Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:52:48 -0800 (PST) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: John Wilson <jmw74@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba and XP? Message-ID: <20030131145158.Y14918-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com> In-Reply-To: <010301c2c96c$f0eeada0$6401a8c0@john5tcrjerpxc>
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If you don't want to install samba, find a windows ftp client that is easy to use... seems I've seen some that pretend to be hard drives on your desktop... can't remember the name, but the friend that had it seemed to like it. -philip On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, John Wilson wrote: > Good Day, > > I am currently seeking advice in regard to allowing an XP Home Edition > machine to have access to a FreeBSD mount. I've looked over Samba, and not > only have I seen references to XP's inability to join a 'domain > based-network', but also don't really like the idea of installing Samba as > it's a rather large package (relatively speaking) for what it simply does. > > My only other alternative, if I am correct, is trying to obtain an NFS > client for the XP machine and simply serve NFS mounts on the FBSD host. The > downside to this is the cost of the NFS clients for the XP machine. :) > > Are there any other alternatives available here? If not, which of the above > two 'solutions' would be best? I only have one BSD machine and one XP > machine, and I'd like to allow read/write access to a FBSD mount from the XP > machine. > > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. > > - John > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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