"Is this safe ?????" Obviously security isn't really a priority in your situation. It sound like you are really looking for convenience. That said there are a large number of options out there for you, samba is one of them and can easily be configured with a utility called webmin (http://www.webmin.com/). A more secure option could be OpenSSH.
--Nick On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:19:45 +0000, David Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:32 +0000 > David Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 > > Luke Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 +0000 > > > David Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > > > > > > > I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. > > > > > > > > I am the only user of both. > > > > > > > > I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. > > > > > > > > I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup > > > > files to the XP box to burn on CD. > > > > > > > > I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a > > > > nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not > > > > sure this is a good idea. > > > > > > > > Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both > > > > machines can read and write ? > > > > > > > > After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now > > > > see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that > > > > I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give. > > > > > > > > Any advice ? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have > > > several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest > > > account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to > > > think of but two. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > LukeK > > > > > > > Thanks, I don't want to use any passwords, enrypted or otherwise > > > > The guest account sounds interesing. > > > > I've commented out the following in smb.conf > > > > # This one is useful for people to share files > > [tmp] > > comment = Temporary file space > > path = /tmp > > read only = no > > public = yes > > > > > > should this allow everyone on both machines to write to the /tmp directory > > but not execute anything there ? > > > > I still get challenged for a username/password on the XP directory. > > guest/guest and nobody/nobody both fail > > > > OK, I got that to work by changing the line > security = user > > to > > security = share > > Is this safe ????? > > > > > -- > > > <> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
