I'll try and cut out all the detail to make things clear. Imagine I have only one computer. This computer is running Windows. Inside it there is a 2nd hard drive with a linux ext3 root partition. I want to make that available to other computers on the network.
Yes, I can READ the partition using Paragon ext2anywhere and SHARE the result using samba that is built into Windows. However, by doing this all the files are seen as one owner - the person who mounted the partition. And that is the problem. On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:10:28 -0500, Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 08:06 AM 1/23/2005, you wrote: > >How can I share a root filesystem using Windows? > > > >I've had 2 ideas on how to approach this: > > > >- using nfs-server and a ext3 driver > > > >- compress the entire 18gb into one big file using cramfs and share that. > > > >Is there a better way? The first approach I doubt will work because > >even Paragons ext3 driver doesn't do permissions that well. The last > >approach seems messy and even then I'm not sure it will work because > >I'm not sure how cramfs and similar compressed filesystems uncompress. > > > >To add some detail about the `thin`client mounting the exported root > >filesystem: > > > >- will be running off a 64mb flash card with Mozilla so with little > >space will be left. > >- 320mb RAM > >- 1ghz > >- small and silent > > > >I could have 3 computers; Windows, linux server and a thinclient but I > >don't want to introduce another computer into the house, trying to be > >effiecient on electric. > > > >I've sent a similar question to the ltsp to see what they say. > > It's pretty unclear from the above exactly what you're trying to share. > If you just want to share the root of your Linux server to your Windows > machine, just use Samba. If you have a partition local to your Windows > machine that's formatted for Linux (ext2/ext3) and you want access to > that from Windows, then you will need some kind of ext2/ext3 driver for > Windows (Paragon is one commercial option). If you only need read access, > there's others, including a user-space option called Explore2fs. But > unless you can clearly relate your need back to something Cygwin-related, > further discussion would be off-topic for this list. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/