I have a sun cobalt raq550 server running on strongbolt 2 (centos 4.8) connected to a network with windows pc's on it. Is it possible to configure one of the raq's folders so it will appear on the windows network?
I have several windows pc's networked as 'workgroup' and they can share files but I'd like to include a raq550 folder so it's visible in 'workgroup' if that's possible. The raq is on the same ip range and subnet as the windows pc's.
thanks for any help.

Absolutely, you need to install and configure samba.

use samba server. For basic about samba server read the following link
Basic Samba Network file sharing

thanks for your feedback and I checked out the link you gave as well as some info on google. Problem is, I have two samba.conf files and I don't know which one to edit. They are here:
/etc/log.d/conf/logfiles/samba.conf
/etc/log.d/conf/services/samba.conf

Also, even I knew which one to edit I don't know where the edits are to be inserted. Thanks for any further advice.

My first samba.conf file is in etc/log.d/conf/logfiles and it contains this:

##########################################################################
# $Id: samba.conf,v 1.6 2002/10/12 02:08:07 kirk Exp $
##########################################################################

########################################################
# This was written and is maintained by:
# Kirk Bauer <kirk@kaybee.org>
#
# Please send all comments, suggestions, bug reports,
# etc, to kirk@kaybee.org.
########################################################

# What actual file? Defaults to LogPath if not absolute path....
LogFile = samba-log.*
LogFile = samba/*

# If the archives are searched, here is one or more line
# (optionally containing wildcards) that tell where they are...
# Note: if these are gzipped, you need to end with a .gz even if
# you use wildcards...
Archive = /dev/null




the second samba.conf file is in etc/log.d/conf/services and it contains this:

###########################################################################
# $Id: samba.conf,v 1.4 2002/10/12 02:08:09 kirk Exp $
###########################################################################

# You can put comments anywhere you want to. They are effective for the
# rest of the line.

# this is in the format of <name> = <value>. Whitespace at the beginning
# and end of the lines is removed. Whitespace before and after the = sign
# is removed. Everything is case *insensitive*.

# Yes = True = On = 1
# No = False = Off = 0

Title = "samba"

# Which logfile group...
LogFile = samba

########################################################
# This was written and is maintained by:
# Kirk Bauer <kirk@kaybee.org>
#
# Please send all comments, suggestions, bug reports,
# etc, to kirk@kaybee.org.
########################################################

Neither of those. You need to install samba or update your database, depending on distribution the file might be in /etc/samba, /etc, or /etc/smb.

For rpm based distributions try:
For deb based distributions try:
Then check /etc for smb.conf
The two files you found are for other purposes.

thanks for this help, I managed to install samba and got into the /etc/smb.conf file. Problem is after editing the smb.conf file I've managed to get 'Home' to appear in my windows network but when I click on it the windows machine is asking for a password. The username is shown as Home/Guest (greyed out) but in setting up samba I haven't stipulated a password anywhere.
Is there a default password to start with?