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#1 2009-07-13 02:59:27

oib111
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Registered: 2009-06-20
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Setting up Shares

I'm trying to setup shares on my Arch system. I'm wondering if there are any alternatives to samba, because the whole thing seems a bit overblown. I just want to be able to say that I want a certain folder to be shared on my network, and I want to be able to browse through the network shares. Also, if there aren't any alternatives to samba, can someone please tell me how I should configure smb.conf so I can do what I described?

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#2 2009-07-13 03:31:56

TheSaint
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Re: Setting up Shares

This won't be much to get the job done by samba

[tmp]
   comment = Temporary file space
   path = /tmp # might any of your desires
   read only = no
   writable = yes # let to write on them
   public = yes

But you migh have a wider vision

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Last edited by TheSaint (2009-07-13 03:34:44)


do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint wink

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#3 2009-07-13 03:46:17

brenix
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Re: Setting up Shares

I guess it depends on if the client's are Linux too or Windows. I use NFS and it works great.

The wiki article is a little bit outdated since nfs-utils was updated, but if you need any help just PM me..

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#4 2009-07-13 04:01:30

oib111
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Re: Setting up Shares

I want to be able to access shares on Windows and have the Window computers access my shares. I hear NFS is easy, but will it work for Windows?

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#5 2009-07-13 06:13:56

Statix
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Re: Setting up Shares

Well NFS does work on Windows (look on google for details), but not naturally like smb shares.

If you want to just browse the shares in windows the standard windows way, samba is your only option. It's not really as complicated as it seems. TheSaint's post shows a simple setup.

Last edited by Statix (2009-07-13 06:14:47)


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#6 2009-07-13 14:12:21

oib111
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Re: Setting up Shares

Ok thanks.

EDIT:

Learned how to access shares and printers using smbclient. Still looking into the smb.conf file. Ok, let me see, would, would this let people access my Shared Documents?

[SharedDocs]
   comment = Shared Documents
   path = ~/SharedDocs
   read only = no
   writable = yes
   public = yes

Last edited by oib111 (2009-07-13 14:52:56)

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