Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:41:55 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: David Larkin <david.larkin@djl.co.uk> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SAMBA newbie Message-ID: <423094F3.4000204@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20050310182852.0a9e0951@sparrow> References: <20050310182852.0a9e0951@sparrow>
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David Larkin wrote: >I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. > >I am the only user of both. > >I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. > >I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy >FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. > >I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the >security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box, >but I'm not sure this is a good idea. > > > Nothing wrong with it that you've described so far. For example, I've not yet read whether you trust the wire or not.... >Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where >both machines can read and write ? > >After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, >i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but >clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. > >Any advice ? > > How about using the "SharedDocs" folder on the XP box? From FBSD, as root: # mount_smbfs -N //XPbox/SharedDocs /mnt I have cron do this at every reboot. If I need to put anything on my XP Box, it's as simple as using tar, cp, whatever. Won't help in the "vice versa" case, of course... HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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