John: You install Samba on Linux, not Windows. Samba provides support on Linux for Microsoft's networking protocols, which are still netbios based, if I'm not mistaken. It's been a while since I've delved into supporting Windows file systems. Janina John J. Boyer writes: > I tried to install a samba server on Windows. However, the Geek Squad > agent who was helping said he didn't know enough to proceed. If I go to > the Samba website, what should I do? > > Thanks, > John > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Ditto. I've also only every used Samba for this. > > > > Note, however, that once you have Samba set up, you can perfectly access > > the Windows folder from the Linux command line. Look at the man pages > > for the following: > > > > smbclient > > smbget > > > > Good luck! > > > > Janina > > > > John G Heim writes: > > > I have always done this with samba. I never found it particularly > > > difficult. You do have to read/follow the instructions. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 07/05/2016 01:36 PM, Mark Peveto wrote: > > > > I'll be interested in the answer to that question myself. I've had some tell me I need to use samba to do that...I've never been able to make it work. > > > > > > > > Mark Peveto > > > > Registered Linux user number 600552 > > > > Sent from F123 Visual using alpine 2.20.13 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Jul 2016, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm going to set up a folder called c:\share on my Windows machine. I > > > > > want to set up a device on my Linux machine which is connected with this > > > > > folder over my LAN. I know that this can be done, because I had > > > > > something similar at one time. However, i'm not certain how to do it > > > > > again. If I remember, it just took an entry in fstab and an entry in > > > > > /dev. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > John J. Boyer; President, > > > > > AbilitiesSoft, Inc. > > > > > Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > > > > > Status: 501(C)(3) Nonprofit > > > > > Location: Madison, Wisconsin USA > > > > > Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with > > > > > disabilities which are available at no cost. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > John G. Heim; jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; sip://jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > > sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, > AbilitiesSoft, Inc. > Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > Status: 501(C)(3) Nonprofit > Location: Madison, Wisconsin USA > Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with > disabilities which are available at no cost. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list