On Dec 19, 2007 11:41 AM, Curtis Maloney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hce wrote: > > Let me clarify it again. > > > > (a) The key point is that the linux device is too small to install a > > large size of Samba. No question about it, if the linux device had an > > samba, the window could mount the linux device. > > > > (b) The small linux device is a dumb device, it may be configured by a > > wifi ip address, but the mount process need be start from window to > > the linux device, not the vice versa. > > > > That was the original question, samba is too large to be installed to > > a small linux device, I am looking to an alternative solution to have > > a samba to be installed in a window machine, so the window can mount > > to the linux device. But clearly, samba cannot be installed in window > > system. If you have other solution, could you please explain more. > > Installing samba on the windows machine to give you access to the files of a > remote machine just doesn't make sense. It suggest a fundamental lack of > understanding of what Samba is, and how the whole process works. > > However, your core issue is you want to transfer files between some server > (which happens to be Windows) and some lightweight clients (which happen to be > Linux). > > Again, without a clearer understanding of your real requirements (the WHAT, > not > the HOW) it's difficult to suggest a solution. > > We don't know _why_ you want to mount the file systems on the Linux devices. > Is > it so the server can update their config files? Is it so they can pass data > to > the server? Is it for some other reason that would be better handled with a > simple daemon, instead of a file system mount?
It is actually to mount a dumb linux device to a window file system, just like to mount an usb stick to the window file system. Yes, if the linux device (without samba on it) can be mounted by a window file syste, then the window can config the linux device, modify data and transfer data to it. > You have not provided enough information about WHAT you want to do... only > asked > questions about one possibility of HOW to do it. Please let me know if above explanation is still insufficient. Thank you. Kind regards, Jim -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
