Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:10:56 -0700 From: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.net> To: david@banning.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to copy from windows to unix Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.1.20010516130642.03e0b558@mail.exec.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <200105161446.f4GEkbS08308@d.tracker>
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see comments below... At 02:46 PM 5/16/2001 +0000, David Banning wrote: >I have samba installed, and I have my windows laptop working >and printing with FreeBSD. > >I can copy from windows to unix from my windows machine, >but for the life-of-me I can not seem to copy back and forth >while stationed at the unix box. > >I have read man smbclient and attempted to see examples on the >net. The terminology throws me. > >the only name I know is my laptop name which is, "laptop" > >this is what "$ smbclient -L //laptop" gets me; > >smbclient -L //laptop >added interface ip=192.168.1.1 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 >Password: > > Sharename Type Comment > --------- ---- ------- > IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication hi David, IPC$ is an administrative share on the windows box. what you should probably do is create a new share so that you can access it from your unix box. after you've got a share available on the windows box, you use smbclient to connect to it. once you connect, smbclient works very much like ftp. you can 'put' or 'get' files on the windows share. good luck! matt > Server Comment > --------- ------- > D Samba Server > LAPTOP laptop > > Workgroup Master > --------- ------- > WORKGROUP LAPTOP > >My laptop is actually at 192.168.1.2 > >There are command I see examples of such as; > >smbclient //server/service > >Even if I could connect to the windows box from unix, I havn't >seen any examples of how to copy files. >I've looked in the traditional web spots but most samba docs >seem to show setup for going as far as I have - that is >printing, and windows->unix copying from windows. > >Any pointer would be helpful. Thanks. > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >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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