Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 From: Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net> To: David Larkin <david.larkin@djl.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SAMBA newbie Message-ID: <20050311021240.9F16.LUKEK@meibin.net> In-Reply-To: <20050310182852.0a9e0951@sparrow> References: <20050310182852.0a9e0951@sparrow>
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 +0000 David Larkin <david.larkin@djl.co.uk> spake thus: > 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. > > 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 ? > _______________________________________________ Hello, If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to think of but two. HTH LukeK -- <>
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