use of samba to create a shared directory in slackware 10.2
 

Hi

I am am a novice user of slackware and i would like to ask some things about network connection

How i can use samba to share files between two machines that one runs slackware 10.2 and the other windows xp?

Furthermore how can i create a shared directory between two machines that run slackware 10.2 both?


Thanks in Advance

Linuxjunky

Let's see if I'm understanding you correctly. You want to know how to create a directory on your slackware machine that is shared with both a Windows computer and another one with Slackware, right? The easiest way to do this, as you mentioned, is with Samba. Try looking in the tutorial section for a basic guide to configuring Samba. If you want the share to be mounted on your 'remote' Slackware computer automaticly I recommend familiarizing yourself with smbmount. It mounts SMB/CIFS shares on a linux system and can be set uid root without comprimising your system much.

Thank you very much zytsef for your advice i finally get it worked