First, I am a newbie, I do read the have search the ALUG mail postings, I have RTFM (in fact, I have read way too many FM's) and I just can't get a network between my Linux and Window/98 machine to work to share files. I have to admit that I have tried many things and may have created my own problem, but I want to learn how to fix it without starting from scratch (although, if necessary, I will). When running the SAMBA configurator, under KDE is get the Konqueror message: "Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1 (port 901).

I have a Dell 233mhz, Pentium II, Optiplex GXA, with several "on-(mother)board" features: sound, video, ethernet, and USB. The sound, video, and USB function perfectly. I have also attempted to install a second ethernet card and it is physically installed and I did the software changes that one of the HOW-Tos described, but I'm not sure if it was correct, since ifconfig doesn't show it. I have a link below for details.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, since I am trying to convince my management to change over from the MS products to the open systems GPL products.

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,

Robert Stelmack Wellingore, Lincolnshire, UK Email (h): stelmack@nwlink.com Email (w): robert.h.stelmack@boeing.com

In order to keep this email message small, I have provided a link (http://e-simassist.com/linux/samba.txt ) to a text file that contains the following:

FILE: /etc/samba/sam.conf FILE: running the command testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf FILE: /etc/services FILE: running to command ifconfig