a server room is always handy to have :) And with 10 machines you
probably would need some cooling too (it's not always winter you
know....).
also add your machines to the hosts file (located under /etc/). That
way you can also ping the machines from the server to check if they
can be reached through machine name (and don't use DHCP on any of the
machines).
the hosts file could look something like this
# ----------------------------------
# hosts file
# local machine
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.100 myserver
# farm machines
192.168.0.101 render1
192.168.0.102 render2
192.168.0.103 render3
192.168.0.104 render4
192.168.0.105 render5
# ----------------------------------
Sound's wierd though that some XP machines require IP address, that
sounds to me that the machine isn't properly registered in the
workgroup (or are you using a doman?).
best of luck
stefan andersson
On 3/19/06, digimata <digimata(at)digimata.com> wrote:
> Stefan, thanks again. I did just that, Kim did offer that advice too.
> Although I found some XP systems required the use of the IP address
> rather than the name
> to access. Like you said, I don't have a security issue since I am a small
> outfit but I do have
> a noise problem with all these 1U running. I need a server room.
>
> Leoung
>
> Stefan Andersson wrote:
> it's probably how you have setup your samba shares. I've found in most
> cases that the graphical setups (when using a GUI to make the samba
> shares) doens't always make the proper adjustements.
> One general tip is to have the same login and password for all your
> machines. This will make the samba share a lot easier to setup. And
> since you are a small company you don't really need to worry about
> security amongs users or employees :)
>
> I recommend you read these pages:
> http://linuxhelp.homeunix.com/cgi-bin/rblh/index.rb?handler=articles&article=samba
> http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~reinholz/freebsd/samba.html
>
> It will help you to setup a proper samba share.
>
> best regards
> stefan andersson
>
>
> On 3/18/06, digimata <digimata(at)digimata.com> wrote:
>
>
> It has been a bit of a journey to a mini rendering farm.
> I am almost there with Kim's help.
> Stefan Anderson and a lot of you guys have been very helpful too
> I still have a issue, a few of my XP systems is having problems
> accessing the my Linux Server.
> It see server but requests for a username and password but no go.
> I am can't see what is different with these systems....
>
> Leoung
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