Hi, Thank you for reading my post. I have a MySQL server running on a Unix machine (machine A). I want the directory which contains the databases ("/var/lib/mysql" on my distrib.) to be shared on my LAN. I already have a Samba server running on another Unix machine (machine B). To declare "/var/lib/mysql" as a share for my LAN, I installed a Samba server on machine A and added a section in its "/etc/samba/smb.conf" for the share. What I did works: meaning I can access the share from elsewhere on the LAN. I am just wondering if this is the right way to do things and if this is correct to install a (second) Samba server on the machine running the MySQL server. Cheers, -- Lmhelp -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Samba-server---share-tp26208632p26208632.html Sent from the Samba - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.