From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 10 23:41:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F07C1065673 for ; Mon, 10 May 2010 23:41:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C37538FC1C for ; Mon, 10 May 2010 23:41:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj15 with SMTP id 15so1004991gwj.13 for ; Mon, 10 May 2010 16:41:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=kZb8qxc42wAi6ET+N3ye6pDVcnoaAoVmtYEpyQgKA44=; b=K6HWdSdO0JXIfAKCF+z+8qJ7pSsvO04ymPodmpa6nvVt3ORFmgLErFj0uozVCT8DoQ f/wR9t9HVAx4Dk516kM9VeR4GN4k840SYl4Xb3mc4iG14wdsgtmbaLMhMnqnQMmKX9lN Cg7hxVv9q8BuwUT25nVAffD5XalxMMj09cPmY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Y+pGmHcb7tojT1Rx4YMK3tBQa8Dta5Ur5g9pDWaJDBmdX7ACO6x5W9NGcJp/OFghVt zi9BN8/AysTaCthH9dJ0sqJR1Vy7Q6oZss0Jvh9a/rVUbQKgpd2jhwkRvZt+JX0pTfUk AQDa80vwAwRiVLVbyY+GTWqrGzMUVlvee4XHo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.161.146 with SMTP id r18mr2592763ibx.81.1273534864451; Mon, 10 May 2010 16:41:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.168.136 with HTTP; Mon, 10 May 2010 16:41:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100510200631.62666.qmail@joyce.lan> References: <20100510200631.62666.qmail@joyce.lan> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 17:41:04 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: John Levine Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ? 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: Mon, 10 May 2010 23:41:06 -0000 On 5/10/10, John Levine wrote: >>>> Is there a simple software to share files between a FreeBSD server and a >>>> windows client other than Samba which is a bit overkill for my needings, > > I concur with the advice to use Samba, but if that's too scary, you > can just use FTP. Recent versions of Windows let you define a network > location that is an FTP server, and it works well enough to show the > files in a pseudo-folder and drag them back and forth to local > folders. On Windows, it's a poorly documented option under map > network drive. > > Or real men run COMMAND.CMO and run FTP from the command line. > Only if you haven't updated in 10+ years and can't type. WinNT flavors are cmd.exe And command.cmo won't run. I keep trying because I want to be a real man... :D