[. . . ] 1. 0 QuickBooks Install NOTE: Before beginning QuickBooks install, verify that the following REQUIRED components are installed: eDirectory iManager Samba For further information, see the NOWS SBE Administration and Install Guide at http://www. novell. com/documentation/nows/ 1. [. . . ] Specify user information and Set Simple Password, then click OK. 2. 2 Creating a Samba Share for QuickBooks 2. 2. 1 Enabling User for Linux 1. Click Object Selector (magnifying glass icon). Object Selector View 8. Click the Object Selector (magnifying glass icon) and click SambaUsers. 11. From the Windows client that will run QuickBooks, click Start, then click Run. Next add a new line at the end of the hosts file: ip_address NOWSBE_host_name In the example below, the server is 172. 18. 4. 101 nowstest 5. Click File and Save, then exit Notepad. 2. 2. 4 Connecting Windows to Samba 1. Specify it you would like to setup accounts in QuickBooks, click Next. You have now completed your QuickBooks setup, click Finish. 2. 2. 6 Switching to Multi-User Mode To begin using QuickBooks in multi-user mode, launch QuickBooks on the server computer and open the company file. [. . . ] Portable Backups Restore - In order to restore QuickBooks Portable Backups the files need to be restored on the local desktop that is the client for QuickBooks. [. . . ]