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Date:      Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:25:32 -0500
From:      Steve Wingate <s.wingate@cox.net>
To:        michael sharp <freebsdphool@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: remote mounting of UNIX directories
Message-ID:  <20021027232532.KJUC21152.fed1mtao03.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net>

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> From: michael sharp <freebsdphool@yahoo.com>
> 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.


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