Meant to send this to the list too. I really need to get that procmail recipe in place. Bret Hughes wrote: > dattatraya wrote: > > > sorry, im a newbie so can anyone plase tell me what is samba, and can i use > > it on a standalone machine that has both win98se and rh6.0 so that i can > > each os can access each others info... sorry if this is too dumb. just guide > > me to where i can find more info > > > > thanks > > I am a firm believer that the only dumb question is one that goes unasked. > > A simplfied answer is: > samba is a program that provides a bridge beween a linux box an the windows > world allowing a linux box to share resources like files and printers to > windows machines. I believe the converse is also true in that a linux box can > mount a shared drive on a windows box. I have never done this but I belive is > is possible. > > As far as using it to access drives on the same machine under a different > format ( ie seeing your windows drive on linux or vice versa) you would not use > samba to do this. You should be able to see your win98 partition under linux > by mounting the partition as a vfat type. I use linuxconf to do this under > access local drives and select the mount point and partition and when you click > ok it will prompt you to create the mount point (directory ) if it does not > exist. This will create the fsatb entries and allow you to mount it at boot > if you selected it or using the mount /dir/specified/in/linuxconf command. > since the entry exists in fstab telling the kernel what the type is no further > work is necessary. > > I belive ther is also a program that will allow you to see your linux > partitions in win* but have not looked into it. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
