File Sharing on AIX to NT

[Midrange]

Hi there, i'm just new to UNIX. Is file sharing native to AIX? i wat to share my folders on AIX to the different workstation like Nt and 98..Is it possible? How can I do it?

tnx in advance..

 

[JSiva]

Hi

Use SAMBA...

Check at

http://www.bullfreeware.com/

JSiva Om Maha Ganapathiye Namaga!

 

[nwardez]

Hi,

And

http://www.samba.org/

for all necessary howto, sample configuration files, download ... you can need to make it work.

 

[trifo]

Yes, Samba is a really good way to share files between NT and AIX. Even though if you only want to copy a small amount of files, FTP might work well.

Need help on setting up Samba?

--Trifo

 

[Mushr00m]

trifo,

having the same problem and queries, i've downloaded samba, and installed it. But how do i configure it to work? any documentation that can help me in doing it.
Thanks in advance..

 

[trifo]

Mushr00m,

Well, it is not the Click'n'go way, which is usual in Windows environement. There must be a smb.conf file, and you have to set up your shares by hand.

smb.conf usually can be found in /etc/samba or /usr/local/bin/samba, whatever your installation kit provides. You will put some sections in it like below

[foo]
path = /home/bar
read only = no

Well, many times, life is not such simple and much more option is needed


There is 2 ways to run samba: one is to run it as persistent daemon, other is to give the control to inetd. Both way you have to enable the service in /etc/services. Usually the installer creates the needed entries for nmbd (naming daemon) and smbd (SMB daemon).

More detailed information can be found at

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html

or

http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/

Does it answer your question?

--Trifo

 

[bpmguru]

Hey Midrange,

AIX has native support for NFS (network files system).
It's probably easier for you to create a nfs export, and then load a nfs client on your Windows PCs.

make sure you have the nfs server installed:
lslpp -l bos.net.nfs.server

smit mknfs allows you to start nfs daemons.

add a directory to the nfs exports list.
smit mknfsexp

this command will show what directories are exported:
showmount -e

Once you've finished the aix configuration, get an nfs client for your pc. Try download.com.

-bpm
pseries specialist

 

[Mushr00m]

thanks trifo....i'll surf the site that you posted.

 

[damir]

best solution is NFS on AIX and SFU on Microsoft (SFU is Services For UNIX...)...but samba is FREE...SFU i think 99$

 

[trifo]

damir: well, it depends on the goals. If you want to connect some NT boxes with a single AIX, samba is better, as it is native on NT. Though if you plan to connect a bunch of AIX boxes with a single NT box, whatever NFS client might work well for you, as NFS service is ready-to-run on a just-out-of-the-box AIX installation. You might take a tour about "smitty nfs"

--Trifo