Accessing file from windows or to windows

[Tim Daneliuk]

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 //guest at 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-
> 

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