I need some help dont seem to be able to find info on changing directorites and the like in the console view....
this gets a little confusing... I was told to run sambapasswd -a to add a user and password to the list I found the folder it was in which was a mission in itself for me as it gets confusing being a windows user as so much is hidden. opened up the console but dont seem to be able to navigate to that folder so I can run the program with the arguments... I am very familiar with DOS from donkies years ago.... there must be a list of how to use this somewhere with all the commands and the like

cheers

Hello, you've just have to type the command
' cd /the/directory/where/it/is/ '

What's the directory you have to enter in ?
Is it an hidden one (starting with a ., for exemple .hidden) ?

I used cd to change and nothing happens ... it is wierd and i think u may be right it maybe hidden so what do I do then ?
it is hard if u cant see something.... I wanted to change to
usr/local/bin and then execute sambapasswd -a

Then run:
cd /usr/local/bin
./sambapasswd -a

i assume the . at the end of /bin means it is hidden ?
got the linux box to see windows finally but stuffed if i can get the windows xp machine to see mandrake at all... must of spent 8 hours mucking about and reading things and trying it... drove me nuts !!

There is no dot at the end of bin.

I've just replied to your other thread looking for more info.

thanks i am slowly getting the hang of it still no access from the winxp machine....

Try the following on the XP machine. In a DOS prompt box:
net view

Have you tried the XP find computer?

Are the workgroups the same on both computers?

yep been there done that... spend all my spare time in the last week on this even formated drive and reloaded it all and still no go .... as it is dual boot i am gonna remove mandrake and go back to winxp how the heck do I remove lilo or grub without a full format

Boot the XP install and select recovery mode. Run fixmbr to remove bootloader.

cheers done that and now decided to try a HD install of Knoppix...
i loved the way KNoppix booted and easily setup access to my winxp occross the network and even automatically allowed me to access the net without me setting anything up the net is on the winxp gateway machine... maybe i can get this one to be seem from windows pc easier