I just add an entry in /etc/fstab like this
/sbin/mount_smbfs //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/interchk /mnt/interchk I use this command to mount my sophos em library share running on XP to my BSD 5.0 machine and then symbolically link the /mnt/interchk to the root of webserver for remote update via http. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Networking w/ FreeBSD > On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have two computers systems in my network. The first system is a headless > > FreeBSD 5.2.1 system. This system stores my mp3's, datafiles and runs mysql and > > apache. I recently, got rid of windows off my laptop and installed FreeBSD > > 5.2.1. When I had windows on the laptop, I was able to Map a Network drive to > > the headless system via Samba runing on the server. > > > > My question is this: How would I set something up to perform the same > > functionality, as when I had windows? I'm just not sure what needs to be > > installed on either system? Any ideas or comments would be great! > > You can run the Samba client software on the laptop, or change the file > sharing on the server to NFS. Or, of course, you could change both to > some third sharing solution. Which depends on your assessment of the > pros/cons of each; performance, interoperability (do you potentially have > other machines that need to reach those resources?), security , etc. > > For the short term, running smbclient on the laptop is probably the > quickest way to get your connectivity back with the fewest config changes, > if that helps. > > KeS > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"