From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 15:43:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E393016A41F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:43:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiffin@gish.demon.nl) Received: from post-24.mail.nl.demon.net (post-24.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04FC443D80 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:43:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiffin@gish.demon.nl) Received: from gish.demon.nl ([83.160.27.223]:13392 helo=[192.168.1.33]) by post-24.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1EeaHt-0005BD-Fo; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:42:29 +0000 From: Kiffin Gish To: Nicolas Blais In-Reply-To: <200511221007.54072.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <1132671589.707.21.camel@localhost> <200511221007.54072.nb_root@videotron.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:42:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1132674149.707.38.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sharing filesystems between FreeBSD and Windows ... 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:43:16 -0000 On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 10:07 -0500, Nicolas Blais wrote: > On November 22, 2005 09:59 am, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > I have a home network running 3 desktop machines with Windows XP Pro, > > and a webserver, fileserver and laptop with FreeBSD 5.x. > > > > What's the best way to be able to exchange files and directory shares > > between the two environments? > > > > It would also be nice to share the printer which is connected to one of > > the Windows boxes via USB. > > > > I hear that Samba is the way to go, but also have heard about such > > client-based utilities like Sharity-light which also do the trick. > > > > Thanks alot in advance. > > I use samba+cups at home. My situation is similar, except my printer is > connected to one of my FreeBSD machines. The hardest part of linking FreeBSD > with Windows isn't the getting the shares to work, but the printers to work, > and I found it easier to have the printer on FreeBSD and have Windows write > to it using real drivers (cups in RAW mode). Hmmm, this kinda worries me, to be honest. I went through alot of trouble getting my HP Deksjet G86 working under Windows and cannot imagine the hassle of getting it to work under FreeBSD. I still can't get my HP Dekjet 720C to work with my laptop (FreeBSD 5.4 and apsfilter), and I struggled for days before finally giving up. > > Actually, it's not as hard at is seems. Here's what I put in my smb.conf to > make the printer work: > > printing = cups > load printers = yes > > [printers] > path = /var/spool/samba > use client driver = Yes > printable = yes > public = yes > guest ok = yes > writable = no > > You'll find a lot of help in the Samba documentation and cups is also well > documented. > > Nicolas. > Thanks Nicolas, I'll give it a go. -- Kiffin Gish Gouda, The Netherlands