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Zeno McDohl 01-19-2006 06:11 PM
Sharing files on network?
 
If I have a network (Windows XP), and recently hooked up my linux machine to it. Can I access the shared files? If so, how? I'm looking for a quick way to get files from the XP to the linux.

Emerson 01-19-2006 06:15 PM
man smbmount perhaps?

Tinkster 01-19-2006 06:15 PM
man smbmount
man mount

The actual process of getting there will be something like

mount -t smbfs //<IP of Windowsbox/<name of share> /mnt/<mountpoint> -o username=<your name on windows>



Cheers,
Tink

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p.s.: beat by the skin of my teeth
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Zeno McDohl 01-19-2006 06:41 PM
I get this error when I try that:
Quote:
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf": No such file or directory

silmaril8n 01-19-2006 07:04 PM
Do you have Samba installed? That's the program that they're referring to and it's what I've used for years to share files with Windows PC's. Make sure it's installed.

Zeno McDohl 01-19-2006 07:08 PM
Hm I may have missed that on install.

How would I install it?

Tinkster 01-19-2006 07:12 PM
Slack doesn't provide you with one....

It has a template, /etc/samba/smb.conf-sample that you may want
to copy and modify to suit your needs.


Cheers,
Tink

Dmjmusser 01-20-2006 02:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeno McDohl
Hm I may have missed that on install.

How would I install it?
Probably the best way would be to go to Samba.org and download the latest version, as all the online docs at that site are currently tailored to that release. They are quite helpful, I might add. Setting up Samba to share files is a lot easier than I thought it would be.

~Myles


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