How can I go to my network PC's?

[gatepass007]

Hi guys,
I'm using Linux Mandrake 9.0 as m default OS. I just want to know how can I share files through Linux? For example: In windows XP if I click to My Network Places then I can go to my network places and can share important files. But, how can I go to that place by unig Linux. Please help me.
Thanking you,
Razib....

[YogaFrog]

Install Samba. it's a very cool program for sharing files between Linux/Windows machines.

The packages should be available from your installation CDs.

Othervize go here and download the latest packages:

http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/Mandrake/RPMS/9.0/


You will need to have the following packages installed on your system:

Samba
samba-swat
samba-common
samba-client

To check if they are allready installed open a terminal and type:

# rpm -qa | grep samba

This will return a listing of what packages you allready have.



:)

[gehidore]

you could try this from a shell...

mount -t smbfs //whatever the hostname is/what ever the share name is/ /whereveryouwantitmounted/
/\
if that does not work you could try removing the / like this |
\/
mount -t smbfs //whatever the hostname is/what ever the share name is /whereveryouwantitmounted/

the directory you want it to be mounted to must be existing it will not make it so make one your self.