Re: [Hampshire] Connect linux netbook to Mac server

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Author: John Cooper
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Connect linux netbook to Mac server
On 25/11/09 15:05, Owain Clarke wrote:
> I don't know if anyone has experience of this, but I am working in a
> place with a Mac OS 10.2 server, and I am wondering about the
> feasibility of connecting to the server with a Linux (Ubuntu) netbook,
> so that I could both use files on the server and continue using my GNU
> software.
>
> I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me what service(s) I need to enable
> on the server, and then how I get my netbook to spot the network. I'm
> only here once a week, so I won't be able to try anything out quickly,
> but would be glad to receive any help on this one.


You connect to a Mac server like any other *nix server either using NFS
or Samba/SMB/CIFS therefore just search for a mac howto. Samba is
probably the best to use and will appear in Nautilus file manager (menu
options Go/Network)

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