tool for this as well that only needs samba and zenity.

Glen - I'll send it your way with some instructions so you can try it out.

[GMaq]

Tony,

Thanks! Can't wait to try it out, is there anything you CAN'T do with Zenity?

[gray wolf]

Is that a compliment to the flexibility of Zenity or the capabilities of Frag?  :laugh: 

GW
 

[GMaq]

@GW

Well Frag's talent of course!

@trulan
That Gnome Commander is awesome! I've NEVER seen anything do ftp transfers that fast, it's worth installing just for that alone!

[ergomatic]

Gnome Commander seems to lock up on me, anybody else experience this?  When I'm trying to browse a shared folder on a Win2k machine