From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 15 02:21:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF8DA106568C for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 02:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0F1B8FC0C for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 02:21:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 86507 invoked by uid 60001); 15 May 2010 02:21:32 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1273890092; bh=586AwzIURnOWatZ/Ky64DaJmfw8IVvqJR8iCmHfPV68=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=W+xhitflnT6kkw6IFTYyzUYaSykcDlw4lnMeQmArg9iDGOPOUeV7stsFKZKo0ZF8P0ZGQK8Zg+Wgltgfhh2JzNYdJjDe2nYvyc6nXCr+6ZFG6SDgP8ZqeX3elUdRujfFN+cysdtfqoXSLzQRQFvTbpAlrNU+3sOhEtv9/4CiDDo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=S/8UOxzCjjRZ3uL0qzeltT2R07XV1dyy2L2dVlrZjjsvB3lhZP9appq50iXcUq5GM7B1fTZU1x1LTwWAHnLV+HM7nM11M9inpMdRzIVaSsL+sjzK+ta2JbGn2s5oDYU/oCH1dxFDV8fSmes1KS3I84vw0KUnrrBNUFhxuu8xDtM=; Message-ID: <117166.86481.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: nnPrEkgVM1kCLeyTSr6TndqZ0BukZRdEH8ftK9QtuWVsuVV XNaBZFKpXKQnUo0xTllSSweM7ui7VdwPrpQCWCfLvRjxhZ3PTORr6nghfOwe mcGa0mwZd.ioyqlYY0Afj8t9voWgpPIo9WZ_7bXOPUNZ_GqwKF6Ybad9H8_E s41zKCmqtnKcrvHVpQ6IfvFpF7H5oO6KYTfJ5GzUlyegyqBu_99E5TiWxrtX enZM5kbMHs6UG_VYzYLOKK5S1t7iEvMhd Received: from [98.242.237.166] by web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 14 May 2010 19:21:32 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/6.0.12 YahooMailWebService/0.8.103.269680 Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 19:21:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 02:21:33 -0000 I've watched this thread for several days now and to put in my 2 cents: =A0 1. Samba is not that complicated. I've been using it for years and can have= it up and configured in a matter of minutes. =A0 2. Samba quickly allows you to see your FreeBSD servers from your windows c= lients just like it was a Windows Server. A simple smb.conf file is all you= need. =A0 3. You can get a lot more complex setup with Samba with security, R/W optio= ns etc... but for what you're descibing I'd recommend Samba or use a graphi= cal FTP client on your Windows clients to access your FreeBSD server. Comma= nd line FTP is an option but it's a lot more complicated than just setting = up Samba. =A0 Good luck. =A0=0A=0A=0A