Re: [SLUG] Shared windows/linux directory

From: Pete Theisen (petet@acun.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2005 - 07:06:42 EST


Doug Koobs wrote:
> Pete Theisen said:
>
>
>>Hi Daniel!
>>
>>I guess Samba is sort-of running. There is a boot message about starting
>>Samba Daemons. I will create the partition, populate it with some files
>>and see what happens!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Pete
>
>
> Pete,
>
> I may be misunderstanding what you are trying to do, but I don't think Samba is what
> you are looking for. Samba is used to do two things (as far as file sharing goes):
>
> The Samba client is used on a Linux box to access files that reside on another
> machine using the SMB protocol over a network (generally a Windows machine).
>
> The Samba server is used on a Linux box to serve files to clients running the SMB
> client over the network, usually Windows machines.
>
> If you are trying to access files on a windows partition (FAT or NTFS) on the same
> machine that houses the partition, you do not need Samba. Samba is used to access
> files over the network (and to provide Windows authentication, print server, etc).
>
> Doug

Hi Doug!

Guys on this and another Linux list are telling me to use Samba, others
are saying not to, I don't know what to do. One thing, I am going to
back up my important files before I do anything.

Regards,

Pete
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