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I'm not entirely clear on this, but are you trying to make a Samba / Windows share available *from your linux box* *to your Windows box*? If that's the case, then you need to install samba, available from: http://www.samba.org/
Post back when you've installed that, you'll need to configure it. If you're not scared of using a text editor and command line, then you'll need to edit smb.conf. If you want a graphical interface, there are many around, SWAT being the most common.
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you don't unless your editing your smb.conf from a command line editor such as pico. i think you are missing the point here. your not going to share, mount any directories until you configure the samba. you have some reading in front of you here
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Originally posted by AndreL I'm getting an error after I type
"smbmount //computername/share /mnt/xpshare"
could not resolve mount point
see my last post on getting things configured. as for the command,
//computername/share
is an example. you'll need your computer name and the name of the share to put into those fields. again, see my last post, read up on samba, post back w/any troubles.
good luck.
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the problem is that samba has not been configured. i posted a working smb.conf file that i start from when setting up samba a while back. a search for smb.conf and my username should yield results quickly. armed w/that and the documentation at the links above, one should be able to get samba going, then the other information can be applied accordingly.
good luck.
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