[PLUG] Samba and USB

[Jeff DeFouw]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Zach Markley wrote:

> At my house, I have networked my computer and my roommates computers
> together using Windows98.  Everything works fine when I use Win98 but
> when I use linux on my computer they, my roommates, can see my computer
> in "Network Neighborhood" but can't login to mine.  I don't want to sent
> up user accounts for them, I just want to share some directories to any
> one.

Make sure this is set under [global]:
security = share

Then make a share section such as:
[Share]
  comment = Shared Files
  writable = no
  locking = no
  path = /mnt/swap
  public = yes
  browseable = yes

> My second problem is my USB Iomega Zip Drive.  I have compiled kernel
> 2.4.2 (having a little problems with the sound and file systems, but I
> can fix that,) but where can I find a driver, and how do I use/insatll
> it?  If I fix these two problems, I will no longer have to use windows,
> except to burn CDs.  Which is one step closer to bliss.

I think it works, and the drivers come with the kernel.  Enable USB Mass
Storage in the kernel, I think you need SCSI disk support too.  If built
as a module, load one the appropriate controller interfaces such as
usb-uhci for whatever controller you have, and then load the usb mass
storage module (storage).  If it works you should be able to mount the
drive as a SCSI drive with partitions, where the default partition would
be for example /dev/sda4.  I don't actually have a USB Zip drive but I
have other USB devices and a Parallel ZIP drive.

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Jeff DeFouw <defouwj@purdue.edu>