How can I see/access a Windows network folder from UNIX? 1

[lsantos]

I'm implementing a Windows spooler package that does funky forms, barcodes, etc. At present I am dumping my unix application data as a .txt file into a Unix folder and then sharing the folder with Windows via SAMBA so that the spooler can manipulate/format the data. However I am having all sorts of problems that I suspect are permissions related.

So (if possible) I want to try and dump the data straight into a windows folder and see if that solves my problems.

Any suggestions?

 

[DSMARWAY]

hi ,

you can try installing ftp server on windows pc and then directly ftp the file to the windows server form your pc probably script it , or you can get additional tools for windows which allow you to do rcp ( remote copy) i can't remember what it is called ( try search in google something like windows remote copy or similar) but i think its part of resource kit and allow you to do remote copying like you would do on unix.

 

[trifo]

Hi!

If you want to make the information flow from Win to Unix, there is a very simple way: SOSSNT nfs server for Windows. This is a tiny (110kb) win app which can share folders uing NFS protocol. And this can be mounted from almost any Unix box with no problem. One drawback is that SOSSNT can only share folder as read only.

Another possibility is using rsh/rcp commands. There is both rsh and rcp command implementation in Windows 2000 and abowe.

Maybe I could help more if you put more details on your information flow needs.

--Trifo

 

[rzs0502]

You could also download Microsoft Services for Unix (SFU) from Microsoft and nfs mount the AIX directory and share it on the Windows level. SFU also has some other nice features (The best app from MS and free!)
Samba is still your best bet though. (or IBM's FastConnect - their own customized Samba)
Maybe post your issues on the Samba forum as well...

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