Yes, it's certainly possible. Take a look at the samba WiKi at:
https://wiki.samba.org in particular
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server
HTH,
Roy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
Bee.Lists via
> samba
> Sent: 05 September 2018 05:56
> To: Submit Samba
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Read/Write over LAN Possible?
>
> LOL apparently the word is “no”.
>
>
> > On Sep 3, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Bee.Lists <bee.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks. Just set up a server, and I put Samba on it for filesharing
to my Mac
> over the LAN.
> >
> > I’m a little confused as to what to expect from Samba with regards to
LAN
> editing of files. I open a remote text file in my workstation text editor,
but I
> cannot edit it and save it. I’m thinking this should be possible, as the
Mac space
> (my workstation) can do that just fine. I found this:
> >
> > "One of the cool things that you can do with a Windows box is use
an SMB file
> share as if it were a hard disk on your own machine. The N:drive can look,
smell,
> feel, and act like your own disk space, but it's really disk space on
some other
> computer somewhere else on the network.”
> >
> > https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html
> >
> > My question is this: Can this be accomplished? If so, what do I have
to read to
> get this done? I’m not even sure if this is possible.
> >
> > Cheers, Bee
>
> Cheers, Bee
>
>
>
>
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