From: "Ronnie T. Mungo, Boy Genius" 

Antti... I went back to ask the local Samba expert if he would look into
your message.

As soon as he comes back from wherever they shipped him I'm sure he'll let you know.

(He was shipped out overnight Saturday. Being single, and with no family,
apparently he got zero warning.)



RTM, BG (not very happy, but with no recourse since he wasn't on my staff)


"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
message news:3e22a72b{at}w3.nls.net...
> Now I'm not happy with this Linux thing at all.
>
> I'm trying to install Samba so that I could move files between my Windows
> and Linux systems (I think Samba is what I need, right?), but it's getting
> to be a bit too difficult for me (I'm going to a Linux training course in
a
> few weeks, maybe that'll help).
>
> I burned the files to a cd from my windows box (Konqueror kept crashing
> while downloading), and am now trying to set this thing up somehow. First,
> Nautilus started crashing and will no longer work at all - which I don't
> mind 'cause it was really stupid anyway. So I started Konqueror, and tried
> running the rpm's from there - but it says that some "common" file is
> required.
>
> Okay, then I downloaded everything from the Samba download place, made a
new
> cd, and tried running that. Konqueror started crashing, and Nautilus won't
> even run at all anymore. No biggie, I finally got Konqueror to run enough
so
> that I was able to see that I now have the Samba-common rpm which I think
is
> what was missing, and when I click on it it brings up a few dialogs - and
> still doesn't want to install.
>
> Okay, so maybe I can't do this straight from the cd, let's copy everything
> to a temporary directory (which is what the readme file told me to do -
see,
> I read those!). Select all files from the cd, go to /home, create a new
> directory, open it, hit Ctrl+V to paste, and it says "the file or
directory
> /mnt/cdrom/samba/samba-common-2.2.7-1.1mdk-i586.rpm does not exist." Funny
> thing is, it shows the exact file name that I was trying to copy! So, back
> to the cd, try right-clicking and selecting Copy, seems okay, then
directly
> to the newly created folder, and again: file does not exist, with the
exact
> path and filename of the exact file I'm trying to copy.
>
> Right, so how about I drag this file? Alright, start dragging, looks okay,
> release mouse and bam! file does not exist.
>
> So, the question is this: how can this really be this stupid? Are there
any
> file managers that actually work, and how can a file not exist if I am
> dragging the file with the mouse? I am also able to run the file to a
> certain point, so the cd shouldn't be faulty. Is there any way to install
> anything without installing several things here and there - like, is there
> an installer application or something for Samba (or anything else) that
> would come with everything I need?
>
>
> The more I try to use Linux the more I like Windows - it may be so-so in
> security and such, but at least the basic, normal things, like copying a
> file or installing an app, work without this sort of nonsense. This has
been
> nothing but headache.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>

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