Connecting to Microsoft Windows computers
Your Corel LINUX system can share files and printer services on a network with other Linux computers, and with Windows computers. Samba Client software lets Windows and Linux systems recognize and communicate with each other. When your computer is connected to a network, Samba Client lets you share individual files, or mount whole directories of other Linux and Windows computers through Corel File Manager. For information about accessing Windows network computers and mounting shared directories, see "Sharing directories with remote users."
Samba Client software is installed automatically with Corel LINUX. You can configure Samba Client so you can communicate with Windows computers that are part of the Windows workgroup. A workgroup is a group of computers connected to a network. A workgroup can consist of both Windows and Linux systems.
You can specify a WINS server (if your network has one) to facilitate name resolution during file sharing. When you attempt to share to a computer, your computer asks the WINS server for the IP address of the computer it is trying to contact. If you do not have a WINS server configured on your system or network, your computer asks each computer in the workgroup for its address until it finds the right one, creating excess traffic on your network. You can also set the file and print sharing security level and the password authentication server.
For more information about using Samba server to set up your computer as a file server, see "Setting up file and print servers for Windows clients" in the Corel LINUX Server Administrator Guide or the Corel LINUX Server Administrator online Help.
You can obtain IP address and password information from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or system administrator.