Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 +0000 From: David Larkin <david.larkin@djl.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: SAMBA newbie Message-ID: <20050310182852.0a9e0951@sparrow>
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I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea. Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. Any advice ?
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