Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 16:34:14 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows Message-ID: <4BE335D6.3030500@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <j2o64c038661005061430v68eb6394v5b4c5d5f9d37df24@mail.gmail.com> References: <AB2BC18AD166C948A0BC559E22CE9C9105DEC2CF@FCIEXCHANGE1.FCI> <4BE32DE4.20206@tundraware.com> <j2o64c038661005061430v68eb6394v5b4c5d5f9d37df24@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/6/2010 4:30 PM, Modulok wrote: > In order to 'provide' shares to a windows network you would need to > run a daemon on FreeBSD which provides such services. The most popular > solution is 'samba'. I think the package is called 'samba3'. You > install it, edit its config file, which specifies what to share and > how to share it. You then run the daemon and poof, your windows > machines can access the shares you've configured. > This is entirely correct, however, judging from the OP's question, this sounds like real overkill. mount_smbfs is in the base FBSD system and does not require a port install to use. Just my .00001 cents worth. > On the other hand, if the windows machines are providing a shared > folder you want to access, you can just mount that share via the > 'mount_smbfs' command. For example, if I had a windows computer named > 'apollo' with username 'guest' and a folder named 'shared' I wanted to > access, I could do this from my FreeBSD machine: > > # As root: > mount_smbfs //guest@apollo/shared /mnt > > I would now have the contents of apollo's 'shared' folder available in > my '/mnt' directory. See 'mount_smbfs(8)' for more. > > Other options could involve setting up an SSH client/server on the two > machines and use 'sftp' or 'scp' to transfer files, among others. > -Modulok- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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