file sharing

[sabbathunter]

with my windows system i can see my linux server but i cannot access any files. what settings do i need to change to be able to access files.

thanks
david

 

[venkman]

you need to configure Samba. Samba is the linux version of windows file sharing. Make sure samba is installed and either webmin or SWAT. You can use both webmin and SWAT to configure Samba very easily.

-Venkman

 

[zeland]

And after SAMBA is up, you'll need to create a Linux user account and the related SAMBA user account.

As root:
$ adduser [linux acc.]
$ smbadduser [linux acc.]:[smb acc.]

Assume that my Windows logon is johann
$ adduser zeland
$ smbadduser zeland:johann

This create a linux account called "zeland" and will attach my windows credentials "johann" when I connect to SAMBA (something like aliasing).

File system level access rights will be controled through linux user "zeland" while, share level access is controled through SAMBA user "johann". Much like on an NT box.

If you run a small office/home network, you could alias all your Windows users to the same linux account although this would make it difficult to assign individual access rights later on.

 

[sabbathunter]

the windows machine that i am trying to get to see the linux is running windows XP pro. does that make any difference?

peace
david

 

[venkman]

no