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→Connecting to a Linux SMB Server from a Windows Client (Windows 7)
=Connecting to a Linux SMB Server from a Windows Client (Windows 7)=
*Power up a Windows 7 system in the lab and login using your LEARN username and password.
*You should see an icon of Tux, the Linux penguin, Open up Explorer and Right click on your desktopComputer > Map network drive.. Double> Select a Drive Letter and '\\<ip-address-click it to login to your Matrix account. A window of -f16-host>\home' > you will then be asked for your Matrix home directory should openusername and password.*Use the mouse You should now be able to browser, drag and drop your files to and from your Matrix account and your the Windows 7 lab machine.*Once you are satisfied that you can easily move files to/from your Matrix account power off the PC.*Set the HD selector switch to boot from your Fedora 13 Linux drive and power on the PC.#*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
==Completing the Lab==
Answer the following questions
#Explain how you connected to your SMB server on Linux from a Windows PC. List exactly what you had to do on the Windows PC to test your Linux server.
#What is the purpose of the testparm command?
