Re: Sharing files between Linux and Windows

Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.blinux.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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
>>>>>
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