In that case, Samba would be the easiest to get your files from Windows. Then you can use NFS to allow your Linux boxes to share files.
Master O Planets ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >Thank you! I think I can figure that out. My direction of data travel is >primarily towards Linux. Once I have things figured out I can drop windows. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:eug-lug-admin@;efn.org]On Behalf Of >Cory Petkovsek >Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:19 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Networking question from a novice > > >Master O Planets, > >"network directly" means lots of things. They all have tcp/ip stacks >so can all connect to each other to communicate. They need only the >same application protocol, such as ftp, ssh, smb or a variety of others. > >If all you want to do is share files then samba(smb) is probably the >best choice for you. If you'll have your shared drive on the windowsME >machine, just setup a share, then use smbfs on the linux machines to mount >the windows drive. If you want to share the drive(s) of the linux machines, >then you need to setup the full samba daemon and depending on your distro >may require more configuration. > >It's probably not worth your time to setup sshd on the windows system, >so don't worry about ssh. > >Cory > >On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 03:38:25PM -0700, Master O Planets wrote: >> I need to know if this is a workable problem. >> >> I want to setup three computers on a network using a SMC Barricade router >so >> that the final outcome is WinME, Red Hat 7.2, and Mandrake 8.2. >> >> Right now I have a box with WinME, a dual boot box with WinME and Red Hat, >> and a dual boot box with WinME and Mandrake. >> >> I just need to know if it is possible for WinME to network directly with >Red >> Hat and Mandrake or do I have to keep a dual boot machine to pass files >from >> Windows to Linux. >> >> What protocol would I need and is this exceedingly difficult to a point of >> absurdity. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Eug-LUG mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug >_______________________________________________ >Eug-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > >_______________________________________________ >Eug-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. Voice 541-689-9159 FAX 240-371-7237 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Eugene, Or. 97402 _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
