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2006 Dec 17
3
How to connect to a Windows PC in LAN
Hi
I am a new bee to Linux in general. Please accept my apologies if the
question is not appropriate.
I have a LAN with 2 computers: One is CentOS and one is Windows XP.
I am trying to transfer file between 2 computers using LAN. Can you
please tell me how to do it?
I have tried Samba from the Applications menu.
Add a directory in there. Set it to Read only and Allow access to
everyone. I
2006 Dec 19
1
Re: CentOS Digest, Vol 23, Issue 18
...as root,
> 1. create a mountpoint for the Windows directory, e.g. /mnt/shared,
> make it owned by yourself, group 'users' (chown ... chgrp as root)
> 2. create a credentials file /home/yourname/.cred for your Windows login,
> containing text (fill in correct text!)
> username=yourwindowsloginname
> password=windowspassword
>
> 3. add the following line (it's all one line) to the end of
> the text file /etc/fstab (you'll need to be root):
> //<Windows IP address>/shared /mnt/shared smb
> rw,credentials=/home/yourname/.cred,gid=users,fmask=777,dmask=777
>
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