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Lynn Kilroy wrote: > I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be > dumb and ask it again. > > I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file > server. This is for a network, and all the computers network together > through an ISDN router modem thingy. We have two Windows XP > Professional Edition computers able to pass files back and forth through > this network. > > How would I set up the Linux box so it can be seen on this network? How > easy will it be to access the files on the computer, or for the windows > machines to write to it? What will I need to do with the Windows > machines to simplify this, if anything at all? > > My goal is to use the linux machine as a rather expensive external hard > disk drive. We evidently had some bad drives, and now we have a good > one, and rather than try to move everything off this machine, and put > Windows and all the programs I want to run on the new one, I feel it > will be simpler if I just park all the files off these computers on to > the linux machine for backup. Also, some files will likely be saved to > and worked on directly from the Debian machine. > > There are two computers that we want to be able to access this machines > files in this way. > > Thanks for any information you can give me, even if they're just links > to how-tos. :-) > > Phileksa > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check > it out. > <http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates2_042009> A SAMBA file server will do the trick for you. It can be accessed by both Linux and Windows OSs. Check out "Setting Up a Linux File Server" on the following site. http://www.aboutdebian.com For more details on SAMBA see http://www.samba.org Steven. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknv+84ACgkQE5pZTZCwxmRu5wCeLYBK9b7N7BnfcZ6noqiEas2c y5gAmwaAo3RTz8FsZyKVB1sS3ImRg5kn =BokH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
