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→Connecting to a Linux SMB Server (Matrix) from a Linux Client (Fedora 13)
*As root, ensure Samba is installed. Use these two commands: "yum install samba" and "yum install samba-client"
**Fedora encrypts passwords when authenticating SMB connections. Unfortunately Windows clients (here at Seneca) insist on passwords being sent in plain text. For this reason Matrix SMB is set to use plain text passwords. To change Fedora to use plain text passwords switch to root and edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and immediately after the [global] section header insert these two lines:
client plaintext auth = yes client lanman auth = yes*Create a new account on Fedora with the same name as your LEARN acount. Set the password to 'seneca99'.*Logout of joker and login to Fedora using your LEARN name.*Now try the following:**From the "Places" menu at the top of your screen, select "Network" and wait until the network scan completes. Then click on the"Windows Network" and then click the "File" menu and select"Connect to Server" and input matrix.senecac.on.ca for the server, your username for the ShareName and UserName fields. Then click theConnect button. You should now be able to browse your Matrix files.**The second way is to use a web browser with support for the SMB protocol such as Konqueror.If Konqueror is not installed then install it with the command: 'yum install kdebase'. **Start Konqueror, the web/file browser, and in the Location edit box enter the following: smb://matrix/xxxxxx**where xxxxxx is your Matrix username
Login to your Matrix account. Konqueror should open a window of your Matrix home directory. Use the mouse to drag and drop files to and from your Matrix account and your Fedora Linux machine.
Close Konqueror.
