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 //gu...@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 [email protected] PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
