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folder sharing for windows users
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Samba seems to be the most dominate solution. Some *NIX vendors have their own flavor, but it normally comes down to a service listening on port 139 (I think).
For our Client's who don't want to install/configure/manage SMB, I just set add a "favorites" entry to their Internet Explorer to:
ftp://192.168.1.xxx/usr/shared (for example)
They have to log in, but once they do so, they can copy/paste and navigate using common Windows methods.
For our Client's who don't want to install/configure/manage SMB, I just set add a "favorites" entry to their Internet Explorer to:
ftp://192.168.1.xxx/usr/shared (for example)
They have to log in, but once they do so, they can copy/paste and navigate using common Windows methods.
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Motoslide,
Thanks for your reply. Altough I have a few unix boxes, I hardly touch them because the vendor are managing them. However, I'd like to get more into. For the starter I need to find out how to share a folder. Any chance you can point me (or explain how the sharing is done in unix).
As for access to unix, even if I have to pay for, a while back I found a client that can be installed under XP/2000 which will give you drives access to UNIX. Don't suppose you might know where to look?
Greatly appreciate your info.
Thanks
Thanks for your reply. Altough I have a few unix boxes, I hardly touch them because the vendor are managing them. However, I'd like to get more into. For the starter I need to find out how to share a folder. Any chance you can point me (or explain how the sharing is done in unix).
As for access to unix, even if I have to pay for, a while back I found a client that can be installed under XP/2000 which will give you drives access to UNIX. Don't suppose you might know where to look?
Greatly appreciate your info.
Thanks
Sharing folders is fairly easy. Go to /etc/dfs.
Edit the dfstab file and enter the folder you want to share. There is an example in the comment section of the dfstab file. Next you have to start the daemons for NFS. In comment section of the dfstab you will see the command.
Copy and paste that command into a command line. After that, you can run the command "share" to verify your folder is being shared.
Edit the dfstab file and enter the folder you want to share. There is an example in the comment section of the dfstab file. Next you have to start the daemons for NFS. In comment section of the dfstab you will see the command.
Copy and paste that command into a command line. After that, you can run the command "share" to verify your folder is being shared.
What OS is loaded on these machine's? That might help in providing some assistance.
uname -X
As for NFS Clients, if you have found one and feel it will work, use it. There aren't too many available. I spent forever trying to locate one which was reasonably affordable and simple enough for my client's to use. Try a google search for '*NFS client'. You'll find what you need on the first page.
Hope this gets you started.
uname -X
As for NFS Clients, if you have found one and feel it will work, use it. There aren't too many available. I spent forever trying to locate one which was reasonably affordable and simple enough for my client's to use. Try a google search for '*NFS client'. You'll find what you need on the first page.
Hope this gets you started.
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