Mac/PC can't see each other

[macosx_risk]

I got what you doing now. Here you go:

1) Telnet is a unix program/service which lets you login into a unix server/machine on a network(LAN/WAN whatever )
By default telnet is enabled as a unix service. But you would not be allowed to login as "root" user remotely - that said you can always login on the unix server as root on the physical machine itself.
in your case ensure that the ip addresses and netmask are in the same IP class and subnet. for ex: assign PC with 192.168.10.10/255.255.255.0 and assign Unix machine with 192.168.10.20/255.255.255.0

Ways to overcome this - create a normal user, set his password. from a remote machine type this:
telnet <ip address of the unix server>
login: fooboo (whatever username u created on unix server)
password: (type your password here. unix doesnt displays stars (****) like windows - no password guessing - unix security u see)

if you entered the above credentials correct (username/password), you will see your unix prompt (one like MS-DOS prompt):
$fooboo>

Voila!!! now that you are logged into the unix server remotely from any other machine, you can do a whole lot. you logged in as a normal user "fooboo" and now you want to do system administration as "root" user. Use the "su" unix command to act as "SuperUser" for time being.
$fooboo> su
password:<type your root password here>
#root> now you are "root" user and be careful henceforth, since you just got a "Samurai" Sword in your hands....watch your neck and eyes....

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Strange World of File Sharing:

Unix and Windows have their own protocols to share files in their respective environments.

Unixes invented file sharing decades ago - Network File System(NFS)
Windows followed much later - SMB (Server Message Block)

Unix to Unix file sharing - NFS
Windows to Windows file sharing - SMB (now called as CIFS)

So if you want to share files between these 2 worlds, you need something in between which can do the "translation" of the 2 protocols. Hence there is this project called as SAMBA. SAMBA is a software available on various OSes.
PS-You have something like a SAMBA server and a SAMBA client. In your case you can install SAMBA on your windows machine and make it as the SAMBA server and hence your Unix machine becomes a SAMBA client. You can also do otherwise, but you avoid doing it till you become proficient with unixes of the world.

SAMBA server will let you access CIFS/NFS file shares on your network and clients can read/write files on those shares.

My Recommendation - buy a book or download basic unix tutorials from internet before you get in file sharing etc..

Cheers and all the best

Regards,
RiSK

[Satcomer]

Originally Posted by Straitsfan

I'm going to start this myself, because searching isn't getting me anywhere on any of the sites I've been to.

I have a mac, which is my main machine, and a PC running XP service pack three. I have a book called 'Mac OS X leopard the missing manual' by david pogue. He talks about how easy it is for the two machines to see each other...

Trouble is, nothing works."

Well the web sites you should look at are Connecting a Macintosh running Leopard (10.5) to SBS 2003 (look at all three pages), Sharing files between a Windows Vista Home Edition PC and a Mac running OS X Leopard 10.5 and since you are using such older technology Sharing files between a Windows XP PC and a Mac running OS 10.4.x to mix and match to your setup for sharing.

Finally the last thing to remember is to use the same EXACT Time server (in OS X Leopard/Tiger look at System Preferences->Date & Time. On XP it is in the Date Time Control panel.

[jwooten37830]

I'm running Leopard 10.5.7. I know the external IP address of my mac. I can ping localhost and get a response. If I ping using the external IP address, it does not find my mac. I have check Security and it is not in stealth mode and I allow all incoming connections. I have no firewall running. I am using Apple's Airport Extreme connected to Comcast and they do not block port 80 for instance. Yet, telnet my.ip.address 80 does not give me a connection as telnet localhost 80 does ( I am running a web server on port 80 ). I also use a program called Jaadu from my iPhone and it connects fine and gives me a VNC connection to share screens!

Driving me crazy!

Any suggestions?