On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Pann McCuaig wrote: > What I'm looking for is the absolute minimum /etc/smb.conf that will > allow me to share a directory, say /tmp, on the Linux box with the > Windows box.
Ahh, another person who despite RTFMing needs a good example -- sounds like me! :-) BTW, I found my example in the Linux Journal. Here's what you need to do, create a system user (see 'man adduser') named whatever you want. I made the user to be "network" to share my /home/ftp/pub subdirectories with my Windows machines. Then edit your /etc/smb.conf to include something like the following: [network] comment = Public directories path = /home/ftp/pub public = yes writable = no printable = no guest ok = yes Users will then just need to map this to a drive on their Windows machines and they'll have access. Of course, you can change some of the parameters above if you'd like, just consult Samba's doc/man page. Obligatory disclaimer: if anyone sees something I overlooked and/or shouldn't be doing, etc., please let me know! :-) Regards, | Debian GNU/ __ o . | / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / (FidoNet 1:325/805) | /____/ /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | ...because lockups are for convicts... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
