On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, DaZZa wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > What is the easiest way to fileshare between Linux and the other 2 OS's.
>
> Depends on the OS's involved.
>
> > My ideas for connecting to a mac is enable web server and browse from
> > the Linux box to the mac. Is there another way?
>
> Yuck. That'd be _ugly_. If the Mac can run SMB {System Message Block}, use
> Samba
Mac's in general don't run SMB. Use netatalk on the linux box, TCP/IP on
the Macs.
> > filesharing from linux with wintel , I have no idea please advise.
>
> Samba is the way to go for Windows versions 95 and greater {95, 98, NT
> 3.5x, NT 4.x, Windows 2000}.
That'd be versions 95 and newer - I don't think "greater" is the correct
word, except maybe in its "bigger" sense. And in any case, you need to
include Windows for Workgroups.
> The WindoZe boxes already export their filesystems via SMB, so it's
> only a matter of setting up the Linux box to use Samba.
Samba won't give you a mounted filesystem view of files on wintel boxes.
Samba only has smbclient, which is an ftp type program for accessing files
exported from wintel boxes. You need smbmount to have a file system view -
but it's not quite as robust and well supported as samba is.
If you have a look at http://www.e-smith.net/ you can find a linux
distribution that's specialised to be an easy to set up and run workgroup
server for wintel and Mac boxes. You'll find an Australian mirror at
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/e-smith/.
Charlie Brady
Aurema Pty Ltd
PO Box 305, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia
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