Re: Sharing files between Linux and Windows
Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]>
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It's been a while, but I don't think you need to install a Samba server on Windows. I've never had to install anything on Windows to share a folder or access folders from other Windows boxes or Linux boxes running a Samba server. You just need to set up a home group in Windows. On 06/07/16 13:39, John J. Boyer wrote: > I tried to install a samba server on Windows. However, the Geek Squad > agent who was helping said he didn't know enough to proceed. If I go to > the Samba website, what should I do? > > Thanks, > John > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: >> Ditto. I've also only every used Samba for this. >> >> Note, however, that once you have Samba set up, you can perfectly access >> the Windows folder from the Linux command line. Look at the man pages >> for the following: >> >> smbclient >> smbget >> >> Good luck! >> >> Janina >> >> John G Heim writes: >>> I have always done this with samba. I never found it particularly >>> difficult. You do have to read/follow the instructions. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 07/05/2016 01:36 PM, Mark Peveto wrote: >>>> I'll be interested in the answer to that question myself. I've had some tell me I need to use samba to do that...I've never been able to make it work. >>>> >>>> Mark Peveto >>>> Registered Linux user number 600552 >>>> Sent from F123 Visual using alpine 2.20.13 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016, John J. Boyer wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm going to set up a folder called c:\share on my Windows machine. I >>>>> want to set up a device on my Linux machine which is connected with this >>>>> folder over my LAN. I know that this can be done, because I had >>>>> something similar at one time. However, i'm not certain how to do it >>>>> again. If I remember, it just took an entry in fstab and an entry in >>>>> /dev. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> John J. Boyer; President, >>>>> AbilitiesSoft, Inc. >>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>> Website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org >>>>> Status: 501(C)(3) Nonprofit >>>>> Location: Madison, Wisconsin USA >>>>> Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with >>>>> disabilities which are available at no cost. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> John G. Heim; [email protected]; sip://[email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 >> sip:[email protected] >> Email: [email protected] >> >> Linux Foundation Fellow >> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org >> >> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail