__/ [ johnny bobby bee ] on Saturday 23 September 2006 01:18 \__
> Vernon Balbert wrote:
>> I have a Linux box (Ubuntu) and a WinXP box connected via a router. I
>> can access drives on the XP box with the Linux box, but I don't have
>> permission to access the Linux box from XP. What configuration do I
>> need to do to make the drives on the Linux box accessible?
>>
>
> first you need to edit the smb.conf file to share a user's home
> directory (watch for link word-wrap):
>
<http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_share_home_folders_with_read.2Fwrite_permissions_.28Authentication.3DYes.29>
>
> then add the user to the smbpasswd file:
>
<http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_add.2Fedit.2Fdelete_network_users>
>
> there are GUI ways to do this, but i'm not familiar with them. you may
> be able to do this in nautilus, or use swat or webmin.
Failing that, you could make the drive/s available via FTP. This, however,
should not be necessary.
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