From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 27 15:25:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2511B37B404 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:25:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from fed1mtao03.cox.net (fed1mtao03.cox.net [68.6.19.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D5943E4A for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:25:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from s.wingate@cox.net) Received: from smtp.west.cox.net ([172.18.180.51]) by fed1mtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with SMTP id <20021027232532.KJUC21152.fed1mtao03.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net>; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:25:32 -0500 From: Steve Wingate To: michael sharp , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: remote mounting of UNIX directories Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:25:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20021027232532.KJUC21152.fed1mtao03.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > From: michael sharp > Date: 2002/10/27 Sun PM 06:15:12 EST > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: remote mounting of UNIX directories > > Its my understanding a windows box CANNOT mount a > /home/user a remote fbsd server, only those on the > same local network. Am I correct? > Not exactly. If you configure Samba then you can share /home/user so Windows users can see it just like any other shared location. If you configure NFS, and install NFS utils on Windows, then a Windows user can access it like any other Unix box might. Work like you don't need the money Dance like nobody's watching Love like you've never been hurt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message