[Samba] Samba servers

John H Terpstra
2003-06-13T21:56:43Z

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Gerry George wrote:

> I'm new to SAMBA and am somewhat confused. So I'll get right to the
point.
>
> Situation:
> I am running both UNIX (Solaris 9) and Windows 2000. I have a system
running on Windows
> will be creating some large files. These files need to be input to a system
running on
> the UNIX (Solaris) box.
>
> Solution?
> I would like to be able to have the system on the UNIX box be able to read
the files on
> Windows by using SAMBA to make it a mountable drive. Is that possible?
Everything I read
> always seems to indicate that Windows can only be a SAMBA Client and not a
server.

To allow the mounting of a Windows share on your Solaris box I suggest you
check (search google) for a product called Sharity. It is the equivalent
of smbfs (smbmount) on Linux. Sharity should do what you want.

Cheers,
John T.

>
> I really appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerald F. George
> Clemson University
> Applications Analyst II
> email: geraldg@clemson.edu
> phone: 864.656.7973
>
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